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Released: Mar 20, 2012
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Radio Music Society

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Spalding’s latest release, Radio Music Society, expands the cast to include, among many others, jazz legends Lovano, Jack DeJohnette and Billy Hart; hip-hop giant Q-Tip, Algebra Blessett, Lalah Hathaway, Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke, among an array of notable vocalists; and Portland mentors Scroggins and Memory, as well as the horn section of Memory’s American Music Program ensemble. “I’ve had the honor and blessing of working with so many phenomenal jazz musicians over the years,” Spalding explains, “As I’ve gotten to know them and their music, I’ve grown to love them as family and colleagues. I wished for an opportunity for us all to interpret songs together, so that they can be heard and received by a larger audience. All my personal heroes who are revered in the jazz world – like Joe Lovano and Terri Lyne Carrington – should be heard by a mainstream audience, because what they manifest in their music is so beautiful, sincere and uplifting. I think they literally bring good into the lives of the people who hear them”. Radio Music Society is another unprecedented chapter in the Esperanza Spalding story, building on her past triumphs and achieving new heights that she will no doubt exceed in the future. “The main way in which the Grammy has changed my life is that I keep getting asked how the Grammy has changed my life,” she says. Spalding continues to spread her message around the globe. In addition to over 110 Chamber Music Society concerts, she still found time to tour with Joe Lovano’s US 5, perform at Rock In Rio with Milton Nascimento, play at Prince’s “Welcome 2 America” tour and join Wayne Shorter in celebrating Herbie Hancock’s 70th birthday at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. As Jeff Baker of The Oregonian once raved of her electrifying talent, “This was about art, performed at the highest level by someone with the vision, talent, and determination to make it happen”.



General Info

  • Genre: Jazz / Latin / Other

    Location Jersey City, Un

    Profile Views: 1653543

    Last Login: 5/25/2012

    Member Since 8/17/2006

    Website www.esperanzaspalding.com

    Record Label Heads Up Int'l

    Type of Label Major

  • Bio

    It has not taken Esperanza Spalding long to emerge as one of the brightest lights in the musical world. Listeners familiar with her stunning 2008 Heads Up International debut, Esperanza, and her best-selling 2010 release Chamber Music Society, were well aware that the young bassist, vocalist and composer from Portland, Oregon was the real deal, with a unique and style-spanning presence, deeply rooted in jazz yet destined to make her mark far beyond the jazz realm. That judgment was confirmed on February 13, 2011, when Spalding became the first jazz musician to receive the GRAMMY® Award for Best New Artist. On 20th March, 2012, Heads Up International, a division of Concord Music Group, gives us Spalding's latest release, Radio Music Society, her most diverse, ambitious and masterful recital yet. Each of the 12 songs are accompanied by conceptual music videos, which further express Esperanza's inspiration and story behind each track. Shot in various locations including New York City; Barcelona, Spain; and Portland, Oregon; all videos will be available to purchasers of Radio Music Society as a digital download or a DVD on the deluxe version. Radio Music Society is a companion, rather than a sequel, to Spalding's previous disc, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart. "Originally I thought it would be fun to release a double album," she explains, "One disc with an intimate, subtle exploration of chamber works and a second one in which jazz musicians explore song forms and melodies that are formatted more along the lines of what we would categorize as "pop songs." Those are the two things that really interest me, and it intrigues me to think about different presentation approaches while writing each kind of song. On the pop song side, I think about listeners who aren't into jazz, but I also think about the people within my musical community who can interpret each idea best." Learn more: http://www.esperanzaspalding.com/
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  • Anthonio King


    Thanks to the fans, for showing up to the concerts, for buying the records, and for preordering the NEW RECORD, Radio Music Society by Esperanza Spalding - featuring Terri Lyne Carrington, Joe Lovano, Lionel Loueke and other special guests. Get it here:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/radio-music-society-deluxe/id505812960&amp ;;
    P.S. I Love You.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 I Love    You.                 I love you.                      I love you. 
    http://www.mmsies.com/store/index.php?p=home&store=201003MB-02 ;;

    5 hours ago
  • Anthonio King

    Esperanza! I Can't Help It If I Wanted To. I Wouldn't Help It Even If I Could. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                          
                                      
           
                
    Only you can make me "Smile Like That"  
    http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/radio-music-society-deluxe/id505812960&amp ;;;;

    5 hours ago
  • Spinolys

    Hi Miss Spalding thank you very very very much for your amazing performance yesterday in Paris, it's the second time i see you on stage and it was really joyful. Thank you very much and see you next time 

    yesterday
  • 3 days ago
  • Richard Harris


    Sending Lots of SATURDAY LOVE your way Esperanza!
     

    TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT ENTHUSIASM ...

    "SUCCESS is going from

    FAILURE to FAILURE

    without losing your ENTHUSIASM."

     ~ Abraham Lincoln

    LIFE'S BLOWS CANNOT BREAK A PERSON WHOSE

    SPIRIT IS WARMED AT THE FIRE OF ENTHUSIASM!

    With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,

    Richard

    www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    Please take a minute and give my music a listen!

    MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com

    5 days ago
  • Mr. JOHN

    Thanks for the add Esperanza ! Best wishes ! 

    8 days ago
  • Panayot Mitkov

     Happy Wednesday Friends! With my friends and music greet you with all due respect welcome back online to wish you a beautiful, happy and fruitful day!!!!!!

    16 days ago
  • Panayot Mitkov

     Hello! Beautiful today is Tuesday and we always hope so! You all wish you joy, happiness, love and good health and God bless you!!!!!

    17 days ago
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