Wayne Shorter live in concert.
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Wayne Shorter

14
critic concert reviews
jazz

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

89
%
Based on 
14
critic concert
reviews
LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Wayne Shorter is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 14 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Wayne Shorter is rated as an amazing live performer, with many notable strengths. Wayne Shorter concert reviews describe live shows and performances as delectable, whimsical, ethereal, offbeat, and thrilling.

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On Vee-Jay: Wayne Shorter (September 1, 2023)

artist info

GENRE
jazz
ORIGIN
Newark, United States (8/25/1933)
BIO
Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz composer and saxophonist. Shorter has recorded dozens of albums as a leader, and appeared on dozens more with others.
HAS PERFORMED with
Wayne Shorter Quartet, Phronesis

CRITIC concert REVIEWS

State Magazine (Ireland)

November 26, 2016
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The 83 year old settles himself on what has become a trademark high-stool that lies within easy reach of either his tenor or soprano sax stand.

The Guardian (UK)

November 21, 2016
80
%
Shorter’s quartet was delectable and articulate, then merged with Poland’s LutosAir for deft swaps between ensemble passages and improv

Chicago Tribune (USA)

May 28, 2016
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Each happens to be a keenly responsive player unafraid of leaping into the unknown, clearly a requirement for playing in the Wayne Shorter Quartet.

The Guardian (UK)

February 19, 2016
80
%
The work of Wayne Shorter the 82 year-old saxophonist with a sound as unique as a thumbprint and one of jazz’s greatest small-band composers was hailed on Thursday in a series of offbeat mini-concertos in which he was principal improvising soloist.

Financial Times (UK)

November 18, 2013
80
%
He went on to found Weather Report and in the 1980s developed a fractured somewhat bleak electronica that is only now being fully appreciated.

The Guardian (UK)

November 18, 2013
100
%
The trick to making it work seems to be to jazz-infuse the classical band rather than overly schmooze the jazz.

The Salt Lake Tribune (USA)

September 12, 2013
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Suspect scheduling meant that while some 45,000 red-and-white clad locals were crammed into a stadium Thursday night for the University of Utah's home football opener, up the hill at Red Butte Garden there was enough open grass to make even the most wide receiver dream of six points.S

Past critic reviews published in

The Village Voice (USA)

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Chris Hakkens [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons