Music of Wayne Shorter

Pianist John Rangel, drummer Cal Haines, tenor saxophonist Sean Johnson, and bassist

Cyrus Campbell will trace the life and original works of the late genius saxophonist and

composer Wayne Shorter in this special performance. Following the format of the recent

critically-acclaimed Amazon documentary film, Zero Gravity, the quartet's presentation will be

constructed in three parts, corresponding to three major periods in the saxophonist and

composer’s momentous life.

​​Wayne Shorter led a legendary career spanning more than half a century that included

monumental memberships in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis’ iconic 1960s quintet,

and the fusion supergroup Weather Report, in addition to an incomparable path as a leader.

His classic Blue Note albums from the mid-60s and early 70s, including Night Dreamer, JuJu,

Speak No Evil, The All Seeing Eye, and Adam’s Apple, are essential parts of jazz history, and

he had memorable collaborations with Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, esperanza spalding,

Steely Dan, Carlos Santana, and Milton Nascimento.

Wayne led his longstanding quartet featuring Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci, and Brian Blade

beginning in 2000, won 11 GRAMMYs, and received the GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement

Award in 2015. He was a 2018 recipient of a Kennedy Center Honor, and his most recent

albums are the GRAMMY-winning 2018 triple-disc Blue Note release Emanon and an archival

2017 live date from the Detroit Jazz Festival released last year.

Wayne Shorter, the enigmatic, intrepid saxophonist who shaped the color and contour of

modern improvised music as one of its most intensely admired composers, died on Thursday,

March 2, 2023 in Los Angeles. He was 89.