Wayne Shorter
Acting
1933-08-25 · Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
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.
Filmography
Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
2023 · Movie
Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity
2023 · Series
esperanza spalding: Homage to Wayne Shorter @ Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa 2023
2023 · Movie
Universe
2020 · Movie
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019 · Movie
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
2019 · Movie
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
2018 · Movie
Chasing Trane
2017 · Movie
I Called Him Morgan
2016 · Movie
Miles Ahead
2016 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015 · Series
Jaco
2015 · Movie
Marcus
2015 · Movie
Miles Davis: Live in Europe 1969
2013 · Movie
The Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet
2012 · Movie
Miles Davis: Around Midnight
2011 · Movie
Tribute to Miles - Jazz à Vienne
2011 · Movie
Miles Davis: Copenhagen Live 1969
2010 · Movie
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: 75th
2010 · Movie
Wayne Shorter 4tet - Jazz à Vienne
2010 · Movie
Santana: In Concert
2005 · Movie
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
2004 · Movie
Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
2003 · Movie
Santana: Supernatural Live
2000 · Movie
Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja
1999 · Movie
Classic Albums
1997 · Series
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
1996 · Movie
The Great Music Experience | Nara City, Japan 1994
1994 · Movie
Love Crimes
1992 · Movie
The Blue Note Collection - The Manhattan Project
1990 · Movie
The World According to John Coltrane
1990 · Movie
Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival
1988 · Movie
Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions
1987 · Movie
Tribute To John Coltrane (Select Live Under The Sky '87 10th Special)
1987 · Movie
Before Midnight
1986 · Movie
Weather Report Live In Tokyo
1984 · Movie
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Series
Weather Report: Live in Offenbach 1978
1978 · Movie
Weather Report: Live at Montreux
1976 · Movie
Weather Report: Live in Berlin
1975 · Movie
Weather Report Live In Hamburg 1971
1971 · Movie
Great Performances
1971 · Series
Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
1964 · Movie
Miles Davis Quintet – Live In Copenhagen & Rome 1969
Movie
Weather Report - Live 1971 TV
Movie
Miles Davis Quintet In Berlin 1969
Movie
Wayne Shorter Quartet - Jazz in Marciac
Movie
Michel Petrucciani Power of Three
Movie