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Wayne Shorter

US jazz saxophonist and composer

Newark, United States · 1933-08-25 – 2023-03-02

Wayne Shorter is credited on 6,429 releases across 1,171 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1960–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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6,429

Credits

1,171

Albums

7

Decades active

1,508

In collections

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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 Art Blakey, The Miles Davis Quintet & Weather Report. He was a long-standing collaborator with Joni Mitchell and won 11 Grammy awards as well a lifetime achievement Grammy.
Brother of trumpeter Alan Shorter

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Credited work

6,429 releases · 1,171 albums · active 1960–2026

  • Performance · 14,750
  • Production · 457
  • Other credits · 351
  • Engineering · 50

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Devonshire Studios · Columbia Recording Studios · A&R Studios

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