Nov 22, 2023 12:46 PM
Wayne Shorter, Artist of the Year
With Wayne Shorter’s passing on March 2, the readers of DownBeat wanted to honor him one more time by naming him…
“I worked in a factory for a year, saving up money so I could study music in college,” said Wayne Shorter about his humble beginnings.
Nov 22, 2023 12:46 PM
With Wayne Shorter’s passing on March 2, the readers of DownBeat wanted to honor him one more time by naming him…
“Remember to be a warrior, not a worrier,” Shorter said, 10 days prior to his passing on March 2.
May 9, 2023 12:33 PM
Sadly, the formative giants of jazz are passing the torch and joining the ancestors. But such cliché and dwelling on…
Wayne Shorter: 1933–2023
May 9, 2023 12:43 PM
By the time the so-called riots of 1967 engulfed Wayne Shorter’s native Newark, New Jersey, the saxophonist had…
Shorter performing at the 2015 Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle.
Mar 2, 2023 5:07 PM
One of the most prodigious composers and singular, harmonically sophisticated improvisers in jazz history, tenor and…
Wayne Shorter and Don Was discuss uncovered Art Blakey music on First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings.
Dec 14, 2021 3:44 PM
In a surprise interview, composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter sat down with Don Was, president of Blue Note Records,…
Wayne Shorter, Kris Davis and Danilo Peréz
Oct 26, 2021 2:20 PM
Saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Kris Davis and pianist Danilo Peréz have each received the 2021 Doris Duke Artist…
Robert Glasper
Sep 28, 2021 2:52 PM
Keyboardist, composer and jazz party starter Robert Glasper begins a jam-packed, star-studded, 33-day residency at the…
The Alex Sipiagin Quartet is set to stream a performance from Smalls on Thursday.
Aug 28, 2020 1:44 PM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Mette Rasmussen, shown here performing at Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in 2018, is set to stream a performance on Monday.
Jul 30, 2020 9:31 AM
As performers look to replace income from lost gigs and regain a sense of community amid the coronavirus pandemic, a…
Nonprofit SFJAZZ is adding four Wayne Shorter tribute concerts to its Fridays at Five streaming series.
Jun 25, 2020 1:08 PM
The Bay Area nonprofit organization SFJAZZ is aiming to lend assistance to Wayne Shorter with a series of…
Vocalist Angélique Kidjo is among the performers to contribute to Jazz Foundation of America’s #TheNewGig fundraiser.
May 14, 2020 9:09 AM
On May 14, Jazz Foundation of America is set to host #TheNewGig fundraiser to benefit the organization’s Covid-19…
Marc Ribot is on the steering committee of the Music Workers Alliance, which is fighting to protect musicians’ rights.
May 11, 2020 12:05 AM
Within 24 hours of the World Health Organization’s March 11 announcement that the COVID-19 outbreak was a pandemic,…
Miles Davis performs in Copenhagen, Denmark, during 1969—not long after recording Bitches Brew, which was released 50 years ago.
Mar 30, 2020 10:37 AM
Come for Chick Corea’s headband, and stay for Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter playing unison lines.
A live set,…
Wayne Shorter topped three categories in the 84th DownBeat Readers Poll: Jazz Artist, Jazz Album and Soprano Saxophone
May 15, 2020 2:07 PM
Members of Wayne Shorter’s quartet have heard some intriguing anecdotes over the years. “Miles believed in so much…
Wayne Shorter (shown here in a scene from the documentary Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes) won three categories in the 2019 DownBeat Readers Poll: Jazz Artist, Jazz Album (for Emanon) and Soprano Saxophone.
Oct 21, 2019 6:56 PM
DownBeat is proud to announce the results of its 84th Annual Readers Poll.
Wayne Shorter is a huge winner in…
Keyboardist and composer Patrice Rushen’s catalog has been reinvigorated with the release of Remind Me (The Classic Elektra Recordings, 1978–1984).
Aug 5, 2019 5:58 PM
Patrice Rushen’s first appearance on Soul Train was not as a musical guest.
After Don Cornelius took the show from…
Cécile McLorin Salvant performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 3.
Jul 2, 2019 9:46 AM
Singer-songwriter Cécile McLorin Salvant is among the artists who topped multiple categories in the 2019 DownBeat…
John Patitucci says that his latest outing, Soul Of The Bass, is something of a sequel to his 1991 album Heart Of The Bass.
May 20, 2019 2:16 PM
Jazz pianists and guitarists perform solo all the time. Jazz bassists? Almost never. A program of unaccompanied jazz…
John Daversa accepts a Grammy for his arrangement of “Stars And Stripes Forever” at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 10.
Feb 11, 2019 1:03 PM
The Recording Academy handed out Grammy awards in 84 categories on Sunday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, but…
Kamasi Washington performs Saturday at SFJAZZ with bassist John Patitucci, drummer Brian Blade and pianist Danilo Pérez during a celebration of Wayne Shorter.
Jan 9, 2019 2:51 PM
At the top of Saturday night’s Wayne Shorter Legacy Celebration in San Francisco, Randall Kline, artistic and…
Vocalist and composer Cécile McLorin Salvant is among the nominees for the 61st annual Grammy Awards.
Dec 7, 2018 4:15 PM
Trumpeter/bandleader John Daversa, vocalists Kurt Elling and Cécile McLorin Salvant, pianist Brad Mehldau, saxophonist…
Saxophonist and 2018 Kennedy Center Honoree Wayne Shorter delivers a speech Dec. 1 at a State Department dinner in Washington, D.C.
Dec 3, 2018 1:40 PM
Over the course of his fruitful career, prolific saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter has amassed numerous accolades,…
Wayne Shorter’s among those being recognized at the 41st Annual Kennedy Center Honors.
May 19, 2020 10:56 AM
At the age of 84, saxophonist Wayne Shorter remains a prominently visible figure in jazz.
In addition to announcing…
Danilo Pérez (left), Wayne Shorter, Brian Blade and John Patitucci perform at the Panama Jazz Festival in Panama City.
Feb 6, 2018 1:19 PM
The vision and determination that built the Panama Jazz Festival into a thriving institution were characterized in…
The Chicago Jazz Fest (left) and Detroit Jazz Fest will take place over Labor Day Weekend. Admission to both festivals is free.
Sep 3, 2017 8:43 PM
Jazz fans within earshot of Chicago and Detroit might want to pack up the car and head into town, as both cities play…
A promotional still from the film Chasing Trane, which premiered April 14 at the IFC Center in New York City.
May 2, 2017 5:28 PM
Chasing Trane, the latest documentary from filmmaker John Scheinfeld, is an honest portrait of the consummate artist…
Herbie Hancock (left), Christian McBride, Wayne Shorter, Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade take a bow after a performance at New Jersey Performing Arts Center on April 23.
May 2, 2017 12:55 PM
It’s a little over a mile, walking distance, from 106 South Street, where Wayne Shorter grew up in Newark’s…
Wayne Shorter performs during the April 19 press conference, at which headliners for the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival were announced.
Apr 20, 2017 2:15 PM
The Detroit Jazz Festival, the world’s largest free jazz fest, has announced its full artist lineup for the 38th…
Lee Morgan (left) and Helen Morgan in a promotional photo for the film.
Apr 4, 2017 2:59 PM
I Called Him Morgan, the new documentary from filmmaker Kasper Collin, removes layers of murkiness surrounding the…
Wayne Shorter performs during the April 19 press conference, at which headliners for the 2017 Detroit Jazz Festival were announced.
Apr 22, 2017 7:52 AM
The Detroit Jazz Festival has announced legendary jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter as its 2017…
Terence Blanchard, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter performed together at Disney Hall in Los Angeles on Feb. 19.
Feb 28, 2017 11:09 AM
Los Angeles is very lucky to count pianist Herbie Hancock and saxophonist Wayne Shorter as residents. Both are American…
Wayne Shorter (left) and John Patitucci perform at the Jazztopad Festival in Worclaw, Poland.
Dec 6, 2016 6:05 PM
There may be some poetic justice in the fact that Jazztopad, one of the more innovative and important of the…
Top: Wayne Shorter (left) and Herbie Hancock. Bottom: Carlos Santana (left), Marcus Miller and Cindy Blackman Santana.
Sep 8, 2016 3:23 PM
Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter are regular visitors to the Hollywood Bowl, one of the world’s largest venues in…
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 22.
Jul 11, 2016 12:42 PM
Traditionally taking place over two weekends in late April and early May, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival is…
