Best of - Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding: Jazz Invention

Wayne Shorter was a legendary saxophonist and composer whose career began in the 1950's and spanned the development of modern jazz. Mr. Shorter died this week, at the age of 89. To honor his life and music, we are bringing back this episode, which originally aired in 2017. It features Wayne Shorter and a jazz artist 50 years his junior: Esperanza Spalding. Ms. Spalding is a bass player, composer, lyricist and singer - and one of the most exciting artists in contemporary jazz. Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding may have come of age during different jazz eras and in different parts of the country, but they became friends and artistic soulmates, who shared many of the same views about making music and the creative process. (c ) American Academy of Achievement 2017-2023

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Best of - Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding: Jazz Invention is an episode from What It Takes by Academy of Achievement.

This episode is 01:09:30 long.

This episode was published on Mar 3, 2023.

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