Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz composer and saxophonist. Shorter has recorded dozens of albums as a leader, and appeared on dozens more with others. Many of his compositions have become standards.
Shorter was born in Newark, New Jersey, and attended Newark Arts High School. He was encouraged by his father to take up the saxophone as a teenager (his brother Alan became a trumpeter). After graduating from New York University in 1956 Shorter spent two years in the US Army, during which time he played briefly with Horace Silver, and after his discharge from the army with Maynard Ferguson.
Style over time
Genres of the artist's albums over the years: the higher the line, the stronger the genre on that album
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Similar artists
Artists on air on the same radio stations and in the same genres
Participation
Weather Reportoriginal
Miles Davis Quintettenor saxophoneFans
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On the radio
Stations that played Wayne Shorter in the last 30 days
- 24×
Vienna FM
Belgium · Hard Bop - 23×
Musica Jazz Radio
Italy · Hard Bop - 23×
WFAH 102.1 Flint, Michigan
United States · Hard Bop - 18×
Musica Jazz Radio
Italy · Hard Bop - 18×
Ella Radio - Hard Bop
Germany · Hard Bop - 13×
Suite Jazz Radio
Canada · Hard Bop - 11×
SomaFM Specials (128k AAC)
United States · Jazz - 9×
Ella Radio - Saxophon Jazz
Germany · Hard Bop - 9×
North Sea Groove
Netherlands · Pop - 9×
Jazz de Ville - Jazzy
Netherlands · Jazz - 9×
Jazz Classic
France · Jazz - 8×
KJAZZ 88.1
United States · Post-Bop
Discography
