Wayne Shorter

American jazz saxophonist and composer

Born: 25th August 1933 Newark, New Jersey, USA

Died: 2nd March 2023 Los Angeles, California, USA

Member of three seminal jazz groups of the 20th century: the Jazz Messengers led by [a=Art Blakey], [a=The Miles Davis Quintet] & [a=Weather Report]. He was a long-standing collaborator with [a=Joni Mitchell] and won 11 Grammy awards as well a lifetime achievement Grammy.

Brother of trumpeter [a=Alan Shorter]