Acting · Newark, New Jersey, U.S. · Born August 25, 1933
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.
MovieElis & Tom: It Had to be You
2023
as Self
TVWayne Shorter: Zero Gravity
2023
as Self
MovieUniverse
2020
MovieMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
as Self - Musician
MovieBlue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
2019
as Self
MovieIt Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
2018
as Self
MovieChasing Trane
2017
as Self - Musician
MovieI Called Him Morgan
2016
as Self
MovieMiles Ahead
2016
as Live Concert Band
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
TVStarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015
as Self
MovieJaco
2015
as Self
MovieMarcus
2015
as Self
MovieMiles Davis: Live in Europe 1969
2013
as himself
MovieThe Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet
2012
MovieMiles Davis: Around Midnight
2011
as Saxophone (Tenor)
MovieTribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
2011
as Himself
MovieMiles Davis: Copenhagen Live 1969
2010
MovieJoe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: 75th
2010
as himself
Wayne Shorter 4tet - Jazz à Vienne
2010
as Himself
MovieSantana: In Concert
2005
as Self - Saxophone
MovieSantana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
2004
MovieJoni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
2003
as Self
MovieSantana: Supernatural Live
2000
as Self
MovieClassic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja
1999
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TVClassic Albums
1997
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MovieWayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
1996
as Saxophone
The Great Music Experience | Nara City, Japan 1994
1994
as Self
MovieLove Crimes
1992
as Jazz Quartet
MovieThe Blue Note Collection - The Manhattan Project
1990
as Sax soprano
MovieThe World According to John Coltrane
1990
as Himself
MovieCarlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival
1988
as Himself
Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions
1987
as Himself
MovieTribute To John Coltrane (Select Live Under The Sky '87 10th Special)
1987
MovieBefore Midnight
1986
as Self (archive footage)
MovieWeather Report Live In Tokyo
1984
as himself
TVThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
MovieWeather Report: Live in Offenbach 1978
1978
as Himself
MovieWeather Report: Live at Montreux
1976
as Saxophones
MovieWeather Report: Live in Berlin
1975
MovieWeather Report Live In Hamburg 1971
1971
as Himself
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Self
MovieMiles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
1964
Michel Petrucciani Power of Three
as Himself
Miles Davis Quintet In Berlin 1969
as Self
MovieWayne Shorter Quartet - Jazz in Marciac
Weather Report - Live 1971 TV
as Themself
MovieMiles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969
as Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
