Few have so successfully blended progressive elements with lessons from the old school to define the trajectory of the upright bass. Fewer still have been women. Armed with breathtaking instrumental technique, multilingual vocal facilities and composing/arranging skills to boot, 24-year-old Esperanza Spalding’s most recent credit includes performing at the Obama White House in a tribute to the great Stevie Wonder. Citing Ron Carter, Dave Holland, Joe Lovano and Wayne Shorter as primary inspirations, she does their tradition the highest honor by eschewing imitation and remaining true to her own vision. Indeed, music lovers yearning for a glimpse of the jazz future need look no farther.
http://www.esperanzaspalding.com
https://www.facebook.com/EsperanzaSpalding
https://twitter.com/EspeSpalding
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With a beguiling blend of Brazilian melodies, Afro-Caribbean grooves, post-bop harmonies and lilting vocals, 24-year-old bassist Esperanza Spalding combines the imaginative flights of a serious improviser with the musical accessibility of a pop star. At 20, the Portland, Oregon native became the second youngest musician ever hired as a professor at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, a gig she landed after graduating from the school in 2005. She’s already racked up an impressive array of creditsn(Stanley Clarke, Pat Metheny, Joe Lovano), but Spalding’s infectious bandstand charisma, huge sound and singular sense of time are best experienced with her own stylistically flexible band. In demand around the world, she has twice appeared in command performances at the White House. And her second album, Esperanza, was released last year on the Heads Up label, featuring vocals sung in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Esperanza Spading has created a sensation in the music world, with over 150 performances a year from Austin City Limits to President Obama’s 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo. Her 2008 major label debut, Esperanza, rose quickly on the Billboard jazz chart and stayed there for 62 weeks. As a bassist, Spalding’s credentials are impeccable — she attended the prestigious Berklee School of Music and became their youngest-ever faculty member by the time she was 20. Further, she has worked with jazz giants from McCoy Tyner to Joe Lovano, Regina Carter, Pat Metheny, Michel Camilo, Mike Stern and others. But what distinguishes Esperanza from the pack, are her vocals — singing in English, Spanish and Portuguese, she represents one of the most exciting voices in jazz. Spalding’s innovative new CD, Chamber Music Society, combines a classical string trio with a rhythm section and features guests including Milton Nascimento and Gil Goldstein. Talk to anyone who saw her sold-out SFJAZZ show last fall and they’ll tell you: don’t miss Esperanza.
Blessed with uncanny instrumental chops, a multi-lingual voice that is part angel and part siren and a natural hypnotic beauty, Esperanza Spalding might well be the hope for the future of jazz and instrumental music. By the time she was five, Spalding had taught herself to play the violin and was performing with the Chamber Music Society of Oregon until she left at age fifteen as concertmaster. The gifted 25-year-old bassist, singer and composer released her major label debut, Esperanza, as a young instructor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Revel in the music of Spalding’s recently-released, highly-anticipated Chamber Music Society and be the first to preview tracks from her upcoming spring release Radio Music Society.
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http://www.esperanzaspalding.com
https://www.facebook.com/EsperanzaSpalding
https://twitter.com/EspeSpalding
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With a beguiling blend of Brazilian melodies, Afro-Caribbean grooves, post-bop harmonies and lilting vocals, 24-year-old bassist Esperanza Spalding combines the imaginative flights of a serious improviser with the musical accessibility of a pop star. At 20, the Portland, Oregon native became the second youngest musician ever hired as a professor at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, a gig she landed after graduating from the school in 2005. She’s already racked up an impressive array of creditsn(Stanley Clarke, Pat Metheny, Joe Lovano), but Spalding’s infectious bandstand charisma, huge sound and singular sense of time are best experienced with her own stylistically flexible band. In demand around the world, she has twice appeared in command performances at the White House. And her second album, Esperanza, was released last year on the Heads Up label, featuring vocals sung in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Esperanza Spading has created a sensation in the music world, with over 150 performances a year from Austin City Limits to President Obama’s 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo. Her 2008 major label debut, Esperanza, rose quickly on the Billboard jazz chart and stayed there for 62 weeks. As a bassist, Spalding’s credentials are impeccable — she attended the prestigious Berklee School of Music and became their youngest-ever faculty member by the time she was 20. Further, she has worked with jazz giants from McCoy Tyner to Joe Lovano, Regina Carter, Pat Metheny, Michel Camilo, Mike Stern and others. But what distinguishes Esperanza from the pack, are her vocals — singing in English, Spanish and Portuguese, she represents one of the most exciting voices in jazz. Spalding’s innovative new CD, Chamber Music Society, combines a classical string trio with a rhythm section and features guests including Milton Nascimento and Gil Goldstein. Talk to anyone who saw her sold-out SFJAZZ show last fall and they’ll tell you: don’t miss Esperanza.
Blessed with uncanny instrumental chops, a multi-lingual voice that is part angel and part siren and a natural hypnotic beauty, Esperanza Spalding might well be the hope for the future of jazz and instrumental music. By the time she was five, Spalding had taught herself to play the violin and was performing with the Chamber Music Society of Oregon until she left at age fifteen as concertmaster. The gifted 25-year-old bassist, singer and composer released her major label debut, Esperanza, as a young instructor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Revel in the music of Spalding’s recently-released, highly-anticipated Chamber Music Society and be the first to preview tracks from her upcoming spring release Radio Music Society.
Few have so successfully blended progressive elements with lessons from the old school to define the trajectory of the upright bass. Fewer still have been women. Armed with breathtaking instrumental technique, multilingual vocal facilities and composing/arranging skills to boot, 24-year-old Esperanza Spalding’s most recent credit includes performing at the Obama White House in a tribute to the great Stevie Wonder. Citing Ron Carter, Dave Holland, Joe Lovano and Wayne Shorter as primary inspirations, she does their tradition the highest honor by eschewing imitation and remaining true to her own vision. Indeed, music lovers yearning for a glimpse of the jazz future need look no farther.
http://www.esperanzaspalding.com
https://www.facebook.com/EsperanzaSpalding
https://twitter.com/EspeSpalding
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With a beguiling blend of Brazilian melodies, Afro-Caribbean grooves, post-bop harmonies and lilting vocals, 24-year-old bassist Esperanza Spalding combines the imaginative flights of a serious improviser with the musical accessibility of a pop star. At 20, the Portland, Oregon native became the second youngest musician ever hired as a professor at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, a gig she landed after graduating from the school in 2005. She’s already racked up an impressive array of creditsn(Stanley Clarke, Pat Metheny, Joe Lovano), but Spalding’s infectious bandstand charisma, huge sound and singular sense of time are best experienced with her own stylistically flexible band. In demand around the world, she has twice appeared in command performances at the White House. And her second album, Esperanza, was released last year on the Heads Up label, featuring vocals sung in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Esperanza Spading has created a sensation in the music world, with over 150 performances a year from Austin City Limits to President Obama’s 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo. Her 2008 major label debut, Esperanza, rose quickly on the Billboard jazz chart and stayed there for 62 weeks. As a bassist, Spalding’s credentials are impeccable — she attended the prestigious Berklee School of Music and became their youngest-ever faculty member by the time she was 20. Further, she has worked with jazz giants from McCoy Tyner to Joe Lovano, Regina Carter, Pat Metheny, Michel Camilo, Mike Stern and others. But what distinguishes Esperanza from the pack, are her vocals — singing in English, Spanish and Portuguese, she represents one of the most exciting voices in jazz. Spalding’s innovative new CD, Chamber Music Society, combines a classical string trio with a rhythm section and features guests including Milton Nascimento and Gil Goldstein. Talk to anyone who saw her sold-out SFJAZZ show last fall and they’ll tell you: don’t miss Esperanza.
Blessed with uncanny instrumental chops, a multi-lingual voice that is part angel and part siren and a natural hypnotic beauty, Esperanza Spalding might well be the hope for the future of jazz and instrumental music. By the time she was five, Spalding had taught herself to play the violin and was performing with the Chamber Music Society of Oregon until she left at age fifteen as concertmaster. The gifted 25-year-old bassist, singer and composer released her major label debut, Esperanza, as a young instructor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Revel in the music of Spalding’s recently-released, highly-anticipated Chamber Music Society and be the first to preview tracks from her upcoming spring release Radio Music Society.
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http://www.esperanzaspalding.com
https://www.facebook.com/EsperanzaSpalding
https://twitter.com/EspeSpalding
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With a beguiling blend of Brazilian melodies, Afro-Caribbean grooves, post-bop harmonies and lilting vocals, 24-year-old bassist Esperanza Spalding combines the imaginative flights of a serious improviser with the musical accessibility of a pop star. At 20, the Portland, Oregon native became the second youngest musician ever hired as a professor at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, a gig she landed after graduating from the school in 2005. She’s already racked up an impressive array of creditsn(Stanley Clarke, Pat Metheny, Joe Lovano), but Spalding’s infectious bandstand charisma, huge sound and singular sense of time are best experienced with her own stylistically flexible band. In demand around the world, she has twice appeared in command performances at the White House. And her second album, Esperanza, was released last year on the Heads Up label, featuring vocals sung in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Esperanza Spading has created a sensation in the music world, with over 150 performances a year from Austin City Limits to President Obama’s 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo. Her 2008 major label debut, Esperanza, rose quickly on the Billboard jazz chart and stayed there for 62 weeks. As a bassist, Spalding’s credentials are impeccable — she attended the prestigious Berklee School of Music and became their youngest-ever faculty member by the time she was 20. Further, she has worked with jazz giants from McCoy Tyner to Joe Lovano, Regina Carter, Pat Metheny, Michel Camilo, Mike Stern and others. But what distinguishes Esperanza from the pack, are her vocals — singing in English, Spanish and Portuguese, she represents one of the most exciting voices in jazz. Spalding’s innovative new CD, Chamber Music Society, combines a classical string trio with a rhythm section and features guests including Milton Nascimento and Gil Goldstein. Talk to anyone who saw her sold-out SFJAZZ show last fall and they’ll tell you: don’t miss Esperanza.
Blessed with uncanny instrumental chops, a multi-lingual voice that is part angel and part siren and a natural hypnotic beauty, Esperanza Spalding might well be the hope for the future of jazz and instrumental music. By the time she was five, Spalding had taught herself to play the violin and was performing with the Chamber Music Society of Oregon until she left at age fifteen as concertmaster. The gifted 25-year-old bassist, singer and composer released her major label debut, Esperanza, as a young instructor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Revel in the music of Spalding’s recently-released, highly-anticipated Chamber Music Society and be the first to preview tracks from her upcoming spring release Radio Music Society.
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