Wayne Shorter
American saxophonist and composerWikipedia
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Sep 28, 2026
Peter MartinHOST
I want you to remind me when we hear it.
Peter MartinHOST
Justin and Roy's ability to play lines together, like, that's from a really, I would say, a small group of tenor, like, you talk about Miles and Wayne Shorter.
Peter MartinHOST
They were pretty good at that.
Peter MartinHOST
Um, Roy and, and Ron, Ron Blake.
5 MINS LATER
Peter MartinHOST
And it's almost like Justin's more like the George Coleman to Miles-
Adam ManessHOST
Yeah, yeah
Peter MartinHOST
... as opposed to the Wayne Shorter or the John Coltrane.
Adam ManessHOST
Yeah.
speaker_0HOST
This period also contained his 1959 classic Kind of Blue which is still considered to be one of the greatest albums ever recorded.
speaker_0HOST
In the early 1960s, Miles went through a number of lineup changes, including working with Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter and Tony Williams.
speaker_0HOST
Miles also went back to touring.
speaker_0HOST
Miles also started to have some serious health issues.
QuestloveHOST
Like, after Coltrane, you know, is done with it.
QuestloveHOST
Who else wants to? And more power to Wayne Shorter.
QuestloveHOST
More power to, you know, I know there are other greats that I've touched.
V. Jeffrey SmithGUEST
I didn't like Coltrane's sound on Soprano.
QuestloveHOST
did
Peter LordGUEST
you like on Soprano?
QuestloveHOST
I like Wayne Shorter.
QuestloveHOST
Oh yeah, okay.
Mark IshamGUEST
And then I realized, well, now that I've learned that, I know what Miles did, but that's not, I have to find out who Mark Isham is, right, and play like Mark Isham.
Mark IshamGUEST
And once I sort of figured that out, and it took several years, but there was a point when I said, you know, that doesn't sound like Miles, doesn't sound like Wayne Shorter, doesn't sound like Chet Baker, doesn't sound like Freddie Hubbard.
Mark IshamGUEST
It sounds like me.
Mark IshamGUEST
And I realized that.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
It features Miles Davis on trumpet.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
We have Herbie Hancock on piano, Ron Carter bass, Wayne Shorter on tenor sax, and the great Tony Williams on drums.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
Miles formed the second great quintet in 1963.
Kevin LawrenceHOST
Right now we're going to give you a double dose or a set of two by the man who influenced Miles Davis, Mr. Ahmad Jamal.
Mark IshamGUEST
Very specifically, very technically.
Mark IshamGUEST
I transcribed a lot of Wayne Shorter solos because I just thought, you know, harmonically, this is the guy for me.
Mark IshamGUEST
What the hell is he doing? I need to know, you know.
Mark IshamGUEST
And then you start to assimilate it.
Mark IshamGUEST
I remember I decided, look, Miles's sound is the greatest sound in the world.
Mark IshamGUEST
I'm going to start with that.
Mark IshamGUEST
And then a couple of years later, I said, yeah, but the notes, Wayne Shorter, are the notes.
Mark IshamGUEST
So for a long time, I said, well, I want the sound of Miles and the notes of Wayne.
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Frances ChanHOST
I hope you like that sizzling live version of Teen Town by Weather Report from Live in Tokyo, 1978, with Jaco Pastorius on bass, Joe Zawinul on keyboards, Wayne Shorter on sax, and Peter Erskine on drums.
Frances ChanHOST
And Vulfpeck fans will recognize how that tune, Teen Town, was paid homage to in Vulfpeck's song Dean Town.
Frances ChanHOST
And before Weather Report was Troy Kingi and a track called Fantasy League from 2023.
Andrew FordHOST
On today's music show, we're going to be hearing voices from the music show's archive.
Andrew FordHOST
Jazz legends such as McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter and Gary Bartz, all of whom played with John Coltrane.
Andrew FordHOST
And also artists such as Bramford Marsalis, Kurt Elling, Dave Liebman, Phil Slater, Andy Sugg and Lakeisha Benjamin, who have been inspired by him.
Andrew FordHOST
But we're going to start today.
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Andrew FordHOST
John Coltrane playing with Miles Davis' first great quintet.
Andrew FordHOST
By the time Miles Davis assembled his second great quintet, Coltrane had his own band, and playing sax for Miles was Wayne Shorter.
Andrew FordHOST
He told me about his history with Trane and Miles.
DrewHOST
I was super excited to come into Danilo for Motherland, but for a whole lot of different reasons.
DrewHOST
His time with Dizzy, his time with Wayne Shorter, just a phenomenal pianist to me.
DrewHOST
But this was new for the both of you, Danilo Perez is.
DrewHOST
And we're coming back.
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DrewHOST
I gorged on a lot of his music.
DrewHOST
I wanted to hear what he is really, as a pianist, capable of, and as a composer, what he's capable of.
DrewHOST
And I keep coming back to the later Wayne Shorter.
DrewHOST
And I just, I love Wayne.
DrewHOST
I was going to tell Matt, don't look at me for an answer on that one.
DrewHOST
Just like you, what makes this jazz? Is it the fact that he named a couple of tracks or honored a couple of tracks for Wayne Shorter or Miles Davis? Maybe.
DrewHOST
He had played in the late 80s, I think it was.
DrewHOST
I can't find it right now.
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MattHOST
All right, Drew, why don't you tell them what's next?
DrewHOST
I've been waiting all week to do this.
DrewHOST
It's somebody that I've mentioned over and over and over again just on a kind of fact that you get to know him through the three-part series called Zero Gravity about Wayne Shorter.
DrewHOST
Danilo Perez is who we're going to be looking at next week.
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