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FILE - Jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter performs at the 5 Continents Jazz Festival in Marseille, southern France on July 23, 2013. Shorter, whose lyrical jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music and made him one of the most influential innovators in jazz, died in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 2, 2023. He was 89. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, File)

Jazz saxophone pioneer, Newark native Wayne Shorter dies at 89

Wayne Shorter was born in Newark in 1933 and attended Newark Arts High School. He died Thursday surrounded by his family in Los Angeles.

Associated Press

Mar 2, 2023, 3:29 PM

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