Emily’s D+Evolution
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 that brings Prince and Janelle Monae to mind.
The jazz bassist and vocalist fuses jazz, funk, prog, and musical theatre on her stunning new album
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On her fifth solo album, Esperanza Spalding asks, what if her younger self had not gone on to pursue jazz greatness and instead embraced her...
When bassist and singer-songwriter Esperanza Spalding played this music from her most high-concept album yet live in London last year, there was plenty of jubilant instrumental jamming alongside the new material.
Esperanza Spalding has gone and gotten weird and it’s the best thing she could have done.