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Esperanza Spalding: Esperanza

Read "Esperanza" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes

by Ernest Barteldes
June 4, 2008

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 ...

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Esperanza Spalding: Esperanza

Read "Esperanza" reviewed by Jeff Winbush

by Jeff Winbush
May 17, 2008

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 ...

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Duende

By Nando Michelin

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.

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Junjo

By Esperanza Spalding

Label: Ayva Musica
Released: 2006
Track listing: The Peacocks; Loro; Humpty Dumpty; Mompouana; Perazuan; Junjo; Cantora de Yala; Two Bad; Perazela.

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Esperanza Spalding: Junjo

by Jim Santella
August 2, 2006

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 ...

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Esperanza Spalding: Junjo

Read "Junjo" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
July 22, 2006

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 ...