(Haven't heard the first album.)
― Tyler/Perry's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (jaymc), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:15 (fifteen years ago)
I like her. The album is a bit busy -- very much has the feel of a freshman "Look at all my talents!" effort, but good. I predict a more AAA radio-friendly follow-up.
― ichard Thompson (Hurting 2), Thursday, December 25, 2008 2:41 PM Bookmark
yeah she might as well get that norah jones money, if that's still a thing.
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Thursday, December 25, 2008 2:47 PM Bookmark
lol we were so right
― hey boys, suppers on me, our video just went bacterial (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:39 (fifteen years ago)
Yes but there was some un-otm right here: why are there so many women bassplayers?
― Lullaby of Boradland (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:45 (fifteen years ago)
I mean here: why are there so many women bassplayers?
ha, that was in '02! esperanza was what, 12?
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 20:48 (fifteen years ago)
(18, but still)
I've seen some female upright players that are older: Jennifer Vincent, Mary Ann McSweeney, Marion Hayden. There's also this list
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f29/great-female-double-bassists-61567/
― Lullaby of Boradland (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:03 (fifteen years ago)
http://enigmaticalchemy.com/enigma_mea.jpg
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:06 (fifteen years ago)
And don't forget http://kimclarke.8m.com/
― Lullaby of Boradland (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:09 (fifteen years ago)
Apparently Gloria Coleman played bass before she switched to organ.
― Lullaby of Boradland (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:12 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.gaylynnrobinson.com/rw_media/users/user_files/5705/Louise%20017a.jpg
― Lullaby of Boradland (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:15 (fifteen years ago)
OK, I'll stop.
Really I'm just giving you a hard time because I'd like to claim that I was ahead of the curve: “Monk could have just picked my little ass up and thrown me through a wall”: 2007 Jazz D-bags Thread
― Lullaby of Boradland (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:22 (fifteen years ago)
wow, louise rowe is a total ws vintage hottie
― hey boys, suppers on me, our video just went bacterial (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:26 (fifteen years ago)
i like her first album best really.
― a professional climbing axe is a rich man's toy (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:27 (fifteen years ago)
Hope people just now checking her out don't judge her solely on Chamber Music Society. IMO, Esperanza is much livelier and more accessible.
― Tyler/Perry's "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" (jaymc), Wednesday, February 16, 2011 12:15 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I think the new one is her best yet, although "I Adore You" is still my favorite track she's done.
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:40 (fifteen years ago)
One more: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?/topic/55342-picture-of-al-haig-not-bill-evans-with-female-bassist/
― Lullaby of Boradland (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:48 (fifteen years ago)
See Best New Artist GRAMMY Winner Esperanza Spalding on ABC's World News with Diane Sawyer Friday evening, February 18, 2011. She's the "Person of the Week"! The show starts at 6:30pm ET and is the last segment of the show
― curmudgeon, Friday, 18 February 2011 22:05 (fifteen years ago)
RIP
― tylerw, Friday, 18 February 2011 22:48 (fifteen years ago)
jk, hey you can hear her w/ joe lovano over here. sounds great. http://www.npr.org/2011/02/17/133838291/fivin-around-at-the-village-vanguard-on-jazzset
― tylerw, Friday, 18 February 2011 22:49 (fifteen years ago)
Just played the Letterman clip to the wife and we both loved it. How does the new, Grammy winner compare to that?
― NYCNative, Friday, 18 February 2011 23:05 (fifteen years ago)
Honestly I'm not 100% sold on the new one yet, I like the debut more but I don't feel like I've really spent enough time with the latest yet. A big stumbling block for me was that I hate 98% of jazz vocalists, but I loved her voice and her compositions.
― rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 18 February 2011 23:11 (fifteen years ago)
Now that I've seen some interview footage, I think I have a crush on her. She is like the very embodiment of charming. I wish I could like the music more (but it's an uphill battle since my taste in jazz is so limited), but I'll at least keep trying what she puts out.
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 19 February 2011 01:39 (fifteen years ago)
at least she doesn't rely on annoying cymbal tapping
― Poll Makossa (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 19 February 2011 14:33 (fifteen years ago)
Ha.
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Sunday, 20 February 2011 05:51 (fifteen years ago)
http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/18/babys-got-bass/?WT.mc_id=TM-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M215b-ROS-0811-HDR&WT.mc_ev=click
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:02 (fourteen years ago)
"baby's got bass"? nobody thought that was inappropriate?
― dozens, maybe even hundreds, of vagina related screen names (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 25 August 2011 20:29 (fourteen years ago)
I'm sorry, did I click on the rolling "is this racist?" thread?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 25 August 2011 20:30 (fourteen years ago)
nothing racist about it. it's meant to be a play on baby got back. and she's a bass player. but it casually reads as baby got ass. which seems a bad way to introduce Esperanza.
― dozens, maybe even hundreds, of vagina related screen names (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 25 August 2011 20:37 (fourteen years ago)
Apparently she hangs with prince? He mentioned her on his recent Arsenio appearance.
― calstars, Monday, 17 March 2014 02:34 (twelve years ago)
yup. she plays on some of his stuff as i understand it.
― We hugged with no names exchanged (forksclovetofu), Monday, 17 March 2014 03:58 (twelve years ago)
her new songs are fucking insane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDrEHphZbc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LtyqeE7ZHg
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 8 January 2016 18:15 (ten years ago)
oh i guess i was not able to post one of those videos. it's here: http://www.npr.org/2016/01/08/462325734/esperanza-spalding-is-letting-emily-be-emily
joni mitchell vibes on that last one
― calstars, Friday, 8 January 2016 18:27 (ten years ago)
so this album is WONDERFUL and also got bnm
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 4 March 2016 17:41 (ten years ago)
OBSESSED WITH THIS
― Tim F, Saturday, 5 March 2016 21:57 (ten years ago)
ohhh?
― Hey (Extended Mix), Saturday, 5 March 2016 22:32 (ten years ago)
Earth to Heaven has some pure Joni vibes. Beautiful
― calstars, Saturday, 5 March 2016 22:43 (ten years ago)
Holy shit, "Rest in Pleasure" - I'm getting major King Crimson flashbacks. The guitar is a bit shoegazer indie too; I dunno, like Chapterhouse or something.
― Jeff W, Sunday, 6 March 2016 12:51 (ten years ago)
Omg this album. I was going to make Hejira and KC/Yes comparisons as well.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Sunday, 6 March 2016 15:47 (ten years ago)
this album sounds like fusion Janelle Monae? predictably, I love it
― Hey (Extended Mix), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 09:56 (ten years ago)
Ebony and Ivy is insane
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 18:09 (ten years ago)
Nothing constructive to add here except more breathless praise. First album in recent memory I've listened to more than once in a row (and may go for a third today). The run from "Judas" to "Rest In Pleasure" is fucking amazing.
Also, Joni + Steely Dan + King Crimson + Yes + "sorta pretentious modern jazz / r&b" sounds like an album someone tells me about in a dream and I wake up cursing the universe that no such record exists
Maybe dangerous terrain here but how does this sound on vinyl? I'm wary of modern pressings sourced from the same master as the CD but I kinda want this
― Wimmels, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 21:21 (ten years ago)
Haven't listened to this (or any of her albums) yet but this Pitchfork interview is fucking great and makes me want to check her out.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 23:35 (ten years ago)
that interview is so bad ass
― just sayin, Thursday, 10 March 2016 04:01 (ten years ago)
annette peacock, guys
― cock chirea, Thursday, 10 March 2016 05:17 (ten years ago)
fuck, she sounds like harriet wheeler on "noble nobles"!
― cock chirea, Thursday, 10 March 2016 05:18 (ten years ago)
Noble Nobles reminds me of Airbag
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Thursday, 10 March 2016 05:45 (ten years ago)
some pure Joni vibes. Beautiful
― calstars, Saturday, March 5, 2016 5:43 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yea definitely
the p4k interview w/ her is great btw
― marcos, Thursday, 10 March 2016 16:47 (ten years ago)
loving this record!
― niels, Thursday, 10 March 2016 17:39 (ten years ago)