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Portrait of Wayne Shorter

Wayne Shorter

US jazz saxophonist and composer

  • 1933 to 2023
  • from Newark
  • On fono: 61 songs
  • 32 collaborators
  • 15 cited facts
  • 15 sources

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Who makes their records

People credited as writer, producer, engineer or mixer on their songs.

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Top songs

  1. From Speak No Evil

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  3. From Speak No Evil

    1. 4
    2. 5
    3. 6
    4. 7
  4. 8
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Where the songs were made

Releases

  1. 2014

  2. 2010

  3. 2003

  4. 1985

  5. 1981

  6. 1975

  7. 1974

  8. 1970

  9. 1969

  10. 1967

Member of

Elsewhere

Sources (15)

Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.

  1. 1MusicBrainz Wayne Shorter is a member of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

    Wayne Shorter is a member of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

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  2. 2MusicBrainz Wayne Shorter is a member of Bahia Black

    Wayne Shorter is a member of Bahia Black

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  3. 3MusicBrainz Wayne Shorter is a member of Miles Davis Quintet

    Wayne Shorter is a member of Miles Davis Quintet

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  4. 4MusicBrainz Wayne Shorter is a member of The All Star Jazz Reunion

    Wayne Shorter is a member of The All Star Jazz Reunion

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  5. 5MusicBrainz Wayne Shorter is a member of The Gil Evans Orchestra

    Wayne Shorter is a member of The Gil Evans Orchestra

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  6. 6MusicBrainz Wayne Shorter is a member of The Young Lions

    Wayne Shorter is a member of The Young Lions

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  7. 7MusicBrainz Wayne Shorter is a member of V.S.O.P.

    Wayne Shorter is a member of V.S.O.P.

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz Wayne Shorter is a member of Wayne Shorter Quartet

    Wayne Shorter is a member of Wayne Shorter Quartet

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  9. 9MusicBrainz Wayne Shorter is a member of Weather Report

    Wayne Shorter is a member of Weather Report

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  10. 10MusicBrainz Wayne Shorter is from Newark

    Wayne Shorter is from Newark

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  11. 11Wikidata The genre of Wayne Shorter is bebop

    The genre of Wayne Shorter is bebop

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  12. 12Wikidata The genre of Wayne Shorter is jazz

    The genre of Wayne Shorter is jazz

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  13. 13Wikidata The genre of Wayne Shorter is jazz fusion

    The genre of Wayne Shorter is jazz fusion

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  14. 14Wikidata The genre of Wayne Shorter is modal jazz

    The genre of Wayne Shorter is modal jazz

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  15. 15Wikidata The genre of Wayne Shorter is post-bop

    The genre of Wayne Shorter is post-bop

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