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) which has become standards.

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.

Discography

• Introducing Wayne Shorter (aka Blues a la Carte, Vee-Jay, 1959)
• Second Genesis (Vee-Jay, rec. 1960, rel. 1974)
• Wayning Moments (Vee-Jay, 1962)
• Night Dreamer (Blue Note, 1964)
• JuJu (Blue Note, 1964)
• Speak No Evil (Blue Note, rec. 1964, rel. 1966)
• The Soothsayer (Blue Note, rec. 1965, rel. 1979)
• Et Cetera (Blue Note, rec. 1965, rel. 1980)
• The All Seeing Eye (Blue Note, rec. 1965, rel. 1966)
• Adam's Apple (Blue Note, rec. 1966, rel. 1967)
• Schizophrenia (Blue Note, rec. 1967, rel. 1969)
• Super Nova (Blue Note, 1969)
• Moto Grosso Feio (Blue Note, rec. 1970, rel. 1974)
• Odyssey of Iska (Blue Note, rec. 1970, rel. 1971)
• Native Dancer (Columbia, rec. 1974, rel. 1975) with Milton Nascimento
• Atlantis (Columbia, 1985)
• Phantom Navigator (Columbia, rec. 1986, rel. 1987)
• Joy Ryder (Columbia, 1988)
• High Life (Verve, 1995)
• 1+1 (Verve, 1997) with Herbie Hancock
• Footprints Live! (Verve, 2002)
• Alegría (Verve, 2003)
• Beyond the Sound Barrier (Verve, rec. live 2002–2004, rel. 2005) as Wayne Shorter Quartet
• Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1988 (Image Entertainment, 2007) with Carlos Santana
• Without a Net (Blue Note, rec. live 2010, rel. 2013) as Wayne Shorter Quartet
• Emanon (Blue Note, 2018)