Wayne Shorter
USA
Born: 25 August 1933
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Jazz, International
Styles: Fusion, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Bop, World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Crossover Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Big Band/Swing
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Though some will argue about whether Wayne Shorter's primary impact on jazz has been as a composer or as a saxophonist, hardly anyone will dispute his overall importance as one of jazz's leading figures over a long span of time. Though indebted to a great extent to John Coltrane, with whom he practiced in the mid-'50s while still an undergraduate, Shorter eventually developed his own more succinct manner on tenor sax, retaining the tough tone quality and intensity and, in later years, adding an element of funk. On soprano, Shorter is almost ano...
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