New York Times' Style magazine puts a spotlight on Solange, Esperanza Spalding, Corinne Bailey Rae and Les Nubians for it's “Nightie Aphrodites” fashion feature. Janelle Monae, Esperanza Spalding, ...

Esperanza Spalding has been hailed by NPR as “the 21st Century’s jazz genius,” a fearless true believer in the transcendental properties of jazz who won the Best New Artist Grammy that everyone, ...

Bassist, singer and composer Esperanza Spalding is a jazz wunderkind. After initially proving her chops with scat vocals and walking bass line, she steadily added punctuations of voices on top of ...

esperanza spalding catapulted into the cultural consciousness in 2011 when she nabbed the Grammy for Best New Artist. Not only was she the first jazz artist to receive the honor, she beat out the ...

How do you bring the African Diaspora to the Grammys? The Grammy nominee you need to hear: Esperanza Spalding How do you bring the African Diaspora to the Grammys? Esperanza Spalding and Milton ...

We almost never post Tiny Desk (home) concerts anymore. But to have the glorious Brazilian musical icon Milton Nascimento with his gifted friend and collaborator, esperanza spalding, be an exception ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Known for her virtuosic bass playing, singer, songwriter, and composer Esperanza Spalding made history in ...

Berklee College of Music alumni have collectively won more than 300 Grammys so far. Two of those previous winners, esperanza spalding and Jett Galindo, are up for awards again at this year’s Grammys.

From the first time she heard "Native Dancer," the collaborative record between American jazz giant Wayne Shorter and Brazilian legend Milton Nascimento, esperanza splading dreamed of collaborating ...