Esperanza Spalding
USA
Born: 18 October 1984
Years Active: 2000
Genres: Jazz, International
Styles: World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz, Latin America, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Jazz-Pop, Contemporary Jazz, Fusion, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Bop, Cuban Jazz
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Hailed as a prodigy on the acoustic double bass within months of first touching the instrument as a 15-year-old, Esperanza Spalding has emerged as a fine jazz bassist, but has also distinguished herself playing blues, funk, hip-hop, pop fusion, and Brazilian and Afro-Cuban styles as well. Born in Portland, OR in 1984, Spalding was not well served by the public school system and soon dropped out of classes to be home-schooled. Returning to the public school system at 15, she encountered her first acoustic bass (she had already been playing violi...
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- Madonna (243)
- Ella Fitzgerald (139)
- Dave Holland (55)
- Ornette Coleman (47)
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- Blossom Dearie (28)
- Wayne Shorter (23)
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