This is a comprehensive list of the discography of the jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter as a leader and sideman.
| 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 | |
| 1962-11-02, -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 |
The Young Lions
with Frank Strozier, Lee Morgan, Bobby Timmons, Bob Cranshaw, Albert Heath and Louis Hayes
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The Manhattan Project
with Gil Goldstein, Lenny White, Michel Petrucciani, Pete Levin and Stanley Clarke
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With Miles Davis
With Herbie Hancock
With Freddie Hubbard
With Joni Mitchell
With Lee Morgan
With Milton Nascimento
With Jaco Pastorius
With Carlos Santana
With McCoy Tyner
With Joe Zawinul |
With others
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