Wayne Shorter Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.Jazz critic Ben Ratliff of the New York Times has described Shorter as "probably jazz's greatest living small-group composer and a contender for greatest living improviser." Many of Shorter's compositions have become jazz standards. His output has earned worldwide recognition, critical praise and various commendations, including 10 Grammy Awards. He has also received acclaim for his mastery of the soprano saxophone (after switching his focus from the tenor in the late 1960s), beginning an extended reign in 1970 as Down Beat's annual poll-winner on that instrument, winning the critics' poll for 10 consecutive years and the readers' for 18.Shorter first came to wide prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he went on to join Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, and from there he co-founded the jazz fusion band Weather Report. He has recorded over 20 albums as a bandleader.
Net Worth
$800,000
Date Of Birth
August 25, 1933
Place Of Birth
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Occupation
Musician, composer
Profession
Soundtrack, Music Department, Actor
Work Position
Essay on Wayne Shorter
Nicknames
Wayne Shorter, Shorter, Wayne
Star Sign
Virgo
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Fact
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Doris Duke Foundation Grant recipient (2016).
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Honorary Doctor of Music by the New England Conservatory (2007).
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Wayne had an older brother, Alan, who also graduated from NYU and was also a jazz composer and musician.
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Received the Guggenheim Fellowship (2016).
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Honorary Doctor of Music by the Juilliard School (2016).
Billy Dee Williams painted a portrait of Wayne which was used as the cover artwork for Wayne's 1988 CD "Joy Ryder.".
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Wayne is a practitioner of Nichiren Buddhism and a member of the Soka Gakkai International.
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Lifetime Achievement Grammy recipient (2014).
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National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master (1998).
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Wayne earned his bachelor's degree from NYU in 1956.
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Honorary Doctor of Music by New York University (2010).
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Honorary Doctor of Music by the Berklee College of Music (1999).
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The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music appointed Wayne Shorter as a UCLA professor as part of the school's Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance. (2013).
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Lifetime Achievement Award from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz (2013).
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Wayne is a veteran of the United States Army.
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He was nominated for the 2014 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts and Entertainment Category.
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Jazz saxophonist and composer.
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Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1998.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Miles Ahead
2015
performer: "What's Wrong with That" / writer: "Sanctuary"
The 50 Year Argument
2014
Documentary writer: "Feio"
Bi no tsubo
2013
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Frankie & Alice
2010
writer: "Fall"
Finding Forrester
2000
writer: "Feio", "Sanctuary"
Nadja
1994
writer: "Strangers"
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Losing Isaiah
1995
musician
The Fugitive
1993
musician: saxophone solos, courtesy of Electra Entertainment
