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Jazz shouldn't have any mandates. Jazz is not supposed to be something that's required to sound like jazz. For me, the word 'jazz' means, 'I dare you.'

Wayne Shorter

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Wayne Shorter
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: August 25
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Jazz Musician
Saxophonist
Newark
New Jersey
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