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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.
Junjo
Label: Ayva Musica
Released: 2006
Track listing: The Peacocks; Loro; Humpty Dumpty; Mompouana; Perazuan; Junjo; Cantora de Yala; Two Bad; Perazela.
Esperanza Spalding: Junjo
by Jim Santella
Esperanza Spalding's debut drives jazz's modern mainstream with a hip-sounding classic piano trio. Her emotional, wordless vocals and conversational bass playing offer a delightful celebration of music as folk art. Spalding's bass playing gets noticed while she interprets traditional jazz favorites as well as fresh new originals. Spalding, who was born in 1984, is ...
Esperanza Spalding: Junjo
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
The debut recording by this 22-year-old Berklee instructor and Portland, Oregon native features Brazilian-inflected jazz in the company of Cuban bandmates, released by a Spanish record label. Put that way, Junjo sounds terribly worldly and logistically complicated, but in fact the record comes across as an intimate affair executed with a light touch. The Brazilian accent ...
