Esperanza Spalding

Esperanza Spalding ( born October 18, 1984 in Portland, Oregon) is an American jazz musician ( bass, vocals, composition) and Grammy winner.

Biography

Spalding grew up in Portland, Oregon, on. At five years old, she learned to play violin - motivated by the fact that she had seen the cellist Yo -Yo Ma on TV - and played ten years in the orchestra of the local chamber music association ( Chamber Music Society of Oregon). At fifteen, she was concertmaster of the orchestra and discovered in the same year for the bass itself. She moved to this instrument and also played non-classical music of different directions. She has also appeared on as a singer. She studied at the Conservatory in 2000 in Portland and then at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she turned more to jazz. In 2005 she received a scholarship after graduating the prestigious Boston Jazz Society and was directly in connection with only twenty years youngest professor ever at Berklee. After that, she played among others with Michel Camilo ( her teacher ), Dave Samuels, Pat Metheny, Stanley Clarke, Patti Austin, Donald Harrison, Mike Stern and Joe Lovano. In 2007 she was among others on the Jazz Festival of Montreal. In 2008 she was also with private Trio on tour in Europe and appeared in the David Letterman show. End of February 2009 played Spalding at the White House on the occasion of the presentation of the Gershwin Prize to Stevie Wonder. In 2006 they released their debut album " Junjo ". In May 2008 their CD " Esperanza " was released by the label " Heads Up ". She composes her own pieces and sings sometimes of bass playing, especially when his own words, is in the role of the show -woman with her ​​own band - in addition to English and Spanish and Portuguese.

Critics Oliver High Keppel raises " her extremely nimble, secure and expressive playing " on the bass out and mentions her Vocalesetechnik to her bass playing, " times in unison as once Slam Stewart, usually interlocked complex, with bass and vocal lines are contrapuntal largely independent. They often change from text in improvising Scatpassagen, even the standard "Body and Soul" they (...) sings in Spanish and in five -four time. "

To her own trio were pianist Leo Genovese 2008, and drummer Otis Brown, partly supplemented by the guitarist Ricardo Vogt. In 2009 she was the first time on tour in Germany. In December 2009, she played at the Nobel Prize ceremony of Barack Obama.

Their third album was CD of the month of hi-fi stereo magazine in September 2010. At the Grammy Awards 2011, she was honored as best new artist. In the same year she performed at the Newport Jazz Festival. In 2012 she worked with her ensemble Radio Music Society, whose musical director is the saxophonist Tia Fuller.

In November 2012 Esperanza Spalding won the annual readers poll of Downbeat magazine in two categories: "Best Jazz Musician " and for Radio Music Society as a jazz album of the year. The end of 2012 the album for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album category was nominated.

Discography

As a solo artist

  • 2006 Junjo
  • 2008 Esperanza
  • 2010 Chamber Music Society
  • 2012 Radio Music Society, with Joe Lovano, Leo Genovese, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jack DeJohnette, Billy Hart

With other artists

  • 2002 Noise for Pretend Happy You Near
  • 2006 with the Nando Michelin Trio Duende
  • 2007 Stanley Clarke The Toys of Men
  • 2009 Mike Stern Big Neighborhood, Heads Up
  • 2012 Jack DeJohnette Sound Travels
  • 2012 salif keita "Tale "
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