Esperanza Spalding News

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CENTRAL TO ESPERANZA SPALDING'S BRIEF BUT BEDAZZLING career has been her flair for the unexpected.

Esperanza Spalding played two hours at Electric Factory Sunday. She captivated the audience with her latest release, "Radio Music Society." Rick Diamond/Getty Images When Esperanza Spalding bested Justin Bieber for Best New Artist at the 2011 Grammy Awards, the upset was greeted by outraged tweets from Bieber's preteen constituency, shocked fanfare ... (more)

Hailed as a prodigy on the acoustic double bass within months of first touching the instrument as a 15-year-old, Esperanza Spalding has emerged as a fine jazz bassist, but has also distinguished herself playing blues, funk, hip-hop, pop fusion, and Brazilian and Afro-Cuban styles as well.

Esperanza Spalding 's new album, Radio Music Society , came out back in March, and the Grammy-winning artist will perform tracks from the record during an intimate show as part of the iHeartRadio Live series in New York City.

Esperanza Spalding makes an audience genuinely happy. Her music and the spirit of it are infused with a 20-something-year-old's truth serum, which shows up in the form of between-song monologues about young love in the present day, and tender reconnection with pre-colonial ancestry.

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Talent, beauty and intelligence are combined in the lady bassist, vocalist and composer Esperanza Spalding .A Her A 2011 Grammy Award for Best New Artist was a first for a jazz musician.A Tonight she plays at the Knight Theater at 7:30 pm.

Esperanza Spalding had a melody in her head. She'd been thinking about it. She'd been humming it.

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Beauty, brains, brawn.A Esperanza Spalding, who made history in 2011 as the first jazz performer ever to win the Grammy for "Best New Artist," has it all.A Monday, May 7, 2012 she is performing at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.A A A master musician and vocalist in Portuguese, Spanish and English, her crooning has conquered everything from ... (more)

The typically eclectic musical lineup was relatively light on national talent - Jimmy Buffett , Florence + The Machine, Dirty Dozen Brass Band , Esperanza Spalding , Glen Hansard and blues vet James Cotton led the parade - but that meant greater exposure for emerging acts such as blues guitarist/vocalist Mia Borders and festival faves the Honey ... (more)

Esperanza Spalding exploded in album sales after she won the Grammy for best new artist in 2011 but her music never changed.

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A nouveau ambassador of jazz might seem alien to an audience fed on the music. Since Esperanza Spalding beat Justin Bieber for the Best New Artist Grammy last year, she lived up to her name .

So you want to know what all the buzz and hype is about...Esperanza Spalding is the real deal.A It's no wonder why a classically-trained jazz artist crossed over to the mainstream - with a style as equally captivating as her look.A A jazz bassist and vocalist - she melds the best of jazz together to produce an eclecticA sound that titillates the ... (more)