Dorsay Alavi spent nearly 20 years following jazz great Wayne Shorter around with a camera before she was ready to unveil her three-hour Amazon Prime documentary, “Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity.” The 12 ...
The three-part portrait explores the life and music of the revered and influential saxophonist, who died in March. By Sheri Linden Senior Copy Editor/Film Critic Awards, sure — over his 60-odd-year ...
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has acquired the jazz great’s scores, original artwork, letters and more, providing a rare glimpse of an imaginative mind. By Hank Shteamer For ...
LOS ANGELES — 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 ...
His career as an influential tenor saxophonist and composer reached across more than half a century, tracking jazz’s complex evolution during that span. By Nate Chinen Wayne Shorter, the enigmatic, ...