The combination of her recent profile in The New Yorker and finding Esperanza in a bargain bin at B0rd3r's led me to finally checking her out, I really like it. Not completely sold on the vocals just yet (I have a very difficult time with jazz vocalists that aren't the classics) but its pretty entertaining. Very interested to hear the imminent new album.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 8 April 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
lol @ joe & max pimping the mpp rickroll upthread
"I Adore You" is still one of my favorite tracks of the past few years
― goon vibrations (The Reverend), Friday, 9 April 2010 04:17 (fourteen years ago) link
This could be cool:
http://www.amazon.com/Chamber-Music-Society-Esperanza-Spalding/dp/B003OFHMKO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1280843535&sr=1-1
I didn't take to the last one that much, but I definitely consider her someone for me to keep an eye on.
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 3 August 2010 13:57 (thirteen years ago) link
The new stuff is probably still too "la la la" mellow for me. I don't find it objectionable but I doubt it's something I'd ever be in the mood to listen to (at least not at this point in my life).
― _Rudipherous_, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
EOMG I LUV BIEBER! ESERANZA GO KILL URSELF!
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 19:03 (thirteen years ago) link
ok i wondered why a jazz album was in the itunes top 10
― he do the waka lyfe (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 19:03 (thirteen years ago) link
i haven't heard her solo recs, but she sounds good backing joe lovano on his new one
― tylerw, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
start here if you haven't already:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f8hACrttII
― a professional climbing axe is a rich man's toy (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
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, 16 February 2011 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
(Haven't heard the first album.)
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
(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 (thirteen years ago) link
http://enigmaticalchemy.com/enigma_mea.jpg
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
And don't forget http://kimclarke.8m.com/
― Lullaby of Boradland (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Apparently Gloria Coleman played bass before she switched to organ.
― Lullaby of Boradland (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
i like her first album best really.
― a professional climbing axe is a rich man's toy (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
― 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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
RIP
― tylerw, Friday, 18 February 2011 22:48 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen years ago) link
at least she doesn't rely on annoying cymbal tapping
― Poll Makossa (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 19 February 2011 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Ha.
― banjee trillness (The Reverend), Sunday, 20 February 2011 05:51 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
"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 (twelve years ago) link
I'm sorry, did I click on the rolling "is this racist?" thread?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 25 August 2011 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
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 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently she hangs with prince? He mentioned her on his recent Arsenio appearance.
― calstars, Monday, 17 March 2014 02:34 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten years ago) link
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 (eight years ago) link
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 (eight years ago) link
so this album is WONDERFUL and also got bnm
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Friday, 4 March 2016 17:41 (eight years ago) link
OBSESSED WITH THIS
― Tim F, Saturday, 5 March 2016 21:57 (eight years ago) link
ohhh?
― Hey (Extended Mix), Saturday, 5 March 2016 22:32 (eight years ago) link
Earth to Heaven has some pure Joni vibes. Beautiful
― calstars, Saturday, 5 March 2016 22:43 (eight years ago) link
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 (eight years ago) link
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 (eight years ago) link
this album sounds like fusion Janelle Monae? predictably, I love it
― Hey (Extended Mix), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 09:56 (eight years ago) link
Next project.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAOezi2Ea0k
"This project is going to be a little different from other ones I've done. You buy a blank CD. Then over 3 days, I'll fill it with beautiful, spontaneously created music. And you can watch the whole thing unfold over Facebook Live. September 12 starting at 9 AM.
Order your blank CD now: http://found.ee/EspWeb-j
Only 7,777 copies will be available, so first come first served."
-Esperanza
― Jeff W, Thursday, 27 July 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/07/jazz-star-esperanza-spalding-flutist-claire-chase-join-harvard-faculty/
I have been dying to tell ppl about this for the past week.
― this iphone speaks many languages (DJP), Thursday, 27 July 2017 19:26 (six years ago) link
The Facebook Live feed has started...
http://www.facebook.com/EsperanzaSpalding/videos/10159220183305527/
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 12 September 2017 16:17 (six years ago) link
New album sounding very cool!
― imago, Friday, 19 October 2018 16:53 (five years ago) link
What happened to 'first come, first served'? Does the Spotify self-destruct after 7,777 streams lol? (Not that I'm complaining either way.)
― Jeff W, Friday, 19 October 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
oh wait, my bad, this isn't Exposure, it's a whole new Thang:
http://www.esperanzaspalding.com/12-little-spells/
http://www.esperanzaspalding.com/home-12littlespells/
Still working through this, but "Touch In Mine" captures well what she seems to have been aiming for.
― Jeff W, Friday, 19 October 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
12 Little Spells is kind of a prog-pop masterpiece, no?
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 00:11 (five years ago) link
I like ES, she’s got the groove
― calstars, Tuesday, 13 November 2018 00:19 (five years ago) link
I liked it a lot when I listened to it and posted to the jazz thread. Haven't come back to it but I should.
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 03:03 (five years ago) link
new song is incredible!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5l0Wu821Ww
― grove street (party) direction (voodoo chili), Thursday, 26 August 2021 23:50 (two years ago) link