- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 25, 1933
- Place of Birth
- Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
- Died
- March 2, 2023
Wayne Shorter
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 recognition, critical praise, universal commendation, and 12 Grammy Awards. He was acclaimed for his mastery of the soprano saxophone since switching his focus from the tenor in the late 1960s, and began an extended reign in 1970 as DownBeat's annual poll-winner on that instrument, winning the critics' poll for 10 consecutive years and the readers' for 18. The New York Times music critic Ben Ratliff …
Filmography
movieElis & Tom: It Had to be You
2023 · Self
tvWayne Shorter: Zero Gravity
2023 · Self
movieesperanza spalding: Homage to Wayne Shorter @ Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa 2023
2023 · Original Music Composer
movieUniverse
2020 · , Music
movieMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019 · Self - Musician
movieBlue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
2019 · Self
movieIt Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
2018 · Self
movieChasing Trane
2017 · Self - Musician
movieI Called Him Morgan
2016 · Self
movieMiles Ahead
2016 · Live Concert Band
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
tvStarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015 · Self
movieJaco
2015 · Self
movieMarcus
2015 · Self
movieMiles Davis: Live in Europe 1969
2013 · himself
movieThe Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet
2012
movieMiles Davis: Around Midnight
2011 · Saxophone (Tenor)
movieTribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
2011 · Himself
movieMiles Davis: Copenhagen Live 1969
2010
movieJoe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: 75th
2010 · himself
Wayne Shorter 4tet - Jazz à Vienne
movieWayne Shorter 4tet - Jazz à Vienne
2010 · Himself
movieSantana: In Concert
2005 · Self - Saxophone
movieSantana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
2004
movieJoni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
2003 · Self
movieSantana: Supernatural Live
2000 · Self
movieClassic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja
1999 · Self
tvClassic Albums
1997 · Self
movieWayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
1996 · Saxophone
The Great Music Experience | Nara City, Japan 1994
movieThe Great Music Experience | Nara City, Japan 1994
1994 · Self
movieLove Crimes
1992 · Jazz Quartet
movieThe Blue Note Collection - The Manhattan Project
1990 · Sax soprano
movieThe World According to John Coltrane
1990 · Himself
movieCarlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival
1988 · Himself
Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions
movieBobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions
1987 · Himself
movieTribute To John Coltrane (Select Live Under The Sky '87 10th Special)
1987
movieBefore Midnight
1986 · Self (archive footage)
movieWeather Report Live In Tokyo
1984 · himself
tvThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
movieWeather Report: Live in Offenbach 1978
1978 · Himself
movieWeather Report: Live at Montreux
1976 · Saxophones
movieWeather Report: Live in Berlin
1975
movieWeather Report Live In Hamburg 1971
1971 · Himself
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Self
movieMiles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
1964
Michel Petrucciani Power of Three
movieMichel Petrucciani Power of Three
— · Himself
Miles Davis Quintet In Berlin 1969
movieMiles Davis Quintet In Berlin 1969
— · Self
movieWayne Shorter Quartet - Jazz in Marciac
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Weather Report - Live 1971 TV
movieWeather Report - Live 1971 TV
— · Themself
movieMiles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969
— · Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone