There are many gifted singers in jazz today, and no shortage of accomplished acoustic bass players. But few jazz artists can be both. With her outsized afro and jangly earrings, Spalding recently ...
It was in July 2007, while at the Montreal Jazz Festival, that Esperanza Spalding bought her first electric bass. What surprised her was not so much the sound it provided but the mobility. “The ...
Bassist, singer and composer Esperanza Spalding is a jazz wunderkind. After initially proving her chops with scat vocals and walking bass line, she steadily added punctuations of voices on top of ...
Esperanza Spalding has been hailed by NPR as “ the 21st Century’s jazz genius,” a fearless true believer in the transcendental properties of jazz who won the Best New Artist Grammy that everyone, ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Known for her virtuosic bass playing, singer, songwriter, and composer Esperanza Spalding made history in ...
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When Hersch invited jazz, pop and opera composer Spalding to perform three nights with him at the Village Vanguard, he thought she'd bring her bass. Instead, Spalding just wanted to use her voice.