# Wayne Shorter discography

This is a comprehensive list of the discography of the jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter as a leader and sideman.

## As leader/co-leader

| Recording date | Title / Co-leader | Label | Year released | Notes |
| 1959-11-09, -10 | Introducing Wayne Shorter (also released as Blues a la Carte) | Vee-Jay | 1959 | |
| 1960-10-11 | Second Genesis | Vee-Jay | 1974 | |
| 1961-11-02, -06 | Wayning Moments | Vee-Jay | 1962 | |
| 1964-04-29 | Night Dreamer | Blue Note | 1964 | Reissued CD (1987) includes an alternate take |
| 1964-08-03 | JuJu | Blue Note | 1965 | Reissued CD (1996) includes alternate takes |
| 1964-12-24 | Speak No Evil | Blue Note | 1966 | Reissued CDs (1999, 2013) include alternate takes |
| 1965-03-04 | The Soothsayer | Blue Note | 1979 | LT series. Reissued CD (1990) includes an alternate take. |
| 1965-06-14 | Et Cetera | Blue Note | 1980 | LT series |
| 1965-10-15 | The All Seeing Eye | Blue Note | 1966 | |
| 1966-02-03, -24 | Adam's Apple | Blue Note | 1967 | Reissued CD (1987) includes an unreleased material |
| 1967-03-10 | Schizophrenia | Blue Note | 1969 | |
| 1969-08-29, 1969-09-02 | Super Nova | Blue Note | 1969 | |
| 1970-04-03 | Moto Grosso Feio | Blue Note | 1974 | LA series |
| 1970-08-26 | Odyssey of Iska | Blue Note | 1971 | |
| 1974-09-12 | Native Dancer (featuring Milton Nascimento) | Columbia | 1975 | |
| 1985 | Atlantis | Columbia | 1985 | |
| 1986 | Phantom Navigator | Columbia | 1987 | |
| 1988 | Joy Ryder | Columbia | 1988 | |
| 1988-07-14 | Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1988 (with Carlos Santana) | Vap (Japan) | 2005 | [2CD, DVD-Video] Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival |
| 1992-09-19, 1994 | A Tribute to Miles (with Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Ron Carter, Wallace Roney) | Qwest/Reprise/Warner Bros. | 1994 | Partially live |
| 1994 - 1995 | High Life | Verve | 1995 | |
| 1997 | 1+1 (with Herbie Hancock) | Verve | 1997 | |
| 2001-07-14, -20, -24 | Footprints Live! | Verve | 2002 | Live at Vitoria-Gasteiz jazz festival and Jardins Palais Longchamps |
| 2003? | Alegría | Verve | 2003 | |
| 2002 – 2004 | Beyond the Sound Barrier (as Wayne Shorter Quartet) | Verve | 2005 | Live recordings selected from the tour in North America, Europe and Asia |
| 2010-12-08, 2011 | Without a Net (as Wayne Shorter Quartet) | Blue Note | 2013 | Live recordings selected from Europe tour, except for 1 studio recording track |
| 2016 | Emanon | Blue Note | 2018 | [3CD] Partially live at The Barbican, London (disk 2 & 3) |
| 2017-09-03 | Live at the Detroit Jazz Festival (with Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding, Leo Genovese) | Candid | 2022 | Live at Detroit International Jazz Festival |
| 2014-10-18 | Celebration Volume 1 | Blue Note | 2024 | Live recordings from the Stockholm Jazz Festival |

## As a member

The Young Lions with Frank Strozier, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, Bob Cranshaw, Albert Heath and Louis Hayes
* The Young Lions (Vee-Jay, 1961) – rec. 1960
The Jazz Messengers
* 1959: Africaine (Blue Note, 1981)
* 1959: Paris Jam Session (Fontana, 1961)
* 1960: A Night in Tunisia (Blue Note, 1961)
* 1960: Like Someone in Love (Blue Note)
* 1960: Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World (Blue Note, 1967)
* 1960: The Big Beat (Blue Note, 1960)
* 1961: Roots & Herbs (Blue Note, 1970)
* 1961: A Day with Art Blakey (Baybridge (Japan), 1981)
* 1961: Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!! (Impulse!, 1961)
* 1961: Buhaina's Delight (Blue Note, 1963)
* 1961: Mosaic (Blue Note, 1962)
* 1961: The Freedom Rider (Blue Note, 1964)
* 1961: The Witch Doctor (Blue Note, 1969)
* 1961: Tokyo 1961 (Solar, 2014)
* 1961: Paris Jazz Concert: Olympia May 13th 1961 (Trema (F), 1992)
* 1962: Caravan (Riverside, 1963)
* 1961-62: Three Blind Mice (Blue Note, 1962)
* 1963: Ugetsu (Riverside, 1963)
* 1963: Golden Boy (Colpix, 1963)
* 1964: Free for All (Blue Note, 1965)
* 1964: Kyoto (Riverside, 1966)
* 1964: Indestructible (Blue Note, 1966)
The Manhattan Project with Gil Goldstein, Lenny White, Michel Petrucciani, Pete Levin and Stanley Clarke
* The Manhattan Project (Blue Note, 1990) – rec. 1989