Wayne Shorter
À propos de Wayne Shorter
“Wayne Shorter is not only one of jazz’s greatest composers but its angel of esotericism, an enlightened and arcane elder.”
– The New York Times
Considered to be one of the world’s greatest composers and one of the greatest jazz saxophonists of all time, Wayne Shorter is a recipient of 11 Grammy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Grammy, five honorary doctorate degrees, the Kennedy Center Honor, Polar Music Prize, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and many other awards and honors for his contributions to music.
Wayne Shorter’s compositions have become jazz standards, and his music has earned worldwide recognition, critical praise and various commendations. 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. The New York Times described Shorter in 2008 as “probably jazz’s greatest living small-group composer and a contender for greatest living improviser”.
Wayne Shorter, called a genius, a trailblazer, a visionary, was born on August 25, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey. He studied at New York University and served in the U.S. Army. He spent brief periods in the Horace Silver quintet and the Maynard Ferguson big band before his first major association, with Art Blakey’s hard-bop Jazz Messengers. Miles Davis convinced Shorter to join his quintet in September 1964, thus completing the lineup of a group whose biggest impact would leapfrog a generation into the ’80s.
Staying with Miles until 1970, Shorter became the band’s most prolific composer at times, contributing tunes like “E.S.P.,” “Pinocchio,” “Nefertiti,” “Sanctuary,” “Footprints,” “Fall,” and the signature description of Miles, “Prince of Darkness.” Herbie Hancock said: “The master writer to me, in that group, was Wayne Shorter. He still is a master. Wayne was one of the few people who brought music to Miles that didn’t get changed.”
Following the release of Odyssey of Iska in 1970, Shorter formed Weather Report. The band produce many high-quality recordings in diverse styles, with funk, bebop, Latin jazz, ethnic music, and futurism being the most prevalent denominators. After leaving Weather Report in 1986, Shorter continued to record and lead groups in jazz fusion styles.
In 2000, he formed the first permanent acoustic group under his name, a quartet with pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci, and drummer Brian Blade, playing his own compositions. Four albums of live recordings have been released: Footprints Live; Beyond the Sound Barrier; Without a Net; and Emanon, with the latter, in addition to live material, including Shorter’s quartet in a studio session with the 34-piece Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
Wayne Shorter’s works have been performed by the Chicago Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Lyon Symphony, National Polish Radio Symphonic Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He has received commissions from the National, St. Louis, and Nashville Symphony Orchestras, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the La Jolla Music Society.
Shorter has realized over 200 compositions and dozens of these works have become modern standards.
Image credit: Robert Ascroft
Liste d'œuvres
Produits
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Suite from the opera ... (Iphigenia)Media Type: Matériel en location / d'exécutionEdition: Matériel d'exécutionInstrumentation: vocalist(s), optional improvising soloist(s), et orchestre
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Vol. 33Compositeur: Wayne ShorterEditeur: Jamey AebersoldMedia Type: Partition avec 2 CDsSérie: Jamey Aebersold - Ein neuer Weg zur Jazz Improvisation, Vol. 33
Instrumentation: instrument mélodiqueLangue: AnglaisNuméro du produit: AEB 140332En stock22,50 €TTC, hors expédition -
for optional improvising soloist(s) and orchestraCompositeur: Wayne ShorterArrangeur: Clark RundellMedia Type: Matériel en location / d'exécutionEdition: Matériel d'exécutionInstrumentation: optional improvising soloist(s) et orchestre
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Up-Tempo SwingCompositeur: Wayne ShorterArrangeur: Mark TaylorMedia Type: PartitionEdition: Partition et partiesInstrumentation: big bandLangue: AnglaisNuméro du produit: HLA 7011644Épuisé69,99 €TTC, hors expédition
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Compositeur: John Coltrane | David Friesen | Ray Noble | Wayne Shorter | Denny ZeitlinInterprète: David Friesen | Denny ZeitlinMedia Type: CDNuméro du produit: INT 32572En stock12,99 €TTC, hors expédition
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Compositeur: Bill Evans | David Friesen | Bob Hilliard | Johnny Mandel | David Mann | Johnny Mercer | Cole Porter | Randy Porter | Bud Powell | Sam Rivers | Hart Rogers | Wayne Shorter | Mellin Wood | Earl ZindarsInterprète: David Friesen | Alan Jones | Randy PorterMedia Type: 2 CDsEdition: 2 CDsNuméro du produit: INT 33342En stock27,20 €TTC, hors expédition
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Compositeur: Wayne ShorterArrangeur: Mark TaylorMedia Type: PartitionEdition: Partition et partiesInstrumentation: big bandNuméro du produit: HL07013590Épuisé54,99 €TTC, hors expédition
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SwingCompositeur: Wayne ShorterArrangeur: Mike TomaroMedia Type: PartitionEdition: Partition et partiesInstrumentation: big bandLangue: AnglaisNuméro du produit: HLA 7011287Épuisé61,99 €TTC, hors expédition
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for improvising soloist(s) and orchestraCompositeur: Wayne ShorterMedia Type: Matériel en location / d'exécutionEdition: Matériel d'exécutionInstrumentation: improvising soloist(s) et orchestre
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Compositeur: Wayne ShorterArrangeur: Matt HarrisMedia Type: PartitionEdition: PartitionInstrumentation: big bandNuméro du produit: KN 52323SÉpuisé8,50 €TTC, hors expédition
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Arrangeur: Matt HarrisCompositeur: Wayne ShorterMedia Type: PartitionEdition: Partition et partiesInstrumentation: big bandNuméro du produit: KN 52323Épuisé118,00 €TTC, hors expédition
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Compositeur: Wayne ShorterArrangeur: Mike TomaroMedia Type: PartitionEdition: Partition et partiesInstrumentation: big bandLangue: AnglaisNuméro du produit: HLA 7012449Épuisé69,99 €TTC, hors expédition
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Jazz WaltzCompositeur: Wayne ShorterArrangeur: John BerryMedia Type: Partition avec CDEdition: Partition et partiesInstrumentation: big bandLangue: AnglaisNuméro du produit: HLA 7011085En stock54,99 €TTC, hors expédition
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Compositeur: Wayne ShorterArrangeur: Bob MintzerMedia Type: PartitionEdition: Partition et partiesSérie: Saxology
Instrumentation: 5 saxophones (SATTBar) avec piano, guitare (ad libitum), contrebasse, batterieNuméro du produit: ADV 7518En stock32,00 €TTC, hors expédition -
for improvising soloist(s) and orchestraCompositeur: Wayne ShorterMedia Type: Matériel en location / d'exécutionEdition: Matériel d'exécutionInstrumentation: pour improvising soloist(s) et orchestre
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for vocal soloist, improvising soloist(s), and orchestraCompositeur: Wayne ShorterMedia Type: Matériel en location / d'exécutionEdition: Matériel d'exécutionInstrumentation: pour vocal soloist, improvising soloist(s), et orchestre
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Compositeur: Wayne ShorterArrangeur: Bob MintzerMedia Type: PartitionEdition: Partition et partiesSérie: Saxology
Instrumentation: 5 saxophones (AATTBar) avec piano, guitare (ad libitum), contrebasse, batterieNuméro du produit: ADV 7517En stock32,00 €TTC, hors expédition -
Compositeur: Wayne Shorter | Joe ZawinulInterprète: Alex Acuna | Victor Bailey | Nathaniel Townsley | Joe ZawinulOrchestre/Ensemble: WDR Big Band CologneMedia Type: 2 CDsEdition: 2 CDsNuméro du produit: INT 34502En stock27,20 €TTC, hors expédition
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Compositeur: Wayne ShorterArrangeur: Mark TaylorMedia Type: PartitionEdition: Partition et partiesInstrumentation: big bandNuméro du produit: HL 07012874En stock69,99 €TTC, hors expédition
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Med. SwingCompositeur: Wayne ShorterArrangeur: Mark TaylorMedia Type: PartitionEdition: Partition et partiesInstrumentation: big bandLangue: AnglaisNuméro du produit: HLA 7011628Épuisé69,99 €TTC, hors expédition
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Concerto for solo clarinet (or solo soprano saxophone) and orchestraCompositeur: Wayne ShorterMedia Type: Matériel en location / d'exécutionEdition: Matériel d'exécutionInstrumentation: concerto pour solo clarinette (ou solo saxophone soprano) et orchestre
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Compositeur: Wayne ShorterArrangeur: Ramon RickerMedia Type: PartitionEdition: Partition et partiesSérie: Saxology
Instrumentation: 5 saxophones (AATTBar), piano, guitare (ad libitum), contrebasse, batterieNuméro du produit: ADV 7510En stock32,00 €TTC, hors expédition -
Fast SwingCompositeur: Wayne ShorterArrangeur: Mike TomaroMedia Type: PartitionEdition: Partition et partiesInstrumentation: big bandLangue: AnglaisNuméro du produit: HLA 7010941En stock61,99 €TTC, hors expédition