Wayne Shorter: esperanza spalding and Clark Rundell remember a jazz legend

Vocalist esperanza spalding and conductor Clark Rundell were both close collaborators with jazz legend Wayne Shorter. They talk about what it was like to know him and to work with him, and discuss the music in their forthcoming concert with the Philharmonia Orchestra. The Symphonic Music of Wayne Shorter, which also features Ravi Coltrane, Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci and Terri Lyne Carrington, is at the Southbank Centre in London on Sunday 19 November 2023. It’s part of our series Let Freedom Ring: Celebrating the Sounds of America, and the EFG London Jazz Festival. Book tickets: 00:00 - Introduction 01:18 - esperanza on meeting Wayne 05:09 - Clark on meeting Wayne 08:10 - Working with Wayne Shorter 13:30 - Gaia 18:24 - Iphigenia 30:37 - Wayne Shorter’s legacy 36:37 - Final words