Spalding has a diverse ethnic background. Her mother raised her and her brother as a single parent. Esperanza Spalding - Discography 2006 - 2010. Every second of the process will be live streamed for you, right before your very eyes, letting you watch the album you’ve purchased be filled with the music she creates. Spalding grew up in the King neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood she describes as 'ghetto' and 'pretty scary'.įor her new work entitled ‘Exposure', composer, vocalist and bassist Esperanza Spalding will create a new album in just 77 hours. In 2011, she won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist at the 53rd Grammy Awards, making her the first jazz artist to win the award. Esperanza Spalding (born 1984) is an American multi-instrumentalist best known as a jazz bassist and singer, who draws upon many genres in her own compositions. The group signed with indie rock imprint Hush Records, which released two albums of their original compositions (one of which garnered an 8.0 on Pitchfork). 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).
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