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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wayne Shorter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (45 titles)
8.0MovieElis & Tom: It Had to be You
Self · 2023
8.6ShowWayne Shorter: Zero Gravity
Self · 2023
MovieUniverse
2020
7.1MovieMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Self - Musician · 2019
6.9MovieBlue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Self · 2019
8.1MovieIt Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
Self · 2018
7.3MovieChasing Trane
Self - Musician · 2017
7.1MovieI Called Him Morgan
Self · 2016
6.4MovieMiles Ahead
Live Concert Band · 2016
6.1ShowThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 2015
6.7ShowStarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Self · 2015
7.5MovieJaco
Self · 2015
6.0MovieMarcus
Self · 2015
MovieMiles Davis: Live in Europe 1969
himself · 2013
8.0MovieThe Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet
2012
MovieMiles Davis: Around Midnight
Saxophone (Tenor) · 2011
6.0MovieTribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
Himself · 2011
MovieMiles Davis: Copenhagen Live 1969
2010
MovieJoe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: 75th
himself · 2010
Wayne Shorter 4tet - Jazz à Vienne
Himself · 2010
MovieSantana: In Concert
Self - Saxophone · 2005
7.0MovieSantana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
2004
5.9MovieJoni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
Self · 2003
7.0MovieSantana: Supernatural Live
Self · 2000
6.6MovieClassic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja
Self · 1999
7.7ShowClassic Albums
Self · 1997
10.0MovieWayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
Saxophone · 1996
The Great Music Experience | Nara City, Japan 1994
Self · 1994
4.3MovieLove Crimes
Jazz Quartet · 1992
MovieThe Blue Note Collection - The Manhattan Project
Sax soprano · 1990