Wayne Shorter Discography - session index

1959 (The age of 26)

• Wynton Kelly 5  Fine Sound Studios, NYC, Aug. 12, 1959
• John Coltrane Band  unknown night club, NJ, Aug. or Sep., 1959
• John Coltrane Band  Birdland, NYC, Sep., 1959
• Art Blakey & JM  KB-Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 5, 1959
• Wayne Shorter 5  Fine Sound Studios, NYC, Nov. 9, 1959
• Wayne Shorter 5  Fine Sound Studios, NYC, Nov. 10, 1959
• Art Blakey & JM  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 10, 1959
• Art Blakey & JM  Theatre Des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France, Nov. 15, 1959
• Art Blakey & JM  Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 23, 1959
• Art Blakey & JM  Titania-Palast, Berlin, West Germany, Nov. 29, 1959
• Art Blakey & JM w/ Guests  Theatre Des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France, Dec. 18, 1959
• Art Blakey & JM  1959 or 1960

1960

• Art Blakey & JM  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Mar. 6, 1960
• Art Blakey & JM w/ Buddy Rich  broadcast, Birdland, NYC, Apr. 16, 1960
• Art Blakey & JM w/ Buddy Rich  broadcast, Birdland, NYC, Apr. 23, 1960
• The Young Lions  Bell Sound Studio B, NYC, Apr. 25, 1960
• Art Blakey & JM  Birdland, NYC, May 28, 1960
• Art Blakey & JM  Birdland, NYC, June 4, 1960
• Lee Morgan 5  prob. Capitol Studios, NYC, June, 1960
• Art Blakey & JM  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Aug. 7, 1960
• Art Blakey & JM  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Aug. 14, 1960
• Art Blakey & JM  Birdland, NYC, Sep. 11, 1960
• Art Blakey & JM  Birdland, NYC, 1st set, Sep. 14, 1960
• Art Blakey & JM  Birdland, NYC, 2nd set, Sep. 14, 1960
• Art Blakey & JM  Birdland, NYC, 3rd set, Sep. 14, 1960
• Art Blakey & JM  Birdland, NYC, 4th set, Sep. 14, 1960
• Art Blakey & JM  Birdland, NYC, 5th set, Sep. 14, 1960
• Wayne Shorter 4  Universal Recorders, Chicago, IL, Oct. 11, 1960
• Art Blakey & JM  Birdland, NYC, Oct. 28, 1960
• Art Blakey & JM  Birdland, NYC, Nov. 5, 1960
• Art Blakey & JM  Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, Dec. 6, 1960
• Art Blakey & JM  Theatre De Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland, Dec. 8, 1960

1961

• Art Blakey & JM  Sankei Hall, Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 2, 1961
• Art Blakey & JM  TBS-TV Studios, Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 11, 1961
• Art Blakey & JM  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Feb. 12, 1961
• Art Blakey & JM  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Feb. 18, 1961
• Art Blakey & JM  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Mar. 14, 1961
• Art Blakey & JM  Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England, May 6, 1961
• Art Blakey & JM  L'Olympia, Paris, France, May 13, 1961
• Art Blakey & JM  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 27, 1961
• Art Blakey & JM  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 13, 1961
• Art Blakey & JM  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 14, 1961
• Art Blakey & JM  Village Gate, NYC, Aug. 17, 1961
• Freddie Hubbard 6  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Aug. 21, 1961
• Art Blakey & JM  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Oct. 2, 1961
• Art Blakey & JM  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 28, 1961
• Donald Byrd 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Dec. 11, 1961
• Art Blakey & JM  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Dec. 18, 1961

1962

• Art Blakey & JM  Titania-Palast, Berlin, West Germany, Feb. 4, 1962
• Art Blakey & JM  Renaissance Club, LA, Mar. 18, 1962
• Benny Golson 6  NYC, Apr., 1962
• Art Blakey & JM  Birdland, NYC, July 21, 1962
• Bob Dorough w/ Miles Davis 6  NYC, Aug. 21, 1962
• Miles Davis 6  NYC, Aug. 23, 1962
• Art Blakey & JM  Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, Oct. 23 & 24, 1962
• Freddie Hubbard 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Dec. 27, 1962
• Art Blakey & JM  NYC, 1962

1963 (The age of 30)

• Freddie Hubbard Orch.  Capitol Studios, NYC, Mar. 8, 1963
• Freddie Hubbard Orch.  Capitol Studios, NYC, Mar. 11, 1963
• Freddie Hubbard 7  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 2, 1963
• Art Blakey & JM  Birdland, NYC, June 16, 1963
• Art Blakey & JM  NYC, 1963

1964

• Art Blakey & JM  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Feb. 10, 1964
• Lee Morgan 6  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Feb. 15, 1964
• Art Blakey & JM  NYC, Feb. 20, 1964
• Art Blakey & JM  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 15, 1964
• Art Blakey & JM  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 16, 1964
• Art Blakey & JM  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 24, 1964
• Wayne Shorter 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 29, 1964
• Art Blakey & JM  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 15, 1964
• Grachan Moncur III 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 6, 1964
• Gil Evans Orch.  NYC, July 9, 1964
• Wayne Shorter 4  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Aug. 3, 1964
• Miles Davis 5  Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, West Germany, Sep. 25, 1964
• Miles Davis 5  TVB, The Steve Allen Tonight Show, NBC-TV, LA, Sep., 1964
• Miles Davis 5  Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, 1st concert, Oct. 1, 1964
• Miles Davis 5  Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, 2nd concert, Oct. 1, 1964
• Miles Davis 5  KB-Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 4, 1964
• Miles Davis 5  Stadthalle, Sindelfingen, West Germany, Oct. 8, 1964
• Gil Evans Orch.  NYC, Oct. 29, 1964
• Wayne Shorter 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Nov. 2, 1964
• Wayne Shorter 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Dec. 24, 1964

1965

• Miles Davis 5  Columbia Studios, LA, Jan. 20, 1965
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia Studios, LA, Jan. 21, 1965
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia Studios, LA, Jan. 22, 1965
• Wayne Shorter 6  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Mar. 4, 1965
• Wayne Shorter 4  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 14, 1965
• Lee Morgan 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 25, 1965
• Lee Morgan 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 1, 1965
• Tony Williams 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Aug. 12, 1965
• Wayne Shorter 8  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Oct. 15, 1965
• Miles Davis 5  Plugged Nickell, Chicago, IL, 1st stage, Dec. 22, 1965
• Miles Davis 5  Plugged Nickell, Chicago, IL, 2nd stage, Dec. 22, 1965
• Miles Davis 5  Plugged Nickell, Chicago, IL, 3rd stage, Dec. 22, 1965
• Miles Davis 5  Plugged Nickell, Chicago, IL, 1st stage, Dec. 23, 1965
• Miles Davis 5  Plugged Nickell, Chicago, IL, 2nd stage, Dec. 23, 1965
• Miles Davis 5  Plugged Nickell, Chicago, IL, 3rd stage, Dec. 23, 1965
• Miles Davis 5  Plugged Nickell, Chicago, IL, 4th stage, Dec. 23, 1965

1966

• Bobby Timmons 4  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 20, 1966
• Wayne Shorter 4  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Feb. 3, 1966
• Wayne Shorter 4  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Feb. 24, 1966
• Lee Morgan Orch.  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Apr. 8, 1966
• Miles Davis 5  Portland State College Jazz Fest., Portland, OR, May 21, 1966
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, Oct. 24, 1966
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, Oct. 25, 1966

1967

• Lee Morgan 7  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 13, 1967
• Lou Donaldson 9  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 20, 1967
• Wayne Shorter 6  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Mar. 10, 1967
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia Studios, LA, May 9, 1967
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia Studio B, NYC, May 16, 1967
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, May 17, 1967
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, May 24, 1967
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, May-July, 1967
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, June 7, 1967
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, June 13, 1967
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, June 22, 1967
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, June 23, 1967
• Lee Morgan 6  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 14, 1967
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, July 19, 1967
• Miles Davis 5  Konigin Elizabethzaal, Belgium, Oct. 8, 1967
• Miles Davis 5  Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 3, 1967
• Miles Davis 5  Philharmonie, Berlin, West Germany, Nov. 4, 1967
• Miles Davis 5  ORTF RB, Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, Nov. 6, 1967
• Miles Davis 6  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, Dec. 4, 1967
• Miles Davis 6  Columbia Studio B, NYC, Dec. 28, 1967

1968 (The age of 35)

• Miles Davis 6  Columbia Studio B, NYC, Jan. 12, 1968
• Miles Davis 6  Columbia Studio B, NYC, Jan. 16, 1968
• Miles Davis 6  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, Jan. 25, 1968
• Miles Davis 6  Columbia Studio B, NYC, Feb. 13, 1968
• Miles Davis 6  Columbia Studio B, NYC, Feb. 15, 1968
• Gil Evans Orch.  Columbia Studio B, NYC, Feb. 16, 1968
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia Studio B, NYC, May 15, 1968
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia Studio B, NYC, May 16, 1968
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia Studio B, NYC, May 17, 1968
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia Studio A, NYC, May 21, 1968
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, June 19, 1968
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia 30th Street Studios, NYC, June 20, 1968
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia Studio B, NYC, June 21, 1968
• McCoy Tyner 7  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Aug. 23, 1968
• Miles Davis 5  Columbia Studios, NYC, Sep. 24, 1968
• Miles Davis 6  Columbia Studio B, NYC, Nov. 11, 1968
• Miles Davis 6  Columbia Studio B, NYC, Nov. 12, 1968
• Miles Davis 7  Columbia Studio B, NYC, Nov. 25, 1968
• Miles Davis 8  Columbia Studio B, NYC, Nov. 27, 1968

1969

• Miles Davis 8  Columbia Studio B, NYC, Feb. 18, 1969
• Miles Davis 8  Columbia Studio B, NYC, Feb. 20, 1969
• Miles Davis 5  Juan-les-Pins Jazz Fest., Antibes, France, July 25, 1969
• Miles Davis Band  Columbia Studio B, NYC, Aug. 19, 1969
• Miles Davis Band  Columbia Studio B, NYC, Aug. 20, 1969
• Miles Davis Band  Columbia Studio B, NYC, Aug. 21, 1969
• Wayne Shorter 6  A&R Studios, NYC, Aug. 29, 1969
• Wayne Shorter 7  A&R Studios, NYC, Sep. 2, 1969
• Miles Davis 5  Teatro Sistina, Rome, Italy, Oct. 27, 1969
• Miles Davis 5  Ronnie Scott's Club, London, England, Nov. 2, 1969
• Miles Davis 5  ORTF RB, Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, 1st concert, Nov. 3, 1969
• Miles Davis 5  ORTF RB, Salle Pleyel, Paris, France, 2nd concert, Nov. 3, 1969

1970

• Miles Davis Band  Columbia Studio B, NYC, Jan. 27, 1970
• Miles Davis Band  Columbia Studio B, NYC, Jan. 28, 1970
• Miles Davis Band  Columbia Studio B, NYC, Feb. 6, 1970
• McCoy Tyner 6  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Feb. 9, 1970
• Miles Davis 6  Columbia Studios, NYC, Feb. 17, 1970
• Miles Davis 7  Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI, Feb. 21, 1970
• Miles Davis 6  Fillmore East, NYC, 1st Set, Mar. 7, 1970
• Miles Davis 6  Fillmore East, NYC, 2nd Set, Mar. 7, 1970
• Wayne Shorter 7  A&R Studios, NYC, Apr. 3, 1970
• Joe Zawinul's Group  Atlantic Studios, NYC & Regent Sound Studios, NYC, Aug. 10, Oct. 28, 1970
• Wayne Shorter 8  A&R Studios, NYC, Aug. 26, 1970
• Wayne Shorter 5  A&R Studios, NYC, Oct. 13, 1970

1971

• Weather Report  NYC, Feb. 16, 1971
• Weather Report  NYC, Feb. 17, 1971
• Weather Report  NYC, Feb. 18, 1971
• Weather Report  NYC, Feb. 22, 1971
• Weather Report  live in Ossiach, Austria, June 25, July 5, 1971
• Weather Report  live in Ossiach, Austria, July 28, 1971
• Weather Report  Funkhausstellung, Berlin, West Germany, Sep. 3, 1971
• Weather Report  NYC, Nov., 1971

1972

• Weather Report  Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 13, 1972
• Weather Report  Tokyo, Japan, Jan., 1972

1973 (The age of 40)

• Weather Report  Connecticut, Feb. 3, 5 & 7, 1973
• Weather Report  Norway, 1973

1974

• Weather Report  Hollywood, CA, Feb.-May, 1974
• Wayne Shorter Band  LA, 1974

1975

• Weather Report  LA or NYC, Jan.-Feb., 1975
• Herbie Hancock Band  SF, July, 1975
• Jaco Pastorius 7  LA or NYC, Oct., 1975
• Weather Report  Hollywood, CA, Dec., 1975-Jan., 1976

1976

• Herbie Hancock 5  Newport Jazz Fest., Newport, RI, June 29, 1976
• Weather Report  Hollywood, CA, Oct., 1976
• Airto Moreira Band  LA, 1976
• Milton Nascimento 10  Malibu, LA, 1976

1977

• V.S.O.P.  Greek Theatre, University Of California, Berkeley, CA & San Diego Civic Theatre, San Diego, CA, July 16 & 18, 1977
• V.S.O.P.  Denen Colosseum, Tokyo, Japan, July 23, 1977

1978 (The age of 45)

• Weather Report  Arizona, middle 1978
• Weather Report  Arizona, Aug.-Nov., 1978
• Joni Mitchell  LA, 1978

1979

• Weather Report  Arizona, Feb.-June, 1979
• Weather Report  Karl-Marx Theatre, Havana, Cuba, Mar. 3-5, 1979
• V.S.O.P.  Live Under The Sky, Tokyo, Japan, July 26, 1979
• V.S.O.P.  Live Under The Sky, Tokyo, Japan, July 29, 1979
• Weather Report  Arizona, 1979
• Carlos Santana  SF, 1979

1980

• Weather Report  Osaka, Japan, June, 1980
• Weather Report  LA, Aug., 1980
• Jaco Pastorius Band  LA, 1980
• Steely Dan  same location, date

1982

• Wayne Shorter - Herbie Hancock 6  War Memorial Opera House, SF, Feb. 22, 1982
• Weather Report  Playboy Jazz Fest., Hollywood Bowl, LA, June 19, 1982
• Weather Report  NYC, Chicago, IL, Pasadena, CA, Berkeley, CA & LA, July-Dec., 1982
• Weather Report  NYC, Psadena, CA & LA, 1982

1983 (The age of 50)

• Weather Report  Nagoya, Japan, 1983

1984

• Weather Report  Pasadena, CA, Oct.-Nov., 1984
• Herbie Hancock Band  NYC & LA, 1984
• Weather Report  Osaka, Japan & Pasadena, CA, 1984

1985

• Herbie Hancock - Dexter Gordon Band  Paris, France, July 1-12, 1985
• Herbie Hancock 4  Studio Davout, Paris, France, Aug. 20-23, 1985
• Herbie Hancock - Dexter Gordon 7  Studio Davout, Paris, France, Aug. 22, 1985
• Wayne Shorter Band  Hollywood, CA, 1985
• Weather Report  Hollywood, CA, 1985-1986

1986

• Bobby McFerrin  Aquarius Theatre, LA, Feb. 28, 1986
• Milton Nascimento 6  Sao Paulo, Brazil, Apr., 1986
• Michel Petrucciani 3  Montreux Jazz Fest., Casino De Montreux, Switzerland, July 14, 1986
• Wayne Shorter Band  LA, 1986
• Yas-Kaz  Tokyo, Japan, 1986

1987

• Wayne Shorter - Dave Liebman 5  Select Live Under The Sky, Tokyo, Japan, July 26, 1987
• Toninho Horta 5  1987

1988 (The age of 55)

• Renee Rosnes 2  Copenhagen, Denmark, Apr. 18, 1988
• Wayne Shorter Band  LA, 1988
• Milton Nascimento 8  1988
• Stanley Clarke 4  same location, date
• Terri Lyne Carrington 6  same location, date

1989

• Buster Williams 5  New Jersey, Mar. 8 & 9, 1989
• Larry Coryell Band  LA, Sep., 1989
• Art Blakey & JM & Special Guests  Leverkusen Jazz Fest., Germany, Oct. 9, 1989
• The Manhattan Project  Chelsea Studios, NYC, Dec. 16, 1989
• Silva Robertinho 7  Brazil, 1989
• Kazumi Watanabe 6  LA, 1989
• Michael Randau 6  same location, date
• Andrea Marcelli 6  NYC, 1989
• Dido  Tokyo, Japan, 1989

1990

• Haru  Tokyo, Japan, middle 1990
• Masahiko Satoh 10  Select Live Under The Sky, Tokyo, Japan, July 28 & 29, 1990
• Joni Mitchell  LA, 1990
• Bruce Hornsby 6  1990
• Stanley Clarke - George Duke 5  same location, date

1991

• Miles Davis Band  La Grande Halle De La Villette, Paris, France, July 10, 1991

1995 (The age of 62)

• Wayne Shorter Band  Schnee Studio, North Hollywood, CA, c. 1995

1996

• John Scofield Band  Power Station, NYC & Pyramid Sound, LA, Apr. 3-6 & 8, 1996

1997

• Herbie Hancock - Wayne Shorter 2  Garage Sale Studios, LA, 1997