esperanza spalding first heard Milton Nascimento’s music as a grad student at Berklee. “Some Brazilian friends were over for dinner, and they were so scandalized that I didn’t know who he was,” she ...

A significant donation has been made toward the fight to end domestic violence on the Island.  Organizers behind the music ...

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 ...

Brazilian music legend Milton Nascimento and modern-day jazz icon esperanza spalding have announced a collaborative album, Milton + esperanza, due August 9 via Concord Records (pre-order). The album ...

*Singer-musician Esperanza Spalding has announced that she will write and record her next album for all the world to see – literally. The Grammy-award-winning singer-songwriter and jazz bassist will ...

Esperanza Spalding is disappointed with the Grammys for allegedly refusing Brazilian music legend Milton Nascimento on Sunday. Spalding attended the 67th annual Grammy Awards with the 82-year-old ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Known for her virtuosic bass playing, singer, songwriter, and composer Esperanza Spalding made history in ...

esperanza spalding catapulted into the cultural consciousness in 2011 when she nabbed the Grammy for Best New Artist. Not only was she the first jazz artist to receive the honor, she beat out the ...

Berklee College of Music alumni have collectively won more than 300 Grammys so far. Two of those previous winners, esperanza spalding and Jett Galindo, are up for awards again at this year’s Grammys.

When Hersch invited jazz, pop and opera composer Spalding to perform three nights with him at the Village Vanguard, he thought she'd bring her bass. Instead, Spalding just wanted to use her voice.

Grammy-winning Jazz pioneer beat out Bieber for Artist of the Year. Feb. 18, 2011— -- And the winner is ... Esperanza Spalding. The seven words that shocked "beliebers" everywhere perhaps most ...