Esperanza Spalding remembers what it was like to be a child with a celebrity infatuation. Her crush wasn't a pop star like Justin Bieber. She was into classical and jazz music. Instead, she was all about actor Johnny Depp.
It's really unfair to compare Esperanza Spalding and Justin Bieber. Yes, they have a few things in common. They're both multi- talented singers who write their own songs. They were both up for this year's Grammy for best new artist. Spalding won, igniting a pro-Bieber fever of social networking anger from tween fans who hijacked Spalding's Wikipedia entry for a short time.
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WHO: Jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding's trio and quintet. WHAT: CD release party for Spalding's "Junjo.
grammy winners Winners in selected major categories at Sunday's 53rd Annual Grammy Awards: Album of the Year: "The Suburbs," Arcade Fire Record of the Year: "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum Song of the Year: "Need You Now," Lady Antebellum New Artist: Esperanza Spalding Pop Vocal Album: "The Fame Monster," Lady Gaga Pop Performance by a Duo or Group: "Hey Soul Sister," Train Female Pop Vocal Performance: "Bad Romance," Lady Gaga Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Just The Way You Are," Bruno Mars Rock Song: "Angry World," Neil Young Rock Album: "The Resistance," Muse R&B Song: "Shine," John Legend & The Roots R&B Album: "Wake up!" John Legend & The Roots Rap Solo Performance: "Not Afraid," Eminem Rap Song: "Empire State of Mind," Jay-Z and Alicia Keys Rap Album: "Recovery," Eminem Female Coun...
Jazz Terri Lyne Carrington, "The Mosaic Project" (Concord, available July 19). One of the most dramatic jazz discs, by far, that anyone is likely to encounter in 2011 -- a veteran female jazz drummer assembles an all-star disc of female jazz singers and players in honor of what has become the emergence of so many great women into the jazz world. "If I had tried to do something like this in the past -- like when I started 25 years ago -- I might have felt limited by the pool of musicians," Carrington says in a statement accompanying the disc. "But now there are so many talented women whom I've been playing with anyway -- not just because they're women but because I love the way they play. So it has become easier to do a special project that celebrates the artistry and the mus...
'Chamber Music Society' Esperanza Spalding (Heads Up)
Before you read on, how about queuing up some background music? Might I suggest Duke Ellington's "Things Ain't What They Used To Be"? Because lately, baby, they certainly ain't. For instance, on Feb. 13, during the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, multi-instrumentalist and Portland, Oregon, native Esperanza Spalding took home the
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