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I’ve been using MasterWriter for about 2 months. In his career, Shorter has had more than 200 compositions and was a Kennedy Center honoree in 2018.MasterWriter after use for about 2 months Shorter’s work has been performed by several popular symphonies including Chicago, Detroit and Lyon along with the National Polish Radio Symphonic and Orpheus Chamber orchestras. Last month, he won a Grammy in the category of best improvised jazz solo for “Endangered Species” with Leo Genovese. In 2015 he was given a lifetime achievement Grammy. I miss being around him and his special Wayne-isms but I carry his spirit within my heart always.”Īs a band leader, Shorter released more than 25 albums and won 12 Grammy Awards. As it is with every human being, he is irreplaceable and was able to reach the pinnacle of excellence as a saxophonist, composer, orchestrator, and recently, composer of the masterful opera ‘…Iphigenia’. “Wayne Shorter, my best friend, left us with courage in his heart, love and compassion for all, and a seeking spirit for the eternal future,” Hancock said in a statement. Many of Shorter’s textured and elliptical compositions - including “Speak No Evil,” “Black Nile,” “Footprints,” and “Nefertiti” - became modern jazz standards and expanded the harmonic horizons of jazz across some of its most fast-evolving eras. Over the next eight decades, Shorter’s wide-spanning collaborations would include co-founding the ’70s fusion band Weather Report, some 10 album appearances with Joni Mitchell and further explorations with Carlos Santana and Steely Dan. Shorter, a tenor saxophonist, made his debut in 1959 and would go on to be a foundational member of two of the most seminal jazz groups: Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and the Miles Davis Quintet. 22, 2013. (John Green/Bay Area News Group Archives)

It called him a gentle spirit who was “always inquisitive and constantly exploring.” In honor of his 80th birthday celebration, the Wayne Shorter Quartet - from left, Danilo Perez on piano Shorter on saxophone John Patitucci on bass and Brian Blades on drums - perform at the Monterey Jazz Festival on Sunday, Sept. “Visionary composer, saxophonist, visual artist, devout Buddhist, devoted husband, father and grandfather Wayne Shorter has embarked on a new journey as part of his extraordinary life - departing the earth as we know it in search of an abundance of new challenges and creative possibilities,” a statement released by Kingsley said. Shorter died Thursday surrounded by his family in Los Angeles, said Alisse Kingsley, a representative for the multi-Grammy winner. LOS ANGELES - Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, has died.
