Wayne Shorter
Birthday: Born in 1933-08-25 in
Deathday: Alive
TV Credits
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Character: Self
Host Neil deGrasse Tyson brings together celebrities, scientists and comedians to explore a variety of cosmic topics and collide pop culture with science in a way that late-night television has never seen before. Weekly topics range from popular science fiction, space travel, extraterrestrial life, the Big Bang, to the future of Earth and the environment. Tyson is an astrophysicist with a gifted ability to connect with everyone, inspiring us all to to "keep looking up."...
Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity
Character: Self
A cinematic ode to jazz legend, Wayne Shorter. Depicted in 3 portals, the viewer is transported into prolific periods of Shorter's life and how through adversity, he grew to greatness, shattered the limitations of jazz, and became one of the most influential musicians and composers in American music....
The Kennedy Center Honors
Character: Self
The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture....
Classic Albums
Character: Self
A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music....
Great Performances
Character: Self
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries....
Movie Credits
Weather Report Live In Tokyo
Character: himself
Weather Report recorded live in Tokyo, Japan on September 27, 1984 - Joe Zawinul (keyboards) / Wayne Shorter (sax, tenor sax) / Victor Bailey (bass) / Mino Cinelu (percussion) / Omar Hakim (drums)...
Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival
Character: Himself
Live at Montreux Jazz Festival is a live album by guitarist Carlos Santana and saxophonist Wayne Shorter that was released in 2005. The album is a record of their performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 14, 1988....
Santana: Supernatural Live
Character: Self
Like the hit album that inspires its name, Supernatural Live brings journeyman guitarist Carlos Santana back into the mainstream by surrounding him with younger superstars eager to bask in his formidable musical presence. Resuscitating stardom through sheer proximity can translate to forced pairings or superfluous music making, but credit Santana himself with minimizing such missteps. A fusion artist before the term was coined, the erstwhile Mexican street musician long ago extended his technica...
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
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On July 15, 2004, Santana took to the stage in Montreux accompanied by a stunning line-up of guests to perform a concert of songs about peace and understanding that they dubbed "Hymns For Peace". Joining the regular Santana line-up in the band were Chick Corea, John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ravi Coltrane and Idrissa Diop with further guest appearances through the night from Angelique Kidjo, Barbara Morrison, Patti Austin, Sylver Sharp, Steve Winwood and Nile Rodgers....
Weather Report: Live in Offenbach 1978
Character: Himself
Weather Report's landmark concert in Offenbach, Germany on September 28, 1978....
Weather Report: Live in Berlin
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Weather Report live at the Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany, November 6, 1975. Program: Freezing Fire - Scarlet Woman - Mysterious Traveller - Badia/Boogie Woogie Waltz...
Santana: In Concert
Character: Self - Saxophone
Tracks: 1. (Da Le) Yaleo - Santana Band w/ horns 2. Love Of My Life - Santana Band w/ Dave Matthews & Carter Beauford 3. Angel - Carlos Santana w/ Sarah McLachlan 4. Put Your Lights On - Santana Band w/ Everlast 5. Africa Bamba - Santana Band w/ horns 6. Do You Like The Way - Santana Band w/ Lauryn Hill and Cee-Lo & horns 7. Migra - Santana Band w/ horns 8. Day Of Celebration - Santana Band 9. Victory Is Won - Santana Band 10. Maria Maria - Santana Band w/ The Product G&B 11. Apache -...
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate: 75th
Character: himself
The quality of keyboardist/composer/bandleader Joe Zawinul's music remained unparalleled to the very end. This titan of the jazz world – whose innovative and genre-bending sensibilities gave rise to such visionary musical entities as Weather Report and the Zawinul Syndicate – took his final bow on September 11, 2007, at age 75 after a battle with cancer. Recorded in concert at a festival date in Lugano, Switzerland, on July 7, 2007, this aptly titled concert video is unwavering proof that Zawinu...
Elis & Tom: It Had to be You
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Elis & Tom is considered one of the most important albums in the history of Brazilian music. Recorded in Los Angeles, in 1974, it was all captured by a team of filmmakers led by director Roberto de Oliveira, who arranged for the duo to meet. The original footage was kept for 45 years until restored and remastered in 2018. The film is also an exciting reunion of the director with the artists and the material he filmed nearly five decades ago....
Miles Davis: Live in Europe 1969
Character: himself
LIVE IN EUROPE 1969 lives up to the Miles Davis Bootleg Series mission of presenting live performances that are previously unreleased, have previously only been bootlegged, or are very rare. This new set is the first collection of Miles's Third Great Quintet, the "Lost" Band of 1968-1970 with Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, and Jack DeJohnette at their peak (they were never recorded in the studio). The album captures the short-lived quintet in three separate concert settin...
Miles Davis: Around Midnight
Character: Saxophone (Tenor)
This famous bootleg DVD was finally released as part of LIVE in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1 in 2011. Miles Davis second great quintet: Bass – Ron Carter Drums – Tony Williams Piano – Herbie Hancock Saxophone [Tenor] – Wayne Shorter Trumpet – Miles Davis Tracklist: 1. Agitation (Composed By – Miles Davis) 2. Footprints (Composed By – Wayne Shorter) 3. Around Midnight (Composed By – Thelonious Monk) 4. Gingerbread Boy / Into The Theme (Composed By – Jimmy Heath, Miles Davis)...
Jaco
Character: Self
The story of Jaco Pastorius, a self-taught, larger-than-life musician who single-handedly changed the course of modern music by redefining the sound and the role of the electric bass guitar. Never-before-seen 8mm film, photographs, and audio recordings unveil the true story behind the legend of Jaco’s life, his music, and his heartbreaking end....
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Character: Self - Musician
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991)....
Miles Ahead
Character: Live Concert Band
An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis....
Wayne Shorter Quartet - Jazz in Marciac
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Wayne Shorter Quartet - Jazz in Marciac, 30 July 2013 Wayne Shorter - sax / John Patitucci - bass / Brian Blade - drums / Danilo Perez - piano Tracks: 1. Medley : a). Zero Gravity b). Water Babies c). Orbits d). She Moved Through The Fair e). Lotus f). Plaza Real 2. Adventures Abroad The Golden Mean / I Go My Way By Myself 3. Joy Rider...
Chasing Trane
Character: Self - Musician
An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose original, avant-garde work has impacted and influenced people all over the world. A story about music's ability to entertain, inspire and transform....
Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind
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Joni Mitchell's career as a singer-songwriter and painter is extensively profiled in this in-depth documentary, which originally aired as part of the PBS American Masters series. Take a look at this prolific artist as she reflects on a career that spans decades and includes some of the most influential music of that era....
The Blue Note Collection - The Manhattan Project
Character: Sax soprano
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Weather Report: Live at Montreux
Character: Saxophones
Weather Report was founded in 1970 by musicians who had met while playing with Miles Davis. This Montreux Festival show from 1976 follows on from the release of their album "Black Market" but features the line-up that would release their most famous and successful album "Heavy Weather" in 1977. This line-up features Joe Zawinul (keyboards), Wayne Shorter (saxophones), Jaco Pastorius (bass), Alex Acuna (drums) and Manolo Badrena (percussion). Previously only available as a bootleg of a TV broadca...
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
Character: Self
Explore the vision behind the iconic American jazz record label. Since 1939, Blue Note artists have been encouraged to push creative boundaries in search of uncompromising expressions. Through current recording sessions, rare archive and conversations with iconic Blue Note artists, the film reveals an intimate perspective of a legacy that continues to be vital in today’s political climate....
I Called Him Morgan
Character: Self
Part jazz history, part true-crime tale, Kasper Collin’s new documentary employs extensive archival footage and new interviews to tell the tragic story of the magnificently talented trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife Helen, who murdered him in a New York bar in 1972....
The World According to John Coltrane
Character: Himself
The World According to John Coltrane is a documentary film about saxophonist John Coltrane...
It Must Schwing: The Blue Note Story
Character: Self
A documentary about the legendary jazz label Blue Note Records and its German founders Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff. As jews they had to flee Germany and the Hitler regime in the late 1930s. In New York they wrote music history with their record label Blue Note Records....
Weather Report Live In Hamburg 1971
Character: Himself
Weather Report performing live in Hamburg on German TV show Beat Club on 22.06.1971. Joe Zawinul: Fender Rhodes / Wayne Shorter: Tenor and Soprano saxophones Miroslav Vitous: Electric and acoustic bass / Alphonse Mouzon: Drums / Dom Um Romão: Percussion 1. Umbrellas 2. Orange Lady 3. Waterfall 4. Seventh Arrow 5. TH 6. Morning Lake 7. Improvised Medley incl. Dr. Honoris Causa...
Marcus
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Patrick Savey plunges us into Marcus's world, capturing the New York roots of the legendary bass player, following his path like the pebbles of Tom Thumb, as he meets masters of Jazz like Larry Graham, Jaco Pastorius, David Sanborn, Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau and Miles Davis. A fantastic visual and musical journey through the history of this exceptional musician...
Classic Albums: Steely Dan - Aja
Character: Self
Aja was the biggest selling album of Steely Dan's illustrious career. It was the first album by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker as a duo. Fagen and Becker recall the history of the album, along with Peg, Deacon Blues and Josie. Michael McDonald, later of the Doobie Brothers did guest backing vocals on Aja, the late British musician Ian Dury, record producer Gary Katz and the legendary session musicians who worked on Aja also contribute. This is a vivd portrait of a 70's record that is still as fr...
Universe
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In 1966 a landmark suite of orchestral jazz entitled “The Universe Compositions" was written for Miles Davis and set to be recorded by The Miles Davis Quintet. That moment would never happen. The quintet broke up and the compositions were lost for 50 years...until they were finally recovered by Miles’ only protégé, Wallace Roney--the one man Miles would trust to fulfill his wish. As Wallace prepares to record and debut "Universe," he must find a way to uphold his mentor's legacy. The work woul...
The Language of the Unknown: A Film About the Wayne Shorter Quartet
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“The Language of the Unknown” accompanies the great saxophonist and his band with a concert on November 3, 2012 in the Salle Pleyel in Paris, and observes the effect of the music on its creators, who are normally much too busy with creating the new than to deal with music already played....
Miles Davis: Copenhagen Live 1969
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Previously unissued Live Concert Performance by Miles' Quintet lineup with Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette – experience the evolution of Miles' sound, and further development of tracks from Bitches Brew and earlier material in the hands of master improvisers. --itunes...
Wayne Shorter: Live at Montreux 1996
Character: Saxophone
Wayne Shorter is one of the most significant jazz performers of modern times. He performed as part of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and then Miles Davis' band in the sixties before co-founding Weather Report with Joe Zawinul in the early seventies. This Montreux concert from 1996 features the Wayne Shorter Quintet and followed on from the release of his Grammy Award winning album "High Life"....
Miles Davis Quintet: Milan 1964
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Miles Davis Quintet October 11, 1964 Teatro dell' Arte, Milan (Italy) 1. Autumn Leaves 2. My Funny Valentine 3. All Blues 4. All of You 5. Joshua / Miles Davis (trumpet) / Wayne Shorter (sax) / Herbie Hancock (piano) / Ron Carter (bass) / Tony Williams (drums)...