Wayne Shorter discography
This is a comprehensive list of the discography of the jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter as a leader and sideman.
As a member
The Young Lionswith Frank Strozier, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, Bob Cranshaw, Albert Heath and Louis HayesThe Young Lions – rec. 1960
The Jazz Messengers
- 1959: Africaine
- 1959: Paris Jam Session
- 1960: A Night in Tunisia
- 1960: Like Someone in Love
- 1960: Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World
- 1960: The Big Beat
- 1961: Roots & Herbs
- 1961: A Day with Art Blakey
- 1961: Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!!
- 1961: Buhaina's Delight
- 1961: Mosaic
- 1961: The Freedom Rider
- 1961: The Witch Doctor
- 1961: Tokyo 1961
- 1961: Paris Jazz Concert: Olympia May 13th 1961
- 1962: Caravan
- 1961-62: Three Blind Mice
- 1963: Ugetsu
- 1963: Golden Boy
- 1964: Free for All
- 1964: Kyoto
- 1964: Indestructible
- 1971: Weather Report
- 1972: I Sing the Body Electric
- 1972: Live in Tokyo
- 1973: Sweetnighter
- 1973-74: Mysterious Traveller
- 1975: Tale Spinnin'
- 1975-76: Black Market
- 1976-77: Heavy Weather
- 1978: Mr. Gone
- 1979: 8:30
- 1980: Night Passage
- 1981: Weather Report
- 1983?: Procession
- 1983: Domino Theory
- 1984: Sportin' Life
- 1985: This Is This!
- 1977: The Quintet
- 1977: Tempest in the Colosseum
- 1979: Live Under the Sky
- 1979: Five Stars
with Gil Goldstein, Lenny White, Michel Petrucciani, Pete Levin and Stanley ClarkeThe Manhattan Project – rec. 1989
As sideman
With Miles Davis- 1959-62 Jingle Bell Jazz – on "Blue Xmas "
- 1963 The Giants of Jazz – on "Devil May Care," the one Davis track on this Columbia anthology; also released as single B-side of "Seven Steps to Heaven"
- 1964: Miles in Berlin
- 1965: E.S.P.
- 1965: The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel 1965
- 1966: Miles Smiles
- 1967: Sorcerer
- 1967: Nefertiti
- 1966-67: Miles Davis at Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol. 4
- 1967: Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1
- 1967-68: Water Babies
- 1968: Miles in the Sky
- 1968: Filles de Kilimanjaro
- 1969: In a Silent Way
- 1969: 1969 Miles Festiva De Juan Pins
- 1969: Live in Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 2
- 1969: Bitches Brew
- 1970 Live at the Fillmore East
- compilation: Big Fun
- compilation: Circle in the Round
- compilation: Directions
- 1975: Man-Child
- 1976: VSOP
- 1977: VSOP: The Quintet
- 1977: VSOP: Tempest in the Colosseum
- 1979: VSOP: Live Under the Sky
- 1983: Sound-System
- 1985: Round Midnight – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- 1998: Gershwin's World
- 2001: Future2Future
- 2006-07: River: The Joni Letters
- 2010: The Imagine Project
- 1961: Ready for Freddie
- 1962: Here to Stay
- 1963: The Body & the Soul
- 1977: Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
- 1978-79: Mingus
- 1982?: Wild Things Run Fast
- 1984-85: Dog Eat Dog
- 1986-87: Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm
- 1989-90: Night Ride Home
- 1993: Turbulent Indigo
- 1997: Taming the Tiger
- 1999: Both Sides Now
- 2002: Travelogue
- 1964: Search for the New Land
- 1965: The Gigolo
- 1966: Delightfulee
- 1967: Standards
- 1967-69: The Procrastinator
With Jaco Pastorius
- 1975: Jaco Pastorius
- 1980-81: Word of Mouth
- 1980-82: Holiday for Pans
With McCoy Tyner
- 1968: Expansions
- 1970: Extensions
With others
- Donald Byrd, Free Form – rec. 1961
- Billy Childs, Map to the Treasure
- Pino Daniele, Bella 'mbriana
- Lou Donaldson, Lush Life
- Benny Golson, Pop + Jazz = Swing
- Gil Evans, The Individualism of Gil Evans – rec. 1963-64
- Don Henley, The End of the Innocence – rec. 1987-89
- Toninho Horta, Diamond Land
- Norah Jones, Day Breaks – rec. 2015
- J.J. Johnson, Heroes – rec. 1996
- Wynton Kelly, Kelly Great
- Michael Landau, Tales From The Bulge
- Bill Laswell, Bahia Black Ritual Beating System
- Lionel Loueke, Karibu – rec. 2007
- Grachan Moncur III, Some Other Stuff – rec. 1964
- Michel Petrucciani, The Power of Three – rec. 1986
- The Rolling Stones, Bridges to Babylon – 1 track
- Masahiko Satoh, Randooga – live
- John Scofield, Quiet
- Esperanza Spalding, Songwrights Apothecary Lab
- Steely Dan, Aja – 1 track
- Bobby Timmons, The Soul Man!
- Kazumi Watanabe, Kilowatt
- Buster Williams, Something More
- Tony Williams, Spring – rec. 1965