Wayne Shorter - Awards

Awards

  • Down Beat Poll Winner New Star Saxophonist (1962)
  • Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance for Weather Report's 8:30 (1979)
  • Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for Dexter Gordon's Call Sheet Blues (1987)
  • Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group for A Tribute to Miles (1994)
  • Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album for High Life (1996)
  • Miles Davis Award Wayne Shorter was granted the Miles Davis Award by the Montreal International Jazz Festival. (1996)
  • Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for Aung San Suu Kyi (1997)
  • NEA Jazz Masters (1998)
  • Honorary Doctorate of Music (1999; Berklee College of Music)
  • Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for In Walked Wayne (1999)
  • Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for Sacajawea (2003)
  • Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group for Alegría (2003)
  • Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual or Group for Beyond The Sound Barrier (2005)
  • Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Award Small Ensemble Group of the Year to Wayne Shorter Quartet (2006)

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