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New Esperanza Spalding Album out Tomorrow
Esperanza Spalding releases her new album, Chamber Music Society, on Heads Up International tomorrow—August 17, 2010. To listen to clips of the album and receive a free mp3, visit the newly renovated www.esperanzaspalding.com. Here's what Nate Chinen from The New York Times has to say about Chamber Music Society: Several tracks into her third album as ...
Esperanza Spaulding Releases Chamber Music Society CD
Esperanza Spalding is releasing her second album on the Heads Up label, Chamber Music Society , on August 17th. Chamber Music Society is Spalding's follow up to the 2008 release, Esperanza, which sat atop Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart for over 70 weeks. About the CD: On the opening track of her much-lauded, self-titled major label debut, ...
Montreux Jazz Festival 2010: Grand Geneva Finales
by Phillip Woolever
Montreux Jazz 2010 Montreux, Switzerland July 15-16, 2010 Planet Jazz For a city with census figures at under 25,000 citizens, Montreux throws one hell of a party. For summer music fans, its heaven. The 44th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival wrapped up this season's two ...
NPR Music Advance Streams New Albums from Ray LaMontagne & Esperanza Spalding
NPR MUSIC STREAMS ENTIRE ALBUMS FROM RAY LAMONTAGNE AND ESPERANZA SPALDING: “FIRST LISTENS" AVAILABLE AT NPR.ORG/MUSIC NPR Music offers advance album streams of new albums by Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs and Esperanza Spalding. Both are available for free, on-demand listening now until their release on August 17 at www.npr.org/music as part of the site's ...
Esperanza Spalding: Chamber Music Society
by Ernest Barteldes
On the opening track of her much-lauded, self-titled major label debut, Esperanza (Heads Up, 2008 ), bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding covered Milton Nascimento's timeless gem, “Ponta de Areia." Rather than covering another of the singer/composer's tunes on Chamber Music Society, Spalding recruits Nascimento to perform on her own “Apple Blossoms." It's but one example of a highly ...
Staying the Course of Creativity: Esperanza Spalding
Bassist Esperanza Spalding has led a bit of a whirlwind artistic life for one so young and fresh off their second release as a leader. Esperanza, the singing bassist's sophomore release on Heads Up was rather promising, if a bit all over the map--as freshman label releases often are. It proved to be a good calling ...
Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz: Episode 15, "Sultry Sirens, Part 3"
SoulandJazz.com presents: Continuum--A Journey Through Jazz Episode 15: “Sultry Sirens 3" Hosted and Produced by J. Scott Fugate, 'The Jazz Evangelist' As always, the show is free, absolutely legal, fun for the whole family, and available for listening right now, right here. This week we continue our journey through Jazz with the third installment of ...
Esperanza Spalding's Champer Music Society
Centuries ago, long before the advent of radio or recording technology, chamber music was the music for the masses--the music in which people from nearly every segment of society could find meaning and relevance. A decade into the 21st century, Esperanza Spalding--the bassist, vocalist and composer who first appeared on the jazz scene in 2008--takes a ...
McCoy Tyner Quartet / Stanley Clarke Quartet Featuring Hiromi
by Ernest Barteldes
McCoy Tyner Quarter / Stanley Clarke Band Featuring Hiromi CareFusion Jazz Festival, Central Park Summerstage New York, NY June 23, 2010 Contrary to what had been announced, pianist McCoy Tyner's all-star Quartet took to the stage with a very syncopated number, led by tenor saxophonist Ravi Coltrane. Bassist Esperanza ...
The 2010 West Oak Lane Jazz Festival: How Jazz Helped Change a Community
by Wade Luquet
Can jazz revitalize an urban neighborhood? In the northwest Philadelphia neighborhood of West Oak Lane it certainly has played a large part. For the seventh year, the neighborhood residents, along with the Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corporation (OARC) and the office of State Representative Dwight Evans, have joined together, closing the main avenue for a weekend and ...
