Esperanza Spalding
American jazz bassist and singer · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1984 · age 42
Esperanza Emily Spalding, sometimes professionally known with the stylized name of esperanza spalding, is an American bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer.
Esperanza Spalding is read about 340 times a day, in 31 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
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James Earl Jones Duets: Evening of Poetry, Music and the Spoken Word
Lin-Manuel Miranda Duets: Evening of Poetry, Music and the Spoken Word
Wayne Shorter Wrote Iphigenia, also in Miles Ahead (2016)Milton Nascimento Duets: Milton + Esperanza (2024)
Tony Visconti Produced Emily's D+Evolution (2016)
Q-Tip Produced Radio Music Society (2012)
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In their own words 2
, …There's no secret, no shortcut.
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.
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About this person
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).
