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Esperanza Spalding
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Esperanza Spalding, from Portland, Oregon, played violin as a child and later chose the double bass. She studied at Berklee, where she was already teaching at the age of twenty. She sings and plays bass at the same time, often in complex rhythms and in English, Spanish and Portuguese. In 2011 she won the Grammy for best new artist, the first jazz musician to do so. Her albums range from chamber music with strings to funk and rock. She worked with Wayne Shorter on the opera Iphigenia. She teaches at Harvard.
Listening
Listening tip. Notice how she sings and plays a different line on the bass at the same time.
Black Gold · Esperanza Spalding, 2012
I Know You Know · Esperanza Spalding, 2008
Little Fly · Esperanza Spalding, 2010
Discography
Studio albums
- 2006Junjo
- 2008Esperanza
- 2010Chamber Music Society
- 2012Radio Music Society
- 2015Porto da Madama
- 2016Emily’s D+Evolution
- 2017Exposure
- 201812 Little Spells
- 2019Radical Invisibility
- 2021Songwrights Apothecary Lab
- 2024Milton + Esperanza
- 2025Triune
In School of Rock
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- Jazz MapNL Map
- After Hours: Session 4NL Reader