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Wayne Shorter
Acting
25 Aug 1933
† 02 Mar 2023
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Biography
Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader. Shorter came to mainstream prominence in 1959 upon joining Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, for whom he eventually became the primary composer. In 1964 he joined Miles Davis' Second Great Quintet, and then co-founded the jazz fusion band Weather Report in 1970. He recorded more than 20 albums as a bandleader. Many Shorter compositions have become jazz standards. His music earned worldwide rec...
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Wayne Shorter's Movies
64%
Miles Ahead
22 Jan 2016
72%
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
23 Aug 2019
72%
Chasing Trane
14 Apr 2017
72%
I Called Him Morgan
05 Sept 2016
40%
Love Crimes
24 Jan 1992
75%
Jaco
17 Mar 2015
69%
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
14 Jun 2019
80%
Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
21 Sept 2023
81%
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
02 Jul 2018
65%
Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja
21 Oct 1999
70%
Santana: Supernatural Live
01 Jan 2000
59%
Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
03 Apr 2003
60%
Marcus
24 Jan 2015
70%
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
26 Jan 2004
75%
Wayne Shorter Quartet - Jazz in Marciac
45%
Weather Report: Live in Offenbach 1978
29 Sept 1978
42%
Michel Petrucciani Power of Three
85%
Wayne Shorter 4tet - Jazz à Vienne
29 Jun 2010
48%
The Great Music Experience | Nara City, Japan 1994
20 May 1994
80%
The Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet
03 Nov 2012
