Happy 35th to Esperanza Spalding. After the release of her 3 album, 'Chamber Music Society' in 2010, she won her first Recording Academy / GRAMMYs for Best New Artist upsetting the likes of Justin Bieber and she was the first jazz artist to win in this category. Her sixth studio record, '12 Little Spells,' was released in 2019, and she won the Best Jazz Vocal Album Grammy. In addition to writing and performing music, Spalding has also worked as an instructor, first at the Berklee College of Musi

28K views · 2.2K reactions | Esperanza Spalding performs "Tell Him" on the double bass at the White House Evening of Poetry, Music, and the Spoken Word on May 12, 2009. Her voice is compelling and passionate. | Jazz Improvisers | Facebook

Jazz legend Wayne Shorter and four-time Grammy-winner esperanza spalding's new opera 'Iphigenia' is an audacious rendition of a 2,400 year-old Greek myth that redefines what opera can be | Reuters