Esperanza Spalding: jazz singer/bassist-- sounds kinda like Flora Purim or Minnie Ripperton

xp: You can't blame the jazzists for being co-opted, even if some of them have been complicit. As (I think it was) Ice-T once said, "Don't hate the player, hate the coffeeshop." XP

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.

lol @ joe & max pimping the mpp rickroll upthread

"I Adore You" is still one of my favorite tracks of the past few years

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.

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).

EOMG I LUV BIEBER! ESERANZA GO KILL URSELF!

ok i wondered why a jazz album was in the itunes top 10

i haven't heard her solo recs, but she sounds good backing joe lovano on his new one

start here if you haven't already:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f8hACrttII

Hope people just now checking her out don't judge her solely on Chamber Music Society. IMO, Esperanza is much livelier and more accessible.

(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

Yes but there was some un-otm right here: why are there so many women bassplayers?

I mean here: why are there so many women bassplayers?

ha, that was in '02! esperanza was what, 12?

(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/

http://enigmaticalchemy.com/enigma_mea.jpg

And don't forget http://kimclarke.8m.com/

Apparently Gloria Coleman played bass before she switched to organ.

http://www.gaylynnrobinson.com/rw_media/users/user_files/5705/Louise%20017a.jpg

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

wow, louise rowe is a total ws vintage hottie

i like her first album best really.

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.

One more: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?/topic/55342-picture-of-al-haig-not-bill-evans-with-female-bassist/

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

RIP

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

Just played the Letterman clip to the wife and we both loved it. How does the new, Grammy winner compare to that?

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.

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.

at least she doesn't rely on annoying cymbal tapping

Ha.

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

"baby's got bass"? nobody thought that was inappropriate?

I'm sorry, did I click on the rolling "is this racist?" thread?

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.

Apparently she hangs with prince? He mentioned her on his recent Arsenio appearance.

yup. she plays on some of his stuff as i understand it.

her new songs are fucking insane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDrEHphZbc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LtyqeE7ZHg

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

so this album is WONDERFUL and also got bnm

OBSESSED WITH THIS

ohhh?

Earth to Heaven has some pure Joni vibes. Beautiful

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.

Omg this album. I was going to make Hejira and KC/Yes comparisons as well.

caught her June 23 2010 with McCoy Tyner -- and Reverend and this thread came to mind immediately

really was a fantastic show (and the DJ played "Ain't No Half Steppin'" as she left the stage iirc)

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

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.

The Facebook Live feed has started...

http://www.facebook.com/EsperanzaSpalding/videos/10159220183305527/

New album sounding very cool!

What happened to 'first come, first served'? Does the Spotify self-destruct after 7,777 streams lol? (Not that I'm complaining either way.)

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.

12 Little Spells is kind of a prog-pop masterpiece, no?

I like ES, she’s got the groove

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.

new song is incredible!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5l0Wu821Ww