Esperanza Spalding Leads New Age of Jazz Greatness

Monday November 15, 2010

Esperanza Spalding Leads New Age of Jazz Greatness
from London Evening Standard
By: Jack Massarik

It’s easy to see 26-year-old Esperanza Spalding as the future of jazz. Her very forename, fans note, is the Spanish word for hope. Perhaps it’s an unfair responsibility for this dazzling singer-songwriter and double-bass prodigy from Portland, Oregon, but it didn’t seem to weigh too heavily on her slim shoulders on Saturday. Her concert was a triumph, an absorbing evening of complex music, delivered with style and the free-spirited spontaneity of youth.

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Crazy Stuff	5:01	Tineke Postma
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Vijay Iyer Trio - Historicity	7:50	Vijay Iyer
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The Mooch	7:16	3 Cohens
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Amame Como Soy	3:26	Omara Portuondo
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Zulu Laduma	3:02	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Joy Ryder	11:20	Wayne Shorter
Dala	3:51	Dobet Gnahoré
Before the Snow	4:17	Tineke Postma
Jabula	5:08	Vusi Mahlasela
Ixegezi	2:12	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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Super America	2:27	The Bad Plus
Allure & Destruct (Big Noise)	4:04	Street Drum Corps
Newspaper Angels	3:16	Jenny Scheinman
Fats (live)	3:36	Dave Douglas
Fire Waltz	4:36	Jason Moran
Radio Song (clip)	1:01	Esperanza Spalding
Nakamokhura	4:07	Vusi Mahlasela
Batoumambe	4:13	Habib Koite
Thula Mama	3:42	Vusi Mahlasela
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Next Generation	4:03	Raul Midón
After You've Gone (Clarinetwork)	8:17	Anat Cohen
Sagal Ko	3:35	Youssou N'Dour
Veil of Tears	14:24	Overtone Quartet
Black Gold	5:17	Esperanza Spalding
ODJus Fitxadu	3:25	Idan Raichel
Funky Good Time LIVE	0:50	Still Black, Still Proud
Thalaza	4:00	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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Náo Me Diga Adeus (All One)	2:47	Oscar Castro-Neves
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One Man's Idea		Avishai Cohen
St. James Infirmary (Clarinetwork)	10:16	Anat Cohen
Bonnie's Song	3:15	Raul Midón
Passport	5:27	Joe Lovano
Mood Indigo		Avishai Cohen
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