Wayne Shorter

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Gender	Male
Death	Died this year
Date of birth	August 25,1933
Zodiac sign	Virgo
Born	Newark
	New Jersey
	United States
Spouse	Carolina Dos Santos
	Ana Maria Shorter
	Teruko Nakagami
Music groups	Weather Report
Job	Actor
	Composer
	Songwriter
	Bandleader
	Saxophonist
Education	Department of Art and Art Education at NYU Steinhardt
	Arts High School
Books	Wayne Shorter
	The new best of Wayne Shorter
	Reaching Beyond: Improvisations on Jazz, Buddhism, and a Joyful Life
	Artist Transcriptions: Tenor & Soprano Saxophone Transcriptions
	Wayne Shorter: Artists Transcriptions Saxophone/660120
Official site	twitter.com
Listen artist	www.youtube.com
Children	Miyako Shorter
	Iska Shorter
Parents	Joseph Shorter
	Louise Shorter
Siblings	Alan Shorter
Albums	Speak No Evil
	JuJu
	Native Dancer
	Night Dreamer
Songs	1967
List	All BluesKind of Blue · 1959
	1967
	1964
	1977
	1959
Groups	Weather Report
	The Jazz Messengers
	Miles Davis Quintet
	V.S.O.P.
Died	Los Angeles
	California
	United States
Date of died	March 2,2023
Date of Reg.	2019-02-09 21:45:33
Date of Upd.	2023-11-12 09:17:08
ID	403432

Kennedy Center Honors
NEA Jazz Masters
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance
Polar Music Prize for Classical Music
Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
Porin Award for Best Foreign Jazz Music Album

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Wayne Shorter Life story

Wayne Shorter was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, and then co-founded the jazz fusion band Weather Report.

Jon Batiste: Opening portals to new musical worlds

Aug 18,2023 11:21 pm

... Batiste also pays tribute to his musical forebears, sampling Duke Ellington, Wayne Shorter and Quincy Jones on a track called Movement 18 (Heroes)...