|
Esperanza | 
 enlarge | Artist: Esperanza Spalding
Label: Heads Up
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
Buy New: $9.97
You Save: $2.01 (17%)
New (40) Used (9) from $7.40
Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 196
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 3140
UPC: 053361314026
EAN: 0053361314026
ASIN: B0014HC56K
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
| |
| Tracks:
| • | Ponta De Areia | | • | I Know You Know | | • | Fall In | | • | I Adore You | | • | Cuerpo y Alma | | • | She Got To You | | • | Precious | | • | Mela | | • | Love In Time | | • | Espera | | • | If That's True | | • | Samba Em Preludio |
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Album Description
"Esperanza," bassist/vocalist/composer Esperanza Spalding's debut on Heads Up International, is set for worldwide release on May 20, 2008. Armed with uncanny instrumental chops, a siren voice that spans three languages, and composing and arranging skills that weave together the best elements of the old-school with the progressive, this 23-year-old has crafted a debut album that takes a completely fresh and refreshing approach to jazz by borrowing from the rich traditions of soul, pop, world music and so much more. Esperanza is joined in the studio by a crew of A-list session players, including flamenco guitar virtuoso Nino Josele, percussionist Jamey Haddad, drummer Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, saxophonist Donald Harrison and several other seasoned talents - all of whom collectively serve as further evidence of the kind of creative energy and magnetism that she radiates.
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
WOW!!!!! August 14, 2008
I can't stop playing this album. Her voice, lyrics, musicality, vibrance and just sheer love of music come through fully in this tour de force! She never leaves her jazz roots while exploring fusion, Brazilian and straight ahead. But it is all so accessible yet complex. We don't get music like this often.
EASILY my choice for New Artist and Album of the Year...Maybe five years...More!!!!!!
A breath of fresh air... August 13, 2008
This CD is a promise. There is so much enthusiasm and sheer joy of playing in all the songs on the album that one cannot help but wait for the future releases by Esperanza Spalding. This beautiful artist definitely has a bright one coming. After thousands of albums in this genre that look so similar, finally there is something new to enjoy. Truly a pleasure to listen. And Esperanza's voice is something difficult to forget. Just but the CD, you won't regret it.
Huge New Talent turns Jazz World on Head! August 2, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
She's young, gorgeous and immensely talented. Esperanza Spalding's second offering is a musical potpourri that is sure to please most jazz afficionados. A superb bass player, an already highly nuanced vocalist and a promising composer, Esperanza is a triple threat who may very well be one of the key figures in defining the direction jazz will be heading in the 21st century.
There's a ton of variety here, everything from the stunning opening arrangement of Milton Nascimento's folk tinged Ponta De Areia to the sassy smart brazilian funk of She Got to You, the unsentimental poppy sweetness of Precious, not to mention the balls out straight ahead hipness of If that's True, and the tour de force jazz samba, I Adore You. Her scat with bass solo on this tune simply has to heard to be believed. Did I mention that she's not half bad as a lyricist? Is there nothing that this young woman can't do? Apparently not. And the fact that she sings and plays simultaneously and this effortlessly puts her in a class by herself.
Check her out on youtube, especially her performance of Body and Soul at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, not to mention her exuberant performance on Letterman, which prompted the usually cool David to comment, " You were right Paul: She IS the coolest guest we've ever had on this show". And he may very well have been right.
Mega talent ! July 31, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Esperanza is the complete talent we've all waited for way too long.
She is the real deal...live and in the studio.The lady has chops !!
This album is without a doubt one of the best I've heard in years.
Carlton Batts
Stage Right Talent
Quite the talented one! July 24, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I caught Ms. Spalding on the David Letterman show about a month ago. I'd never heard of her, but when I saw her decked out with her afro holding this huge bass all while still looking feminine and dainty, I thought to myself, "This is going to be interesting." And interesting it was indeed. So much so that I actually bought this CD immediately after watching that performance. A month later, her CD is still in my CD player and each time I listen to it, it grows on me even more than the time prior. This young lady is definitely worth listening to!
|
|
|
Copyright 2006 - CD Shopper | |
