Esperanza Spalding
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican jazz bassist and singer (born 1984)
Esperanza Emily Spalding, sometimes professionally known with the stylized name of esperanza spalding, is an American bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer.
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Alchemy and magic are about how mundane, benign, and abundant materials can have an effect that is greater than the sum of their parts. To me, creativity is alchemy.
On giving her music a magical quality in “Esperanza Spalding Wants to Connect You to Your Body” in Vanity Fair (September 25, 2018)
…There's no secret, no shortcut.
On becoming a writer in “Esperanza Spalding Talks Recording an Album in 77 Hours, Sexism in Music & Nicki Minaj” in Billboard (September
I want to have a beneficial effect on your physiology, but it’s not my business what happens after that…It’s my gift to you.
On the healing effects that she hopes her music provides in “Esperanza Spalding Wants to Connect You to Your Body” in Vanity Fair
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Esperanza Emily Spalding, sometimes professionally known with the stylized name of esperanza spalding, 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: one from her alma mater Berklee College of Music and one from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).
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