Wayne Shorter is a living legend — a saxophonist, composer and lifelong original thinker. He's never been afraid to be different, which is perhaps why he's accomplished so much. Among his accomplishments:Music director for Art Blakey's Jazz MessengersMember of the Miles Davis Quintet in the mid-1960sCo-founder of the band Weather ReportBandleader and recording artist for more than 50 yearsWinner of 10 Grammy Awards, including one for lifetime achievementHe's revered by many generations of jazz lovers, including the members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. They created new arrangements of tunes from throughout his career. Then they performed those arrangements with him in May."He didn't have any requests for changes of anything, amazingly, as I reflect upon it," says reedman Victor Goines. "He was able to take what we had — even though he hasn't played some of those tunes in decades, I'm sure — and interpret them and make them as fresh as anything that is being written today.
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