Esperanza Spalding... and she swings too, Phat pocket...
Who is that incredible jazz bass girl?
Saw her twice now on pbs. Most recently stole the show playing for the prez at the tribute concert for Stevie Wonder. She is a young black woman who sings and plays bass with a jazz troop and sounds way beyond her years.
Anybody know who Im talking about? Would like to buy her albums.
Anybody know who Im talking about? Would like to buy her albums.
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Her latest CD certainly has it's moments - she sings and plays like she is from Rio, but I think she actually grew up in Portland, OR. She's something of a prodigy. Here she is on Jimmy Kimmel Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8gynGy8pSg and this on 2nd Cup Cafe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNw46j0nNOs&feature=related |
thanks all, this is the one that got me ESPERANZA SPALDING - "Overjoyed" at the White House tribute to Stevie Wonder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lNE7jWA5AE |
I was lucky enough to hear David Bowie's Berkeley gig before his health problems on the European leg of his tour a few years back. His touring band's bass player Gail Ann Dorsey was primal--she covered his Freddie Mercury duet, Under Pressure and killed.She has a website and may have put out a solo CD. |