“Wayne Shorter, my best friend, left us with courage in his heart, love and compassion for all, and a seeking spirit for the eternal future,” Hancock said in a statement. Hancock praised Shorter for his musical expertise and leaving a special mark in his life. Wayne was one of the few people who brought music to Miles that didn't get changed.” Herbie Hancock once said of Shorter in Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet: “The master writer to me, in that group, was Wayne Shorter. Many of Shorter's textured and elliptical compositions - including “Speak No Evil,” “Black Nile,” “Footprints,” and “Nefertiti” - became modern jazz standards and expanded the harmonic horizons of jazz across some of its most fast-evolving eras. Over the next eight decades, Shorter's wide-spanning collaborations would include co-founding the '70s fusion band Weather Report, some 10 album appearances with Joni Mitchell and further explorations with Carlos Santana and Steely Dan.
Shorter, a tenor saxophonist, made his debut in 1959 and would go on to be a foundational member of two of the most seminal jazz groups: Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and the Miles Davis Quintet. It called him a gentle spirit who was “always inquisitive and constantly exploring.” “Visionary composer, saxophonist, visual artist, devout Buddhist, devoted husband, father and grandfather Wayne Shorter has embarked on a new journey as part of his extraordinary life - departing the earth as we know it in search of an abundance of new challenges and creative possibilities,” a statement released by Kingsley said. Shorter died Thursday surrounded by his family in Los Angeles, said Alisse Kingsley, a representative for the multi-Grammy winner. LOS ANGELES (AP) - Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, has died.
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