Wayne Shorter  

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Wayne Shorter (1933 – 2023) was an American composer and saxophonist working in the jazz idiom and known for compositions such as "Footprints" (1966).

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. He recorded over 20 albums as a bandleader.

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