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Tenor and soprano saxophonist Wayne Shorter returns to USC with his quartet for a night of exceptional jazz with the USC Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance and the USC Thornton Jazz Orchestra.
Wayne Shorter has been one of the most original instrumentalists and composers in jazz for nearly 40 years and has created an influential body of work that has established him as one of music's most prolific recording artists.
For many years, Shorter has succeeded in intermingling the popular and the progressive. The quality of that juxtaposition has resulted in his reputation as both daring band leader and consummate modernist. Shorter has earned these accolades through his ability to improvise musically and creatively for more than four decades.
The winner of three Grammys, he has also received credit for feature saxophone performances in the motion pictures "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "The Fugitive." Wayne recently joined forces with the innovative jazz artist Herbie Hancock to release their "1 + 1."
The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at the University of Southern California Ensemble is comprised of six students that are participating in a two-year, full scholarship jazz education program. The students were selected by Institute chairman Herbie Hancock, former artistic director Ron Carter and current artistic director Terence Blanchard.
The flagship of the jazz studies department, the USC Thornton Jazz Orchestra performs worldwide at jazz festivals, as well as for marquee television and live performing arts events.
In November 2003, the ensemble performed alongside jazz great Wynton Marsalis for the President’s Distinguished Artist Series.
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