Few will dispute Wayne Shorter's importance as one of jazz's leading figures of the late 20th and early 21st centuries as both a composer and saxophonist. Though indebted to John Coltrane, with whom he practiced in the mid-fifties, Shorter developed his own voice and style on the tenor horn, retaining the tough tone quality and intensity and, in later years, adding elements of funk. On soprano, Shorter is almost another player entirely, his lovely tone attuned more to lyrical thoughts, his choice of notes more spare. As a composer, he writes complex, long-limbed tunes, many of which are now standards.
Wayne Shorter - 1965 - Speak No Evil
Wayne Shorter - 1965 - The All Seeing Eye
Wayne Shorter - 1965 - The Soothsayer
Wayne Shorter - 1969 - Super Nova
Wayne Shorter - 1970 - Odyssey Of Iska
Wayne Shorter - 1980 - Etcetera
