Esperanza Spalding

The unfairly beautiful & talented Esperanza Spalding was in Europe over the holiday weekend, where she blessed the audience at BBC studios with a live performance on Later with Jools Holland. Read More

Esperanza Spalding is one of the frontrunners of a new breed of jazz-trained musicians who balance core jazz skills with an eye for the mainstream. Read More

When Esperanza Spalding bested Justin Bieber for Best New Artist at the 2011 Grammy Awards, the upset was greeted by outraged tweets from Bieber's preteen constituency, shocked fanfare from the jaded jazz community, and confused stares from almost everyone else. Read More

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Esperanza Spalding has been showered with accolades such as the coveted Grammy Award, which have highlighted her extraordinary ability to merge a diverse blend of melodies, lyrics and harmonic sounds. Read More

Jazz singer Esperanza Spalding has hit the tour circuit with her eco-friendly footwear in tow. "[Shoes] are a really important part of her looks," said Cassie O'Sullivan, the musician's stylist, who told Spy that Spalding's fashion sensibility stems from a dedication to environmental causes. Read More

The first notes of Esperanza Spalding's album release tour aren't notes at all—like a listener impatiently channel-searching, radio static gives way to her onstage horn section, as the big-band jazz musicians cop neo-soul grooves, a lounge-jazz verse, and snippets of be-bop and fusion separated by intermittent white noise. Read More

Twenty-seven-year-old Grammy award winner Esperanza Spalding is not only an amazing vocalist and musician, but also an inspiring public speaker. Read More

Esperanza Spalding's "Radio Music Society" concert opened with a giant, animated boom box — a playful prop that brought ripples of laughter and set the tone for a warm, intimate evening of jazz, funk, pop and soul. Read More