There’s been a lot of genius to come out of Newark: The Four Seasons, Gloria Gaynor, Ice-T, Sarah Vaughan, Fred Schneider of The B-52s, “Mighty” Max Weinberg, Whitney Houston, Connie Francis, rapper Shaquille O’Neal, Paul Simon, Woody Shaw, Queen Latifah, Jerry Lewis and Jerome Kern for starters. Then there’s Wayne Shorter, who revolutionized jazz with Miles, and then revolutionized jazz again with Weather Report.

He charged out of Newark to change the face of modern jazz. Tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, over the course of seven decades, was one of the most influential musicians in history. He died March 2 in Los Angeles.