Alegría is the seventeenth studio album by Wayne Shorter, released in 2003 on Verve Records. The album represents an exploration of classical and Latin music, with orchestral arrangements and the participation of the Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Sadin, who also co-produced the record.
Recorded at Right Track Studios in New York and at Bavaria Musikstudios in Munich, Germany, the album includes original compositions by Shorter as well as reinterpretations of works by classical composers such as Igor Stravinsky and Alexander Scriabin. Shorter's band, with Danilo Pérez on piano, John Patitucci on bass, and Brian Blade on drums, forms the core of the group.
Alegría won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Album, Individual or Group in 2004. The title, meaning 'joy' in Spanish, reflects the exuberant spirit and fusion of musical cultures that characterize the album, considered one of Shorter's most ambitious and acclaimed works.