# Wayne Shorter has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death, music\ **Created:** [March 2, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-shorter-has-died/980616 "2023-03-02T21:22:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-shorter-has-died/980616/1 "2023-03-02T21:22:17Z")
Damn damn damn. Wayne Shorter, saxophonist possibly best known for playing in Weather Report has died aged 89. Seen here with Herbie Hancock, Stanley Clarke & Omar Hakim :- [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GZOkyQx3jIw/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgWChSMA8=&rs=AOn4CLA0wVx1u9iBQM0pcQ7DaY1wRwuFvw "Herbie Hancock Cantaloupe Island / Live under the sky '91") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZOkyQx3jIw) ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-shorter-has-died/980616/2 "2023-03-02T22:40:12Z")
Probably best known for playing with Miles Davis in the 60s. I agree, damn. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-shorter-has-died/980616/3 "2023-03-03T03:30:54Z")
I saw Weather Report in 1980 with a crowd of about 1,000. Pretty awesome. Sad to see him pass. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-shorter-has-died/980616/4 "2023-03-03T03:34:05Z")
I’m a little too young to associate him with Miles Davis so it’s his Weather Report era that resonates. Their blend of jazz fusion was epochal. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-shorter-has-died/980616/5 "2023-03-03T15:41:40Z")
First heard him on ‘Miles Smiles’, and then discovered he’d written ‘Dolores’. He’s been a constant in my headphones ever since… ---
**Author:** ![fordgt100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fordgt100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fordgt100)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-shorter-has-died/980616/6 "2023-03-03T20:02:24Z")
He was a wonderful musician, and played with lots of people. 'ol Miles had an ear for talent. Bill Evans also played piano with him. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-shorter-has-died/980616/7 "2023-03-03T22:57:44Z")
Yeah, there was a guy called John Coltrane too. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-shorter-has-died/980616/8 "2023-03-03T23:46:22Z")
Oof. Big fan - almost ever part of his career was interesting. I was listening to his solo album Juju just last month. ETA; Oops, that was actually Jules Broussard on the track I originally linked. Apologies to both Wayne and Jules. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-shorter-has-died/980616/9 "2023-03-04T02:00:30Z")
Well, hell. What a composer. His 1960s albums are indispensable. All of these tunes are immortal and burned into my brain forever: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wbgsd-Y1mHA/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHeA4AC4AOKAgwIABABGEYgZShWMA8=&rs=AOn4CLAu9EAIKPIF3v6Ot6yqJliTxJtDQg "Wayne̲ S̲h̲o̲r̲t̲e̲r̲ – S̲p̲e̲a̲k̲ N̲o̲ ̲Ev̲i̲l (̲1̲9̲6̲4̲)̲̲") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbgsd-Y1mHA) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fWSPNpAPj0s/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHUBoAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgTSg8MA8=&rs=AOn4CLDvLunTJ2yoqiCf7QGAhjNzxByDPw "Wayne Shorter Adams Apple") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWSPNpAPj0s) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9o7ihqR2pDE/maxresdefault.jpg "W̲ayne Sh̲o̲r̲t̲e̲r̲ – T̲h̲e̲ S̲o̲o̲t̲h̲s̲a̲yer̲ (̲1̲9̲6̲5̲)̲̲̲") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o7ihqR2pDE) ---
**Author:** ![Keith1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Keith1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-shorter-has-died/980616/10 "2023-03-05T21:55:05Z")
Many many guest appearances, including the awesome solo on Steely Dan’s Aja. ---
**Author:** ![fordgt100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fordgt100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fordgt100)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-shorter-has-died/980616/11 "2023-03-06T05:19:22Z")
I’m still trying to figure out why I thought Wayne Shorter played piano? I must not even know who he is, which is odd because I listen to a lot of jazz. Or I did, until I moved to areas that had no FM jazz stations. I checked, and there is nothing on him here in my jazz collection. It’s full of New Orleans jazz musicians, and people like Monk, O’Day, Evans, Holiday or Coltrane. In any case, it’s sad when anyone in music dies, they’ve been dropping like flies lately. ---
**Author:** ![Keith1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Keith1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith1)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayne-shorter-has-died/980616/12 "2023-03-06T13:23:00Z")
> [@fordgt100](#): > > I checked, and there is nothing on him here in my jazz collection. I _think_ Shorter replaced Coltrane with Miles Davis, somewhere around 1960 perhaps. In any case I think they crossed paths and likely played together at some point. Shorter’s recording credits are so extensive it’s hard to imagine who he hadn’t played with. He was popular with the jazz crowd during the 60’s (even late 50’s), but his star really took off when he formed Weather Report with Joe Zawinal, who he’d played with in M Davis’ band. Featured on several of Joni Mitchell’s later releases as well.