Esperanza Spalding Archives

Miroslav Vitous has returned with "Mountain Call", his first ECM album as a leader in a decade, featuring Jack DeJohnette, Michel Portal, and Esperanza Spalding.

Esperanza Spalding reunites with Nicholas Payton and Karriem Riggins for Triune, a trio album rooted in Black American Music, funk, and soul.

Esperanza Spalding plays fretless bass with Robert Glasper in a creative live take on Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man” at the Polar Music Prize.

Sharon Renold of Scott’s Bass Lessons dropped a new video in their “Bass Albums That Changed Music” series. In this episode, she breaks down the work of Esperanza Spalding and "Radio Music Society."

Speaking to Guy Raz in a recent interview, Esperanza Spalding discusses her musical journey, how not everything is about "incredible technical prowess," how she's been misrepresented, and more.

Esperanza Spalding first heard of Brazilian singer-songwriter Milton Nascimento while she was a student at Berklee College of Music. Now the duo has collaborated on new album, “Milton + esperanza.”

NPR doesn’t post many Tiny Desk (At Home) concerts these days, but I’m glad they made an exception with this performance by Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding.

In this edition of No Treble’s Wonder Women series, we will examine the extraordinary musical path of bassist, vocalist, composer, and songwriter Esperanza Spalding.

Esperanza Spalding has announced a set of tour dates for July that will see her collaborating with choreographer, dancer, and director Antonio Brown. Spread across the U.S., the concerts will pull from the last few of her albums.

I was super excited to see NPR drop this video of Esperanza Spalding performing on their Tiny Desk (Home) Concert program. Enjoy this performance of music from her Songwrights Apothecary Lab project.

Esperanza Spalding has released her eighth album as a leader, entitled “Songwrights Apothecary Lab”. Building off of the three-song EP from April, the album contains twelve songs.

Great artists undergo evolution. They study, create, establish themselves as an artistic force, and then re-envision what their art could be. Esperanza Spalding is one of these artists.