Icon: Wayne Shorter
By Britt Robson, eMusic Contributor
Saxophonist Wayne Shorter, who turned 80 last month, is often and accurately referred to as the greatest living composer in jazz. But that's too stuffy a description for who he is and what he does. As he put it to NPR earlier this year, "For me, the word 'jazz' means 'I dare you.' The effort to break out of something is worth more than getting an A in syncopation." The daredevilry of Shorter's jazz is utterly… more »