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In Memoriam: Wayne Shorter

April 24, 2023 by: Geraldine Wyckoff

Master saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter

It's hardly imaginable that Wayne Shorter, a legendary genius as a saxophonist and composer, would be sitting in his office complete with a collection of action figures—Captain Marvel, Superman, the woman from “The Matrix” (presumably Trinity) and the Terminator plus science fiction books. At the time, in 2013, he said when he thought back, he realized that he was seeing the great jazz artists as his personal comic book superheroes. Since the p...

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