Wayne Shorter, jazz saxophone pioneer, dies at 89

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. He was 89. Shorter died on the 2nd of March 2023 surrounded by his family in Los Angeles, said Alisse Kingsley, a representative for the multi-Grammy winner.

No cause of death was given. As a band leader, Shorter released more than 25 albums and won 12 Grammy Awards. In 2015, he was given a lifetime achievement Grammy. Last month, he won a Grammy in the category of best improvised jazz solo for “Endangered Species” with Leo Genovese. In his career, Shorter has had more than 200 compositions and was a Kennedy Center honoree in 2018.