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Wayne Shorter
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…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2023
Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
Movie Self
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2023
Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity
TV show Self
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2023
esperanza spalding: Homage to Wayne Shorter @ Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa 2023
Movie Original Music Composer
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2020
Universe
Movie
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2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Movie Self - Musician
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2019
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Movie Self
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2018
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
Movie Self
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2017
Chasing Trane
Movie Self - Musician
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2016
I Called Him Morgan
Movie Self
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2016
Miles Ahead
Movie Live Concert Band
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self - Guest
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2015
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
TV show Self
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2015
Jaco
Movie Self
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2015
Marcus
Movie Self
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2013
Miles Davis: Live in Europe 1969
Movie himself
- 2012
More credits
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2011
Miles Davis: Around Midnight
Movie Saxophone (Tenor)
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2011
Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
Movie Himself
- 2010
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2010
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: 75th
Movie himself
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2010
Wayne Shorter 4tet - Jazz à Vienne
Movie Himself
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2005
Santana: In Concert
Movie Self - Saxophone
- 2004
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2003
Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
Movie Self
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2000
Santana: Supernatural Live
Movie Self
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1999
Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja
Movie Self
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1997
Classic Albums
TV show Self
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1996
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
Movie Saxophone
- 1994
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1992
Love Crimes
Movie Jazz Quartet
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1990
The World According to John Coltrane
Movie Himself
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1990
The Blue Note Collection - The Manhattan Project
Movie Sax soprano
- 1988
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1987
Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions
Movie Himself
- 1987
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1986
Before Midnight
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1984
Weather Report Live In Tokyo
Movie himself
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1978
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV show Self
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1978
Weather Report: Live in Offenbach 1978
Movie Himself
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1976
Weather Report: Live at Montreux
Movie Saxophones
