Last night, Esperanza Spalding stopped by last night to play tracks from her latest album, 'Radio Music Society.' Backed by a talented band with a sizable brass section, Spalding played bass on 'Black Gold' and sang, "Hold your head as high as you can
by NPR Staff These are good times for Esperanza Spalding. The bass player, composer and vocalist was barely into her 20s when she released her debut album on a Spanish label in 2006. Her 2008 breakout record, Esperanza, topped Billboard's contemporary
Esperanza Spalding was saying recently. "How can you take the music you play, basically jazz music, if you want to use that word, and format it so that it.
Last night, Esperanza Spalding stopped by last night to play tracks from her latest album, 'Radio Music Society.' Backed by a talented band with a sizable brass section, Spalding played bass on 'Black Gold' and sang, "Hold your head as high as you can
By Melissa Bell Just over a year ago, when Esperanza Spalding won the Grammy for best new artist, the Internet (mainly angry Justin Bieber fans) asked a collective: "Who's that?" The jazz singer and bassist resoundingly answered that question this year
