Esperanza Spalding
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Mountain Call
Miroslav Vitouš (doublebass), Michel Portal (clarinet, bassclarinet), Jack DeJohnette (drum), Bob Mintzer (clarinet, bassclarinet), Esperanza Spalding (vocalist), Gary Campbell (sopranosaxophone, tenorsaxophone), Gérald Cleaver (drum), Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Mountain Call reflects a lifetime’s immersion in classical music alongside jazz, and the alance of spontaneity, nuance and cinematic atmospherics... phenomenal foils for the Weather Report alumnus’s... —
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Emily’s D+Evolution marks a radical shift in the style of upright bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding. The Grammy Award-winning artist reemerges from a two-year hiatus with a rock/funk hybrid... —
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Pitchfork, Best New Music
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Rolling Stone, Best Jazz Albums of All Time
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Emily’s D+Evolution marks a radical shift in the style of upright bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding. The Grammy Award-winning artist reemerges from a two-year hiatus with a rock/funk hybrid... —
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Pitchfork, Best New Music
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Rolling Stone, Best Jazz Albums of All Time
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Waiting Game
RecommendedSocial Science, Kassa Overall, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Debo Ray, Nicholas Payton (trumpet), Raydar Ellis, Kokayi, Mark Kibble, Rapsody, Meshell Ndegeocello (bass guitar), Maimouna Youssef, Esperanza Spalding (double bass)
The idea was to explore freedom more broadly. Musically, it’s a highpoint of an excellent and, above all, important album. —
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Jazzwise, Editor's Choice, November 2019
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee: Best Jazz Instrumental Album
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Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge its Grace
Shabaka (clarinet, shakuhachi, flute, saxophone), Jason Moran (piano), Nasheet Waits (drums), Carlos Niño (percussion), Brandee Younger (harp), Charles Overton (harp), Miguel Atwood-Ferguson (violin, viola, cello), Moses Sumney (vocals), Saul Williams (vocals), Nduduzo Makhathini (piano), Surya Botofasina...
The set as a whole suggests that Shabaka hasn’t dialled down his intensity – instead, he’s rechannelled it into something more profound. —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2024, Jazz Choice
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Grammy Awards, 56th Awards (2013), Best Jazz Vocal Performance
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Stereogum, Best Jazz Albums of the 2010s
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Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro
RecommendedRenee Fleming (vocal), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Billy Childs (piano), Brian Blade (drums), Scott Colley (bass), Carol Robbins (harp), Jay Bellerose (percussion), Mark Robertson (violin), Jen Choi Fischer (violin), Luke Maurer (viola), Vanessa Freebairn-Smith (cello), Becca Stevens (vocal), Dean Parks (guitar),...
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Grammy Awards, 2015, Nominee: Best Jazz Vocal Performance
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Miles Ahead (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
RecommendedMiles Davis (trumpet), Max Roach (drums), Percy Heath (bass), John Lewis (piano), Don Cheadle, Julian Cannonball Adderley (alto saxophone), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Paul Chambers (bass), Bill Evans (piano), Jimmy Cobb (drums), Taylor Eigisti (piano), Phil Schaap, Don Cheadle & Phil Schaap,...
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Grammy Awards, 37th Awards (1994), Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
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Songwrights Apothecary Lab is a gorgeously rendered production that skirts the lines between art rock, free jazz, and wordless modern creative improvisation. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd October 2021
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