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Esperanza Spalding
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American jazz bassist and singer (born 1984)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Esperanza Spalding - Chamber Music Society
- Esperanza Spalding - Esperanza
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Portland, Oregon U.S.
Esperanza Emily Spalding (born October 18, 1984) is an American bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Her accolades include five Grammy Awards, a Boston Music Award, a Soul Train Music Award, and two honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music and the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).
Known for
- esperanza spalding: Homage to Wayne Shorter @ Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa 20232023
- Mister Rogers: It's You I Like — Self2018
- Love Beats Rhymes — Herself2017
- Roman J. Israel, Esq. — Coalition Activist #12017
- Miles Ahead — Live Concert Band2016
- Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall — Self2016
- Marvel's Luke Cage — Esperanza Spalding2016
- Soundbreaking — Self2016
- Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band — Self - Performer2015
- NOVA: The Great Math Mystery — Self2015
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1984-10-18
Discography
- Junjo2006
- Esperanza2008
- Chamber Music Society2010
- Radio Music Society2012
- Crowned & Kissed2012
- Porto da Madama2015
- Emily’s D+Evolution2016
- Spotify Singles2016
- Exposure2017
- 12 Little Spells2018
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 395,910
- Total plays
- 6,250,947
Tags
Born in 1984, bassist, singer and composer Esperanza Spalding began playing in small jazz and blues venues around her hometown of Portland, Oregon. Soon after picking up the acoustic bass at the late age of 14, she helped form Noise For Pretend, an eclectic band fusing jazz and pop for which she sang and played bass (often simultaneously). The group signed with indie rock imprint Hush Records, which released two albums of their original compositions. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Esperanza+
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Emily
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Portland
- Occupation
- librettist
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Grammy Awards
- Genre
- funk
- Instrument
- bass
- Record label
- Merge Records
- Official website
- www.esperanzaspalding.com
- Image
- IPWH-Creativity-WH06-Spalding smaller 0.jpg
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- Commons category
- Esperanza Spalding
- social media followers
- 101534
- date of birth
- 1984-10-18
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- start of work period
- 2000-00-00
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Sources (12)
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Works in European collections
7 objects attributed to Esperanza Spalding, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
