ESPERANZA SPALDING

Esperanza Spalding is a rising star on the verge of a breakthrough. The 23 year-old, classically trained singer and double bass player appeared on David Letterman to present her new CD, Esperanza. On this album she combines soul, jazz, funk and Latin in alternately swinging and intimate songs. The singer delivers a multicultural mix of influences from her hometown New York in both Spanish and English. ‘She leads, she scats, she plays a mean bass.’ (NY Times)