Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, has died. He was 89.
The Associated PressWayne Shorter attends the 41st annual Kennedy Center Honors at The Kennedy Center in Washington on Dec. 2, 2018. Shorter, whose lyrical jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, died in Los Angeles on Thursday. He was 89.Shorter died Thursday morning in Los Angeles surrounded by family, a representative for the musician told CBC News. No cause of death was given.
Shorter, a tenor saxophonist, made his debut in 1959 and would go on to be a foundational member of two of the most seminal jazz groups: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and the Miles Davis Quintet.Over the next eight decades, Shorter's wide-spanning collaborations would include co-founding the '70s fusion band Weather Report, some 10 album appearances with Joni Mitchell and further explorations with Carlos Santana and Steely Dan.
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