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Wayne Shorter <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\non Miles Davis, <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\nKanye West, & the<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n Music of the Future<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n <\/p>\n
By\u00a0Natalie Weiner<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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<\/a>Wayne Shorter performs on stage at the 2014 International Jazz Day Global Concert on April 30, 2014 in Osaka, Japan.<\/strong><\/span>
Keith Tsuji\/Getty Images for Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\nSpeaking with\u00a0Wayne Shorter<\/a>, whose prolific\u00a0CAREER![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdncache-a.akamaihd.net\/items\/it\/img\/arrow-10x10.png\")
<\/a>\u00a0has placed him solidly in jazz’s canon, is nothing if not amusing. Legendary for his compositions and and compatriots alike (he’s played with everyone from\u00a0Miles Davis<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0Santana<\/a>\u00a0to the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra), Shorter approaches life (and conversation) with a unique blend of his adopted Buddhism and his passion for arts and culture. Over the course of our talk he alluded to Mo’nique, astrophysics, the NBA playoffs (he’s pulling for the Warriors), Jurassic Park, and\u00a0Kanye West<\/a>\u00a0(among other things).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIt’s been 50 years since Shorter started playing with Miles Davis’ now-classic Second Great Quintet — Shorter and Davis alongside\u00a0Herbie Hancock<\/a>,\u00a0Ron Carter<\/a>, and Tony Williams —\u00a0yet he remembers his time with Miles like it was yesterday. “I used to talk to Miles all the time,” he tells Billboard.\u00a0“A\u00a0lot of it was about health. ‘You know my left leg, there’s something wrong with it.’ ” (It’s important to note<\/a> that every quote comes with an accompanying impression — his Miles voice is spot-on.) If the questions and answers seem unrelated, it’s because Shorter is about 50STEPS<\/a>\u00a0ahead of the rest of us at any given time, somehow embracing philosophical discussion and laughter equally. “I’m drilling for wisdom,” he says.\u00a0“That’s the challenge.\u00a0I have to play wisdom and make it fun — not intellectual.<\/span><\/p>\nQ&A: Wayne Shorter<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n“Let’s take all this stuff into\u00a0ACCOUNT<\/a>\u00a0and have a good time on the telephone,” Shorter told me during our interview.\u00a0“As\u00a0Ludacris<\/a>\u00a0says [yes, he quoted Ludacris], ‘That’s what I’m talking about.’ “<\/span><\/p>\nHow was it revisiting some of\u00a0YOUR<\/a>\u00a0older music for this\u00a0Wayne Shorter Festival<\/a>?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nMusic is just sound — what’s more important to me is behavior. I’m watching these play-offs — basketball — it’s interesting to watch behavior, underneath all the movements and everything like that. They go into the audience and show some of the parents of the players and all that. I’m rooting for the team that has the kind of behavior that transcends great movement in the sport. If the athleticism is there, just like playing an instrument really well, but the behavior isn’t…I’m looking at these Golden [State] Warriors a little bit now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n[on Steph Curry] He doesn’t beat his chest and throw threes and then stomp and make faces and fly like he’s gonna be Superman — he kind of reminds me of somebody my brother and I went to school with. We had a good friend — and he looks like this guy too — and his name was (dig this name) — his name was Pete Lonesome.\u00a0He was low-key, but he was avant-garde — he had the quiet\u00a0thang<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Kanye West, & the<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n Music of the Future<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n <\/p>\n
By\u00a0Natalie Weiner<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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<\/a>Wayne Shorter performs on stage at the 2014 International Jazz Day Global Concert on April 30, 2014 in Osaka, Japan.<\/strong><\/span>
Keith Tsuji\/Getty Images for Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\nSpeaking with\u00a0Wayne Shorter<\/a>, whose prolific\u00a0CAREER<\/a>\u00a0has placed him solidly in jazz’s canon, is nothing if not amusing. Legendary for his compositions and and compatriots alike (he’s played with everyone from\u00a0Miles Davis<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0Santana<\/a>\u00a0to the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra), Shorter approaches life (and conversation) with a unique blend of his adopted Buddhism and his passion for arts and culture. Over the course of our talk he alluded to Mo’nique, astrophysics, the NBA playoffs (he’s pulling for the Warriors), Jurassic Park, and\u00a0Kanye West<\/a>\u00a0(among other things).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIt’s been 50 years since Shorter started playing with Miles Davis’ now-classic Second Great Quintet — Shorter and Davis alongside\u00a0Herbie Hancock<\/a>,\u00a0Ron Carter<\/a>, and Tony Williams —\u00a0yet he remembers his time with Miles like it was yesterday. “I used to talk to Miles all the time,” he tells Billboard.\u00a0“A\u00a0lot of it was about health. ‘You know my left leg, there’s something wrong with it.’ ” (It’s important to note<\/a> that every quote comes with an accompanying impression — his Miles voice is spot-on.) If the questions and answers seem unrelated, it’s because Shorter is about 50STEPS<\/a>\u00a0ahead of the rest of us at any given time, somehow embracing philosophical discussion and laughter equally. “I’m drilling for wisdom,” he says.\u00a0“That’s the challenge.\u00a0I have to play wisdom and make it fun — not intellectual.<\/span><\/p>\nQ&A: Wayne Shorter<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n“Let’s take all this stuff into\u00a0ACCOUNT<\/a>\u00a0and have a good time on the telephone,” Shorter told me during our interview.\u00a0“As\u00a0Ludacris<\/a>\u00a0says [yes, he quoted Ludacris], ‘That’s what I’m talking about.’ “<\/span><\/p>\nHow was it revisiting some of\u00a0YOUR<\/a>\u00a0older music for this\u00a0Wayne Shorter Festival<\/a>?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nMusic is just sound — what’s more important to me is behavior. I’m watching these play-offs — basketball — it’s interesting to watch behavior, underneath all the movements and everything like that. They go into the audience and show some of the parents of the players and all that. I’m rooting for the team that has the kind of behavior that transcends great movement in the sport. If the athleticism is there, just like playing an instrument really well, but the behavior isn’t…I’m looking at these Golden [State] Warriors a little bit now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n[on Steph Curry] He doesn’t beat his chest and throw threes and then stomp and make faces and fly like he’s gonna be Superman — he kind of reminds me of somebody my brother and I went to school with. We had a good friend — and he looks like this guy too — and his name was (dig this name) — his name was Pete Lonesome.\u00a0He was low-key, but he was avant-garde — he had the quiet\u00a0thang<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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By\u00a0Natalie Weiner<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wayne Shorter performs on stage at the 2014 International Jazz Day Global Concert on April 30, 2014 in Osaka, Japan.<\/strong><\/span> Speaking with\u00a0Wayne Shorter<\/a>, whose prolific\u00a0CAREER It’s been 50 years since Shorter started playing with Miles Davis’ now-classic Second Great Quintet — Shorter and Davis alongside\u00a0Herbie Hancock<\/a>,\u00a0Ron Carter<\/a>, and Tony Williams —\u00a0yet he remembers his time with Miles like it was yesterday. “I used to talk to Miles all the time,” he tells Billboard.\u00a0“A\u00a0lot of it was about health. ‘You know my left leg, there’s something wrong with it.’ ” (It’s important to note Q&A: Wayne Shorter<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n “Let’s take all this stuff into\u00a0ACCOUNT<\/a>\u00a0and have a good time on the telephone,” Shorter told me during our interview.\u00a0“As\u00a0Ludacris<\/a>\u00a0says [yes, he quoted Ludacris], ‘That’s what I’m talking about.’ “<\/span><\/p>\n How was it revisiting some of\u00a0YOUR Music is just sound — what’s more important to me is behavior. I’m watching these play-offs — basketball — it’s interesting to watch behavior, underneath all the movements and everything like that. They go into the audience and show some of the parents of the players and all that. I’m rooting for the team that has the kind of behavior that transcends great movement in the sport. If the athleticism is there, just like playing an instrument really well, but the behavior isn’t…I’m looking at these Golden [State] Warriors a little bit now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [on Steph Curry] He doesn’t beat his chest and throw threes and then stomp and make faces and fly like he’s gonna be Superman — he kind of reminds me of somebody my brother and I went to school with. We had a good friend — and he looks like this guy too — and his name was (dig this name) — his name was Pete Lonesome.\u00a0He was low-key, but he was avant-garde — he had the quiet\u00a0thang<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>
Keith Tsuji\/Getty Images for Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/a>\u00a0has placed him solidly in jazz’s canon, is nothing if not amusing. Legendary for his compositions and and compatriots alike (he’s played with everyone from\u00a0Miles Davis<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0Santana<\/a>\u00a0to the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra), Shorter approaches life (and conversation) with a unique blend of his adopted Buddhism and his passion for arts and culture. Over the course of our talk he alluded to Mo’nique, astrophysics, the NBA playoffs (he’s pulling for the Warriors), Jurassic Park, and\u00a0Kanye West<\/a>\u00a0(among other things).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a> that every quote comes with an accompanying impression — his Miles voice is spot-on.) If the questions and answers seem unrelated, it’s because Shorter is about 50STEPS<\/a>\u00a0ahead of the rest of us at any given time, somehow embracing philosophical discussion and laughter equally. “I’m drilling for wisdom,” he says.\u00a0“That’s the challenge.\u00a0I have to play wisdom and make it fun — not intellectual.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>\u00a0older music for this\u00a0Wayne Shorter Festival<\/a>?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n