Esperanza Spalding leaves the field trailing

Monday April 11, 2011

the London Evening Standard

By:Jack Massarik

Back by public demand, the wondrous Esperanza Spalding and her string-boosted Chamber Music Society treated London fans to a mesmeric performance on Friday which reinforced her status at 26 as one of this music’s finest young talents, perhaps its greatest single hope for the future.

Hyperbole? Let’s just tick some of her accomplishments. As a double-bass soloist and section player, this graceful prodigy from Portland, Oregon, is a world-class virtuoso.

At 20 she was teaching the instrument at Berklee, America’s top jazz conservatory. And as a singer-songwriter of exceptional depth and originality, she is equally outstanding. Factor in her astonishing ability to do all these things simultaneously, live onstage and with a healthy coating of soul and swing, and you have a very special package indeed.

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