Iconic pianist/composer Fred Hersch and visionary jazz vocalist esperanza spalding release a dazzling duo performance captured at the Village Vanguard… Pianist/composer Fred Hersch and vocalist/bassist/songwriter esperanza spalding can both be...
esperanza spalding unveils “Formwela 12,” the latest work from her Songwrights Apothecary Lab. The work is a collaboration with legendary actor, dancer, choreographer, and writer Carmen...
Visionary vocalist/songwriter Esperanza Spalding and renowned pianist/composer Fred Hersch announce a 5-song duo EP to benefit musicians impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic… Available exclusively for download...
Esperanza Spalding’s “truly intoxicating” (NY Times) 12 Little Spells will be released on vinyl, CD and download on May 10 via Concord Records. The cutting edge creator released this...
Esperanza Spalding Conjures ‘12 Little Spells’ In Continuation Of Her Audacious Approach To Creation… Beginning October 7 Will Release One Spell Per Day At Esperanzaspalding.com –...
At 1pm Pacific on September 7, Esperanza Spalding will join Frank Gehry to spend an hour creating together… …Esperanza composing and recording music, Frank sketching – in a partnership...
For her new work entitled ‘Exposure,’ composer, vocalist and bassist Esperanza Spalding will create a new album in just 77 hours, every second of the process livestreamed for a...
Bassist, vocalist, composer and bandleader Esperanza Spalding has just released “We Are America,” a new music video highlighting the injustice of prolonged indefinite detention at the prison at...
Esperanza Spalding and Teacher Thara Memory Win Grammy Awards
RICK’S PICKS: Joe Lovano w/ Us Five: Cross Culture (Blue Note Records) / Bassists: Esperanza Spalding, Peter Slavov The Album: This is Lovano’s third...
Esperanza Spalding wins Smithsonian Magazine American Ingenuity Award… Smithsonian Magazine Editor-In-Chief Michael Caruso has announced that bassist, vocalist, composer and bandleader Esperanza Spalding has won a Smithsonian Magazine American Ingenuity Award...
Esperanza Spalding’s Radio Music Society Wins Soul Train Award… The Concord Music Group is proud to announce that Esperanza Spalding’s Radio Music Society has won a Soul Train Award...
The Many Colors of Bass… First of all, we are incredibly privileged to have veteran bassist Hutch Hutchinson gracing this month’s cover… if anyone understands the ‘many...
Spend a couple of days at a NAMM Show and you might come to the conclusion that life is simply a whirlwind of constant activity; consider...
Meet Editor Jake Kot – Thinking back on some of the articles I’ve done for BMM, as well as a few reviews I’ve written, I was...
