Esperanza Spalding

United States
October 18, 1984

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Esperanza Emily Spalding is an American jazz bassist and singer. Spalding was raised in Portland, Oregon, and was a musical prodigy, playing violin in the Chamber Music Society of Oregon at five years old. She was later both self-taught and -trained on a number of instruments, including guitar and bass. Her proficiency earned her scholarships to Portland State University and the Berklee College of Music. In 2017 she was appointed Professor of the Practice of Music at Harvard University.

For the last 14 days:

68 tracks
88 stations
22 countries

Esperanza Spalding top songs

1	Radio Song
2	Ponta de Areia
3	Judas
4	Crowned & Kissed
5	Short and Sweet
6	formwela 1
7	Winter Sun
8	Thang (Hips)
9	City of Roses
10	Judas
11	The Peacocks
12	Really Very Small
13	Unconditional Love
14	What a Friend
15	Little Fly
16	One
17	Endangered Species
18	Change Us
19	Cinnamon Tree
20	Apple Blossom
21	Fall In
22	Chacarera
23	You Have to Dance (Feet)
24	I Know You Know
25	Move Many (Joints)

Esperanza Spalding quotes

It's a pity that if someone who has a really profoundly potent art to share chooses not to or doesn't fit into this very thin slice of what's desirable and marketable, chances are the public will never get a chance to hear what they're doing.