Wayne Shorter

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composer human jazz musician saxophonist

Wayne Shorter was an influential American jazz saxophonist and composer known for his work with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, the Miles Davis Quintet, and Weather Report, as well as his innovative solo recordings.

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instanceOf composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
saxophonist ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
associatedAct Art Blakey ⓘ
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers ⓘ
Herbie Hancock ⓘ
Joe Zawinul ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Weather Report ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award ⓘ
NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
Polar Music Prize ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1933-08-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2023-03-02 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Shorter ⓘ
fullName Wayne Shorter self-link ⓘ
genre hard bop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
jazz fusion ⓘ
post-bop ⓘ
givenName Wayne ⓘ
instrument soprano saxophone ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
memberOf Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers ⓘ
Miles Davis Quintet ⓘ
Weather Report ⓘ
movement jazz fusion ⓘ
post-bop ⓘ
notableAlbum Adam's Apple ⓘ
JuJu ⓘ
Native Dancer ⓘ
Night Dreamer ⓘ
Speak No Evil ⓘ
notableRole co-founder of Weather Report ⓘ
notableWork Adam's Apple ⓘ
Footprints ⓘ
JuJu ⓘ
Nefertiti ⓘ
Speak No Evil ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
saxophonist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Ana Maria Shorter ⓘ
Carolina Dos Santos ⓘ

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Herbie Hancock → collaboratedWith → Wayne Shorter ⓘ
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Wayne Shorter → fullName → Wayne Shorter self-link ⓘ
Wayne → hasFamousBearers → Wayne Shorter ⓘ
Shorter → hasNotableBearer → Wayne Shorter ⓘ
Miles Davis → influenced → Wayne Shorter ⓘ
Alan Shorter → notableRelative → Wayne Shorter ⓘ
Jim Shorter → sharesSurnameWith → Wayne Shorter ⓘ
Alan Shorter → sibling → Wayne Shorter ⓘ