Wayne Shorter

Born: Aug 25, 1933 in Newark, NJ
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Genre: Jazz
Styles: Fusion, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Progressive Jazz, World Fusion, Crossover Jazz
Biography: Though some will argue about whether Wayne Shorter's primary impact on jazz has been as a composer or as a saxophonist, hardly anyone will dispute his overall importance as one of jazz's leading figures over a long span of time. Though indebted to a great extent to John Coltrane, with whom he practiced ...Read full biography
Adam's Apple
Released: 1966
Label: EMI
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With the possible exception of its song, "Footprints," which would become a jazz standard, Adam's Apple received quite a bit less attention upon its release than some of the preceding albums in Wayne Shorter's ...Read full review
Speak No Evil
Released: 1964
Label: EMI
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On his third date for Blue Note within a year, Wayne Shorter changed the bands that played on both Night Dreamer and Juju and came up with not only another winner, but also managed to give critics and ...Read full review
More Wayne Shorter albums: Main Albums (26), Compilations (17), DVD/Video (2)
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