Milton Nascimento mourns the death of composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter

Wayne Shorter died this Thursday, 2, at the age of 89. According to the newspaper The New York Times (via G1), he was in a hospital in Los Angeles, in the United States. The information was confirmed by Alisse Kingsley, advisor to the musician. The cause of death was not revealed.

The musician was one of the greatest jazz composers and saxophonists. He was in prominent groups such as the jazz messengersbeside Art Blakey, quintet of Miles Davis in the 1960s, and the group weather report. Furthermore, with the Wayne Shorter Quartetenchanted the world and was part of a revolution in the sound of the genre.

“He is not only one of jazz’s greatest composers, but also the angel of esotericism, an enlightened and mysterious elder,” is how the paper described it. Wayne – responsible for composing jazz standards “Footprints” It is “Black Nile.”

In addition to jazz legends, Shorter worked with Milton Nascimento on disk native dancer (1975), a partnership for which the Brazilian thanked him in a farewell note from his friend and collaborator. Check out the full statement:

“Today is one of the hardest days of my life. The day to say goodbye to part of everything that I am.
Wayne Shorter was – and always will be – more than a musical partner. Since we met, we never parted. In 1975, he invited me to record the native dancer, and changed my life and career forever. Last year, when I performed in Los Angeles, he couldn’t come to see me, as he had suffered an accident at home the night before, but I managed to go to his house, and we had a beautiful afternoon, worthy of our many years. of brotherhood and history. My condolences to his wife, Carolina, who fought so hard for the health of my eternal brother in recent years. To my beloved friend, my greatest and eternal love.”