Wayne Shorter

Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.
In the 1960s, he joined Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, and from there he co-founded the jazz fusion band Weather Report. He has recorded over 20 albums as a bandleader.
Shorter has won 11 Grammy Awards. "The New York Times" called Shorter in 2008 as "probably jazz's greatest living small-group composer and a contender for greatest living improviser." 
In 2017, he was awarded the Polar Music Prize.
Shorter died in Los Angeles, California, on March 2, 2023, at the age of 89.