bearister said:Big C said:okaydo said:bearister said:
One of my high school classmates was Wayne Shorter's niece. Weeks after her graduation, she and Wayne Shorter's wife died aboard TWA Flight 800.
In the So-Many-People-Have-a-Wayne-Shorter-Story category...
I went to Zellerbach last night to see the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. At one point, they described how New Orleans parade/Dixieland bands did funerals (mournful, then celebratory after the burial) and said they were going to simulate one in honor of Wayne Shorter (most people hadn't heard and were like "What?!?"). So they did and it was great. Then, I come home and read his name on this thread.
I saw PHJB in Naw'lins in 2017. I took this photo of the stage before the musicians assembled. If you can, check that out some day. It is worth it.