In 2011, bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding became the first jazz musician to win the Grammy Award for best new artist. The unexpected accolade gave her an enormous career boost. “The only challenge, ...

The full moon approaches, and change is nigh for Esperanza Spalding. “I may be a lunatic,” she says, “because I definitely notice the difference before a full moon. I can’t sleep and I get all jittery ...

Fulfilling a proggy, funky and theatrical direction for a power trio, the bassist and vocalist presents the music of her new album live in concert. Fulfilling the performance-art vision of her ...

Esperanza Spalding sees something different in her music than I do. Out of Emily’s D+Evolution — her most recent album whose namesake tour brought her to the State Theatre this past Sunday — I ...

Esperanza Spalding’s work, grounded in jazz traditions but never bound by them, has won her four Grammy awards and brought her onstage at the Oscars, the Nobel Prize Ceremony, the White House, with ...

Jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding is to perform at the Warner Theatre on January 26, 2025. Her concert will have two dancers performing. Esperanza, a Concord Records OMK artist with eight albums to her ...

LEBANON — Esperanza Spalding presents Emily’s D+Evolution — a trip through mellow funk, free jazz, brash bebop and harmonious singsong — at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lebanon Opera House, 51 N. Park St ...

Spalding is no stranger to concept albums, as she demonstrated in excellent previous work such as 2017’s Emily’s D+Evolution, which portrayed a fictional character and her world. 12 Little Spells ...

Milton Nascimento, una deidad musical en Brasil, colabora con la bajista, vocalista y productora Esperanza Spalding en un álbum que contempla el efecto de la edad en el arte. By Jack Nicas Milton ...