Wayne Shorter
Known for: Acting
Born: August 25, 1933
Died: March 2, 2023
Place of birth: Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
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 described Shorter in 2008 as "probably jazz's greatest living small-group composer and a contender for greatest living improviser". In 2017, he was awarded the Polar Music Prize. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wayne Shorter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
43 movies · 6 TV shows, newest first
7.9
Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
2023
8.6
Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity
2023
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esperanza spalding: Homage to Wayne Shorter @ Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa 2023
2023
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Universe
2020
7.1
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
6.7
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
2019
8.1
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
2018
7.3
Chasing Trane
2017
7.0
I Called Him Morgan
2016
6.4
Miles Ahead
2016
6.1
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
6.7
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015
7.5
Jaco
2015
6.0
Marcus
2015
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Miles Davis: Live in Europe 1969
2013
8.0
The Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet
2012
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Miles Davis: Around Midnight
2011
6.0
Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
2011
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Miles Davis: Copenhagen Live 1969
2010
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Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: 75th
20108.5
Wayne Shorter 4tet - Jazz à Vienne
2010
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Santana: In Concert
2005
7.0
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
2004
5.9
Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
2003
7.0
Santana: Supernatural Live
2000
6.6
Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja
1999
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Classic Albums
1997
10.0
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
19964.8
The Great Music Experience | Nara City, Japan 1994
1994
4.3
Love Crimes
1992
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The Blue Note Collection - The Manhattan Project
1990
4.0
The World According to John Coltrane
1990
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Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival
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Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions
1987
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Tribute To John Coltrane (Select Live Under The Sky '87 10th Special)
1987
4.0
Before Midnight
1986
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Weather Report Live In Tokyo
1984
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
4.5
Weather Report: Live in Offenbach 1978
1978
8.0
Weather Report: Live at Montreux
1976
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Weather Report: Live in Berlin
1975
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Weather Report Live In Hamburg 1971
1971
6.1
Great Performances
1971
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Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
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Michel Petrucciani Power of Three
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Miles Davis Quintet In Berlin 1969
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7.5
Wayne Shorter Quartet - Jazz in Marciac
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Weather Report - Live 1971 TV
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Miles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969
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