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 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.
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Acting
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
Movie
Miles Ahead
as Live Concert Band
2016
Movie
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Self - Musician
2019
Movie
Chasing Trane
as Self - Musician
2017
Movie
I Called Him Morgan
as Self
2016
Movie
Love Crimes
as Jazz Quartet
1992
Movie
Jaco
as Self
2015
TV
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
as Self
2015
TV
Great Performances
as Self
1971
Movie
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
as Self
2019
Movie
Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja
as Self
1999
Movie
Santana: Supernatural Live
as Self
2000
Movie
Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
as Self
2023
Movie
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
as Self
2018
TV
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
TV
Classic Albums
as Self
1997
Movie
Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
as Self
2003
TV
Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity
as Self
2023
Movie
Marcus
as Self
2015
Movie
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
2004
Movie
Wayne Shorter Quartet - Jazz in Marciac
Movie
Weather Report: Live in Offenbach 1978
as Himself
1978
Movie
Michel Petrucciani Power of Three
as Himself
Movie
Wayne Shorter 4tet - Jazz à Vienne
as Himself
2010
