ESPERANZA SPALDING

Singer and double bass player Esperanza Spalding recently confirmed her reputation as a star of the new jazz generation with a sold out Bimhuis concert. Esperanza combines soul, jazz, funk and Latin in alternately swinging and intimate songs. In both English and Spanish she delivers a multicultural mix of influences from her hometown New York. ‘She leads, she scats, she plays a mean bass’ (NY Times). ‘Simply irresistible'(NRC).