Esperanza Spalding: Hold On Me (Live)
It’s Sunday (at least it is when I’m sharing this), and this just feels perfect for a chill day like today.
Of course, when it is Esperanza Spalding, I don’t need any excuse.
This is Esperanza performing “Hold On Me” live in 2012, with Leo Genovese (keys), Jef Lee Johnson (guitar), Igmar Thomas (trumpet), Lyndon Rochelle (drums) and a great horn section.
That bass tone! That voice!
Is it possible NOT to love Esperanza Spalding? I doubt it.
Even if the music isn’t your thing, she is a force of nature.
I just find most jazz impenetrable. The note selection is just jarring. I find myself yearning for the bits that are not tense, and mentally treading water trying to find a thread to cling on to. The talent is unquestionable, but how it’s utilised is awful to my ears. Sorry to hard-core jazz heads, but i can’t “make” myself love it, no matter how many times I’ve tried through the years.
Such feeling & emotion… vocals & bass!
pretty great!
Simply amazing, as always.
She is really a special bass player …Upright or electric , she can lay it down.
The ultimate combination of serious muso and eye-candy!