Wayne Shorter First Wife: Meet Teruko Nakagami

Wayne Shorter was married to Teruko Nakagami. They met Teruko in 1961. They were later married and had a daughter, Miyako.

Some of his compositions are copyrighted as “Miyako Music” and Shorter dedicated the pieces “Miyako” and “Infant Eyes” to his daughter. The couple separated in 1964.

Shorter practised Nichiren Buddhism for over 50 years as a longtime member of the Buddhist association Soka Gakkai International.

Singer and actress, Tina Turner credited Shorter with saving her life. In Turner’s 2020 spiritual memoir, Happiness Becomes You, she states that Shorter and his wife, Ana Maria provided Turner with critical refuge at their home for six months after Turner left her abusive husband, Ike Turner, in 1976.