Emily’s D+Evolution

AlbumJan 01 / 201612 songs, 45m 35s
Jazz Fusion Art Pop Progressive Pop
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8.6 / 10

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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7 / 10

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...

9 / 10

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.

70 %

Esperanza Spalding has gone and gotten weird and it’s the best thing she could have done.

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