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IN MEMORIUM

Wayne Shorter died aged 89

Wayne Shorter, died at 89, is a great loss to the jazz community

Wayne Shorter, the 12-time Grammy Award winning jazz saxophonist and composer, died on Thursday, 2 March 2023 aged 89. Shorter, coming to prominence in the late 1950s, was an award winning jazz musician. The musician, further to being a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, eventually became primary composer for the group.

Shorter, working with the such greats as Miles Davis during the 1960s, joined Davis’s Second Great Quintet. He co-founded the hugely popular jazz fusion band Weather Report. Shorter, in 1962, picked up the New Star Saxophonist categorised DownBeat Readers Poll Award.

Much can be said for Shorter’s career. Talented is an understatement. His brilliance as a jazz saxophonist, every time he performed, is readily apparent. Between 1972 and 2023, Shorter’s name became associated with award winning jazz musician.

Shorter died in Los Angeles on Thursday, 2 March 2023, at the age of 89.

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