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Celebrating Wayne Shorter at Sandler Center For The Performing Arts
Courtesy of Ticketmaster | Posted on March 19, 2024
Where
Sandler Center For The Performing Arts
201 Market St
Virginia Beach, VA
Map
757-385-2535
When
Thu, April 11, 2024
7:30 pm
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Musicians
Jimmy Masters
bassPeter Allison
trumpetJustin Kauflin
pianoMarcus Tenney
saxophone, tenorBilly Williams
drumsAbout
Join us as the TowneBank Jazz Series celebrates one of the world's greatest composers and jazz saxophonists of all time – Wayne Shorter. As equally renowned for his compositions as his saxophone playing, Shorter contributed many songs to the jazz canon while participating in some of the major changes in jazz music for more than 50 years. He received 12 GRAMMY awards for his recordings and was recognized with a lifetime achievement honor from the Recording Academy in 2015. Shorter was a seminal member of Mile Davis' famous quintet of the 1960s and co-founded one of the most successful jazz fusion bands ever, Weather Report...