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...Leading jazz figures include pianist Jason Moran and bassist Esperanza Spalding....
...Vocalist/collaborator Esperanza Spalding features alongside saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, and musicians from Shorter’s last working band ensure an intriguing one-off retains focus and edge....
...The body of the concert featured vocalist Esperanza Spalding in operatic form, leaping from low register to high and negotiating the sharp angles and wide intervals of Shorter’s score....
...The concert opened with Charles Ives’s poetic The Unanswered Question, followed by the New York premiere of Felipe Lara’s Double Concerto, for flautist Claire Chase and bassist and vocalist esperanza spalding...
...The first was Esperanza Spalding against Justin Bieber and Drake. Lilah Raptopoulos Yeah, nice. OK, nice. So you’re from New York, from the Bronx, born and raised. You come from a very musical family....
...I am currently listening and re-listening to anything by Joni Mitchell, Laraaji Clay’s Moon Piano and Esperanza Spalding’s Songwrights Apothecary Lab, which is mesmerising, hypnotic and fills me with emotion...
...Salonen brought in eight “collaborative partners” to help with the artistic leadership, including jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding, artificial intelligence entrepreneur Carol Reiley, and contrasting composers...
...Spalding — especially when they would be performing in different countries, and even the musicians of the orchestra could not get together in one place....
...The four-part improvised suite Dreams and Desperate Measures adds strings and Esperanza Spalding’s double bass to the sonic muscle of Carrington’s core band....
...Legend casts himself as a twinkle-eyed crooner serenading co-vocalist Esperanza Spalding in “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, and is joined by Stevie Wonder, playing a jaunty harmonica solo, on “...
...Earlier in the day, bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding had presented her Emily’s D+Evolution project....
...Esperanza Spalding Emily’s D + Evolution (Concord) The bassist/vocalist’s latest project is a deeply felt outing into alt rock, presented under the alter ego of Emily D and co-produced by Bowie collaborator...
...“Hi,” said Esperanza Spalding, “my name is Emily D.” Spalding had just emerged on to a darkened stage accompanied by swirling fuzz-box chords from Matthew Stevens’ guitar....
...Spalding Latin jazz....
...Grammy-winning bassist Esperanza Spalding and saxophone great Joe Lovano spent five years playing together in Lovano’s group Us Five; 35-year-old Argentinian keyboardist Leo Genovese has played with Spalding...
...The trumpeter’s latest CD, featuring two basses and Esperanza Spalding’s soft, technically adroit vocals, marks an engrossing shift in emphasis, if not a sea change....
...The classy Quincy Jones production includes authentic shouts and chants, a skittish guest appearance by Esperanza Spalding, and classical references alongside strong jazz horns....
...Sandwiched between film and concert, pianist Geri Allen, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and bassist Esperanza Spalding delivered their own take on Shorter’s free-flowing approach....
...The musicianship is top drawer – country guitar maestro Larry Campbell is joined by jazz specialists Larry Grenadier and Ali Jackson on bass and drums, Goldstein’s accordion adds edge, Esperanza Spalding...
...Earlier, Esperanza Spalding showed that her vocals have toughened up a notch too, but they needed to: she has swapped being a magnificent bassist with an OK voice for being a lead vocalist who also plays...
...The two drummers reprise the exhilarating rhythmic accord of the band’s free-flowing live performances, bassist Esperanza Spalding is firm in the holding role, and both piano and guest guitarist Lionel Loueke...
...Esperanza Spalding is one of the frontrunners of a new breed of jazz-trained musicians who balance core jazz skills with an eye for the mainstream....
...Spalding on to the main stage of the talent-laden Love Supreme Festival at Glynde Place, Sussex....
...It was this combination that won Esperanza Spalding last year’s best newcomer Grammy, the first jazz musician to do so....
...Today’s crossover front-runners have market-friendly keyboard skills or vocal talent and, like Robert Glasper and Esperanza Spalding, reference hip-hop, dance and left-field pop....
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