Esperanza Spalding: Emily’s D+ Evolution
“Nobody has to know the moral of my show,” Esperanza Spalding sings on ‘Funk the Fear’, and fusillades of fresh...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2016
Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society
The New Seekers might have wanted to “teach the world to sing” but here on her fourth and most ambitious...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: March/2012
Esperanza Spalding: 12 Little Spells
Aaron Burnett | Burniss Travis | Esperanza Spading | Justin Tyson | Matthew Stevens
Previously available solely to stream and now receiving a physical release on both CD and LP – and featuring an...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2019
Esperanza Spalding: Exposure
Conceived as an experiment to kick-start creativity, Exposure is pleasingly free of novelty value. Written, performed, recorded and mixed in...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2018
Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese and Esperanza Spalding: Live at the Detroit Festival
Esperanza Spalding | Leo Genovese | Terri Lyne Carrington | Wayne Shorter
This band came together for this one-off concert at the Detroit Jazz Festival in 2017, and the opening track, ‘Someplace...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2022
Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society 10th Anniversary Edition
If her 2006 debut Junjo announced the arrival of a major new jazz talent (virtuoso bassist and singer and gifted...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2023
Fred Hersch and Esperanza Spalding: Alive at the Village Vanguard
Esperanza Spalding | Fred Hersch
The Hersch/Spalding duo were back at the Village Vanguard in January, to celebrate the release of this album. Spalding eschews...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2023
Nicholas Payton: Bitches
Cassandra Wilson | Chinah Blac | Esperanza Spalding | N'Dambi | Nicholas Payton | Saunders Sermons
Given the use of the b-word in the title and the fact that Payton, once touted as a serious contender...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2012
Bobby McFerrrin: Spirit You All
The recent UK premiere of this music at the Barbican was a joyous affair and thankfully it translates well to...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2013
Leo Genovese: Argentinosaurus
Esperanza Spalding | Jack DeJohnette | Leo Genovese
Boutique vinyl-only label Newvelle are trying a new subscription model, releasing six albums a year, or ‘seasons’ in the parlance...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: March/2017
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