Thursday June 24, 2010
from PBS
Black music month: Five acts to watch
By Dreux Dougall
Esperanza Spalding
This 25-year-old musician from Portland, Ore., is a jazz instrumentalist and singer who fuses a healthy mix of jazz, pop and Latin into her music. Recently profiled in The New Yorker, this “prodigiously talented” bassist and chanteuse has already garnered critical praise for her inventive approach to contemporary jazz.
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| *Radio Music Society Trailer | |
| Esperanza Spalding at the Oscars | |
| Black Gold | |
| Esperanza Spalding at the Nobel Prize Ceremony |
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