Wayne Shorter Quartet - Concert @ Reykjavik Arts Festival

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Sábado 24 de maio de 2008

Haskolabio

Islândia

More than half a century after embarking on his lifelong musical adventure, Wayne Shorter is universally regarded as a living jazz legend.

By the summer of 2001, Wayne began touring as the leader of a talented young lineup featuring pianist Danilo Perez, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade, each a celebrated recording artist and bandleader in his own right. They will play with Shorter in a downtown concerthall at Reykjavik Arts Festival in June 24th.

His great body of work as a composer for such illustrious groups as Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis’ famous mid ‘60s quintet and fusion supergroup Weather Report is enough to ensure him a spot in the Jazz Hall of Fame.

Wayne Shorter was born in Newark, New Jersey on August 25, 1933. He attended college at New York University while also soaking up the Manhattan jazz scene by frequenting popular nightspots like Birdland and Cafe Bohemia. Upon graduating in 1956, he worked briefly with Johnny Eaton and his Princetonians, earning the nickname “The Newark Flash” for his speed and facility on the tenor saxophone.

Following his time in the service, Shorter had a brief stint in 1958 with Horace Silver and later played in the house band at Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem. It was around this time that Shorter began jamming with John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. In 1959, Shorter joined Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. He remained with the Jazz Messengers through 1963, becoming Blakey’s musical director and contributing several key compositions to the band’s book during those years. He joined the Miles Davis band in 1964 and remained with the group through 1970, contributing such landmark compositions as “

Nefertiti,” “

E.S.P.,” “

Pinocchio,” “

Sanctuary,” “

Fall” and “

Footprints.”

In 1970, Shorter co-founded the group Weather Report with Joe Zawinul and Miroslav Vitous. Weather Report remained the premier fusion group through the ’70s and into the early ’80s before disbanding in 1985 after 16 acclaimed recordings, including 1980’s grammy Award-winning double-live LP set, 8:30. Shorter formed his own group in 1986 and produced a succession of electric jazz albums for the Columbia label. In 1997, he made 1+1 with Herbie Hancock. The two spent 1998 touring as a duet.

Wayne Shorter has received 9 Grammy Awards. He was nominated by Downbeat for succesive 17 years as best soprano saxophonist, every year from 1969. Wayne Shorter is without a doubt one of the world´s most creative musicians in the history of jazz and is highly acclaimed by a huge group of admirers all around the world.

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