To celebrate Esperanza Spalding's Grammy award win as "Best New Artist," we're rerunning this September 2010 interview. Enjoy! Fans of classical music and jazz have argued about music for years. If ...

Esperanza Spalding has been hailed by NPR as “the 21st Century’s jazz genius,” a fearless true believer in the transcendental properties of jazz who won the Best New Artist Grammy that everyone, ...

esperanza spalding dispenses with small talk to share favorite songs and break down “Milton + esperanza” — her new LP with Brazilian legend Milton Nascimento. esperanza spalding dispenses with small ...

Esperanza Spalding is a giant genius and might have been too much for Desus last night Ball bags listen up, this is no ordinary Desus & Mero guest. Prodigy jazz bassist (and now Harvard professor) ...

In 2018, esperanza spalding released the song “You Have to Dance” as part of her Grammy-Award-winning record “12 Little Spells.” The jazz composer and bassist’s jaunty tune revolves around the concept ...

This all kind of awkward and adorable. As you no doubt know, there was a bit of an upset at the last night when jazz artist , who grew up in Portland beat teen idol Justin Bieber for Best New Artist.

At the heart of Esperanza Spalding's new album, Songwrights Apothecary Lab (S.A.L.), is a question: "What do you need a song for?" In pursuit of answers, Spalding, a Grammy-winning jazz singer and ...

Austin's musical mojo permeates throughout the bulk of bassist Esperanza Spalding's two most recent works, 2010's Chamber Music Society and March's Radio Music Society. It was at the piano in her ...

Jazz is never going to die. Too many hip-hop producers sample jazz music for that to happen. But what to make of the modern-day jazz musician’s place in a celebrity-obsessed music climate? Chances are ...

Esperanza Spalding, has long been known for creating music with purpose, work that not only pushes the boundaries of jazz but also responds to deeper cultural and ecological needs. That same spirit ...