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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Label	Occurrences
Wayne Shorter canonical	73
Wayne Shorter (saxophone)	1
Wayne Shorter Blue Note albums	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
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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