Wayne Shorter, The Soothsayer
Remembering a master composer whose heart always belonged to the band
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Wayne Shorter transitioned yesterday, at 89. Here is the obituary I wrote for the New York Times, linked as a “gift” for anyone running up against the paywall.
Shorter shouldered a handful of terrific epithets in his eventful lifetime: Mr. Weir…
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