11 Mar 2023

Wayne Shorter

From Inside Out, 5:00 pm on 11 March 2023
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 15, 2011, US musician Wayne Shorter performs at the 51st edition of "Jazz a Juan" a Jazz music festival in Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, southeastern France, in homage to famous Jazz musician Miles Davis. - Shorter, the storied saxophonist considered one of America's greatest jazz composers and among the genre's leading risk-takers, has died. He was 89.
Shorter died at a hospital in Los Angeles, his publicist Alisse Kingsbury told AFP. The enigmatic jazz elder performed with fellow legend Miles Davis and went on to become a leading bandleader on both soprano and tenor sax, including with his group Weather Report. (Photo by SEBASTIEN NOGIER / AFP)

US musician Wayne Shorter performs in 2011 at the 51st edition of "Jazz a Juan" a Jazz music festival in Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, southeastern France, in homage to famous Jazz musician Miles Davis. Photo: SEBASTIEN NOGIER / AFP

 

A look back at the career of jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter, from his days recording on Blue Note and playing with Miles Davis' second quintet, through to his time with Weather Report and his last quartet with John Patitucci, Brian Blade, and Danilo Perez.

 

 

MUSIC DETAILS:

# Artist: Song: Composer: Album Label: Duration:
1 Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil Shorter Speak No Evil Blue Note 08:23
2 Wayne Shorter Infant Eyes Shorter Speak No Evil Blue Note 06:54
3 Miles Davis Quintet E.S.P. Shorter E.S.P. Columbia 05:32
4 Wayne Shorter Night Dreamer  Shorter Night Dreamer Blue Note 07:15
5 Wayne Shorter / Herbie Hancock Aung San Suu Kyi Shorter 1+1 Verve 05:46
6 Weather Report  Elegant People Shorter Black Market Columbia 05:04
7 Wayne Shorter Angola Shorter Alegría verve 05:28

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