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Esperanza Spalding Makes First Headline Appearance at Stanford, February 27
In her first headline engagement at Stanford Lively Arts (following last season’s shared bill with Dianne Reeves), jazz vocalist and double bassist Esperanza Spalding makes her highly anticipated return with a trio of jazz veterans Otis Brown (drums), Leo Genovese (piano), and Ricardo Vogt (guitar) on Friday, February 27 at 8:00 p.m. at Dinkelspiel Auditorium. A ...
Esperanza Spalding: Esperanza
by AAJ Italy Staff
Ha un nome che è una dichiarazione d'intenti: Esperanza. Ha bruciato le tappe di una carriera che a soli 24 anni può dirsi formidabile. Contrabbassista, insegnante di contrabbasso a 20 anni al Berklee College, ha suonato con Stanley Clarke, Pat Metheny e Joe Lovano, per citare i più grandi. Poi ha pensato di fare da sé. ...
Esperanza
Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2008
Track listing: 01. Ponta de Areia; 02. I Know You; 03. Fall In; 04. I Adore You; 05. Cuerpo Y Alma (Body &
Soul); 06. She Got To You; 07. Precious; 08. Mela; 09. Love in Time; 10. Espera; 11. If
That’s True; 12. Samba em Preludio.
Spalding Reinterprets Jazz
23-year-old bassist/vocalist who appeals to young and old coming to area According to some pundits, jazz music is in a constant state of emergency. Many of the music's legends are slowly shuffling off this mortal coil and some of the music's most vocal advocates and highest-profile players often treat jazz as a museum piece, as if ...
Esperanza Spalding: Esperanza
by Woodrow Wilkins
From a guest appearance on Stanley Clarke's The Toys of Men (Heads Up, 2007) to her self-titled debut, Esperanza Spalding is turning heads, and opening lots of ears. After an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, the host called the 23-year-old vocalist/bassist/composer “the coolest guest" he'd ever had. Spalding is indeed cool, ...
Rising Star Esperanza Spalding Profiled at AAJ
Fresh off a European tour with George Wein, Esperanza Spalding nestled into the cozy settings of the Regatta bar. Spalding, a former student and instructor at Berklee College of Music, has played numerous venues in Boston. But this occasion was special. May 29, 2008 celebrated the release of her debut CD, Esperanza, and marked the first ...
Esperanza Spalding: Shining and Exploring
by Timothy J. O'Keefe
Fresh off a European tour with George Wein, Esperanza Spalding nestled into the cozy settings of the Regatta bar. Spalding, a former student and instructor at Berklee College of Music, has played numerous venues in Boston. But this occasion was special. May 29, 2008 celebrated the release of her most recent CD, Esperanza, and marked the ...
Esperanza Spalding: Esperanza
by Ernest Barteldes
On this major label debut, bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding demonstrates plenty of eclecticism, taking on styles ranging from samba, hard-driving jazz and R&B, a risky combination in less confident hands. However, Spalding revels in the multiple directions without ever sounding pretentious. The Berklee College alum opens the disc singing in fluent Portuguese, with a ...
Esperanza Spalding: Esperanza
by Jeff Winbush
For the purist who wants to know what all the excitement is about Esperanza Spalding, they can skip directly to track 11--"If That's True"--of her sophomore album Esperanza, where she works out on the acoustic bass in an all-out jam with Donald Harrison on alto saxophone and Ambrose Akinmusire on trumpet. It flat-out smokes, and showcases ...
Duende
Label: Fresh Sound New Talent
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. I Adore You (E. Spalding) - 7:05; 02. Duende (N. Michelin) - 4:15; 03. Puppet (R.Barshay) - 4:29; 04. Soul Mate (N. Michelin) - 6:54; 05. Lennie’s Pennies (L.
Tristano) - 4:07; 06. Endangered Species (N. Michelin) - 6:12; 07. Eye of the Beholder (N. Michelin) - 3:30; 08. Con Agua (R. Barschay) - 5:23; 09. Mela (E.
Spalding) - 8:19; 10. Tango’s Groove (N. Michelin) - 3:31; 11. Tablajon (R. Barshay) - 3:00.
