REVIEW Esperanza Spalding's "Chamber Music Society" Releases Today

Tuesday August 17, 2010

From The Washington Post

Album Review: Esperanza Spalding, Chamber Music Society
By Bill Friskics-Warren

A classically trained bassist, Esperanza Spalding made her jazz debut in 2008 and became something of an overnight sensation, with bookings on Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel and an invitation from President Obama to perform at the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and concert. As its title suggests, her new album draws on both her jazz and conservatory impulses. The result is an intimate, heady mix.

In “Little Fly,” Spalding sets William Blake’s poem of the same name to a ruminative melody that shows off the supple range of her gossamer soprano. “Knowledge of Good and Evil,” a dissonant meditation on the biblical account of the fall, features evocative scat singing. The capering “Chacarera” employs dynamic contrasts to vivid dramatic effect.

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