Shorter, Wayne

Shorter, Wayne
born Aug. 25, 1933, Newark, N.J., U.S.

U.S. saxophonist and composer.

After studying at New York University and serving in the U.S. Army, he played with Art Blakey's group (1959–64), acting as its music director. Shorter then joined Miles Davis's remarkable mid-1960s group, which included Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter (b. 1937), and drummer Tony Williams (b. 1945). In 1970 Shorter and Joe Zawinul (b. 1932) formed Weather Report, the most significant jazz-rock "fusion" band of the 1970s, with bassist Jaco Pastorius (1951–87). Shorter wrote many distinctive jazz standards.

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▪ American musician and composer
born Aug. 25, 1933, Newark, N.J., U.S.
 
 African-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.

      Shorter studied at New York University (B.M.E., 1956) and served in the U.S. Army (1956–58). He spent brief periods in the Horace Silver (Silver, Horace) quintet (1956) and the Maynard Ferguson big band (1958) before his first major association, with Art Blakey (Blakey, Art)'s hard-bop Jazz Messengers (1959–63). He joined Miles Davis (Davis, Miles)'s modal jazz quintet as a tenor saxophonist in 1964 and stayed with him during Davis's early fusion music experiments, leaving in 1970 as a soprano saxophonist.

      Throughout the 1970s and much of the '80s, Shorter and keyboard player Joe Zawinul together led Weather Report, a fusion band that explored an uncommon variety of sound colours. He returned frequently to the tenor saxophone and in later years led his own fusion music groups.

      Shorter's improvising was always notable for its great harmonic and rhythmic sophistication. His early tenor saxophone solos, inspired by Sonny Rollins (Rollins, Sonny), featured rare formal unity using thematic improvisation techniques, often with drama and humour (“Afrique,” “High Modes”). A growing concern with lyricism resulted in considerable stylistic revision and the use of more diffuse forms by the mid-1960s; much of his playing suggested a reinterpretation of John Coltrane (Coltrane, John)'s style. His early soprano saxophone work, including the Super Nova album (1969), is especially notable for its melodic flow. A prolific composer, Shorter wrote many of his finest songs for the Blakey and Davis groups, including “Lester Left Town,” “Ping Pong,” “Children of the Night,” and “Footprints.”

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