Wayne Shorter Cause of Death

American Jazz saxophonist and composer, Wayne Shorter has died. He died on March 2, 2023, at the age of 89. The cause of his death is unknown.

In the 1960s, he joined Miles Davis’s Second Great Quintet and then co-founded the jazz fusion band Weather Report. He has recorded over 20 albums as a bandleader.

Shorter remained in Davis’s band after the breakup of the quintet in 1968, playing on early jazz fusion recordings including In a Silent Wat and Bitches Brew (both 1969).

In 2018, Shorter retired from his nearly 70-year performing career due to health issues. He has continued working as a composer, creating a “new operatic work” titled (Iphigenia), with Esperanza Spalding writing the libretto and architect Frank Gehry designing the sets, which premiered on November 12, 2021, at the Cutler Majestic Theatre.