Esperanza Spalding News & Updates

Esperanza Spalding to leave Harvard, citing different priorities over curriculum

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Nov 22, 2022 • Yahoo

The Pulse of Entertainment: Esperanza Spalding Set to Perform January 26 at Warner Theatre in DC | VIDEO

Jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding is to perform at the Warner Theatre on January 26, 2025. Her concert...

Jan 21, 2025 • EURweb

Esperanza Spalding on making an album from scratch – for the whole world to see

Jazz bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding won the Grammy for best new artist in 2011, becoming the ...

Nov 22, 2017 • CBS News

Esperanza Spalding Says Grammys ‘Refused’ Her Collaborator, Brazilian Legend Milton Nascimento, A Seat, So She Took A Cutout

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Esperanza Spalding is disappoi...

Feb 04, 2025 • Yahoo

Grammy winner esperanza spalding on Wayne Shorter's musical legacy

One year ago, in March 2023, we lost one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers ever: Wayne Sh...

Mar 20, 2024 • WGBH

Esperanza Spalding’s New Album Was Inspired by Her Alter Ego, Emily

When Esperanza Spalding heard a knock at her door, she had the choice to welcome the uninvited guest...

Apr 20, 2016 • Miami New Times

Esperanza Spalding: Jazz Musician, Grammy Award Winner and Now Museum Curator

Esperanza Spalding resists categorization. She is an accomplished jazz bassist and composer with an ...

Jul 09, 2017 • Smithsonian Magazine

Esperanza Spalding Says Prince Offers 'A Lot of Advice'

In 2010 Prince introduced the world to Jazz artist Esperanza Spalding. This past in February at the ...

Jun 02, 2025 • Essence

In conversation with esperanza spalding

From the first time she heard "Native Dancer," the collaborative record between American jazz giant ...

Nov 14, 2024 • WUNC

Esperanza Spalding upsets Justin Bieber for Best New Artist

Many music fans are wondering how Esperanza Spalding upset Justin Bieber for Best New Artist at the ...

Feb 14, 2011 • SheKnows

Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

We almost never post Tiny Desk (home) concerts anymore. But to have the glorious Brazilian musical i...

Aug 07, 2024 • NPR

Milton Nascimento and esperanza spalding honor friendship on their new album

It was esperanza spalding’s longtime dream to make music with Milton Nascimento. The bassist was a...

Aug 09, 2024 • NPR

Esperanza Spalding teams up with pianist Fred Hersch in this 'Vanguard' recording

When Hersch invited jazz, pop and opera composer Spalding to perform three nights with him at the Vi...

Mar 14, 2023 • NPR

Joy Harjo releases new jazz album with esperanza spalding

Former US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, 75, releases a new jazz album, 'Insomnia and Seven Steps to Grace...

May 16, 2026 • The Oklahoman on MSN

Free shows In NYC's Battery Park City this summer: Esperanza Spalding, The War & Treaty, Red Baraat, more

Battery Park City Authority's FREE NYC summer show series returns to Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park this ...

May 19, 2026 • BrooklynVegan

At her Dallas show, Esperanza Spalding will be on the hunt for joy

A conversation with Esperanza Spalding can take as many turns as her career has. And above all else,...

May 17, 2026 • Dallas Observer

Jacksonville Jazz Festival returns downtown with funk‑heavy lineup

Parliament‑Funkadelic, Nile Rodgers & Chic and more headline the free Jacksonville Jazz Festival d...

May 18, 2026 • USA TODAY

Esperanza Spalding's improvised experiment: recording a new album live on Facebook

Esperanza Spalding wants to create music spontaneously, without the trappings of "what is going to s...

Apr 30, 2026 • CBC.ca

esperanza spalding and Jett Galindo's journey from Berklee to Grammys glory

Berklee College of Music alumni have collectively won more than 300 Grammys so far. Two of those pre...

Jan 23, 2025 • WGBH