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Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader. [1] . Shorter came to mainstream prominence in 1959 upon joining Art Blakey 's Jazz Messengers, for whom he eventually became the primary composer.
Mar 2, 2023 · Wayne Shorter, the enigmatic, intrepid saxophonist who shaped the color and contour of modern jazz as one of its most intensely admired composers, died on Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 89.
3 days ago · Wayne Shorter’s “Witch Hunt” is the first song on the 1966 Blue Note album “Speak No Evil.” It’s an album where each song feels like a full opus, each track with a towering running time.
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Mar 3, 2023 · One of the greatest jazz saxophonists, Wayne Shorter, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 89. A well-known figure on the jazz circuit in the late 1950s, Shorter is credited with shaping much...
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Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933, Newark, New Jersey, U.S.—died March 2, 2023, Los Angeles, California) was an American musician and composer, a major jazz saxophonist, among the most influential hard-bop and modal musicians and a pioneer of jazz-rock fusion music.
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Mar 2, 2023 · Wayne Shorter, a Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer who helped shaped the sound of contemporary jazz, has died, according to his publicist. He was 89. Shorter died Thursday in Los Angeles...
Mar 2, 2023 · Wayne Shorter, the 12-time Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer and the creator of one of the singular sounds in contemporary jazz over more than half a century, died on Thursday,...
