Nefertiti (ver. 1) by Wayne Shorter - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz musician and songwriter, commonly regarded as one of the most important American jazz saxophonists and composers of his generation. His efforts have arguably made him a household name amongst jazz fans around the world, and won him honors and recognition, including multiple Grammy Awards. Shorter has recorded dozens of albums as a leader, and appeared on dozens more with others including Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in the late 1950s, Miles Davis's second great quintet in the 1960s and the jazz-rock fusion band Weather Report, which Shorter co-led in the 1970s. Many of his compositions have become standards. Shorter was born in Newark, New Jersey, and attended Newark Arts High School.[1] He loved music, being encouraged by his father to take up the saxophone as a teenager (his brother Alan became a trumpeter). After graduating from New York University in 1956 Shorter spent two years in the U.S. Army, during which time he played briefly with Horace Silver. After his discharge from the army he played with Maynard Ferguson. It was in his youth that Shorter was given the nickname Mr.Gone, which.