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: https://philharmonia.co.uk/whats-on/t...

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