Esperanza Who? Yes!,while many attendees and listeners Google’d her name. Esperanza and Bobby McFerrin to co-host GRAMMY® Pre-Telecast, featuring performances by Buddy Guy, Cyndi Lauper and Mavis Staples, among others. The ceremony taking place on Sunday, February 13, from 1 to 4 PM PT at Los Angeles Convention Center, will be streamed live internationally on grammy.com/live and youtube.com/thegrammys beginning at 1 PM PT.
Hello; This is ELHarris and I enjoy music and I love Jazz, soon when I heard that someone from the Chamber Society has won over Justin Bieber, of course I did my homework. Esperaza Spalding –first this is awarded by ones peers, second; in this arena Chamber Music (cello and bass) are not the usual categories that thrive and third she did not have an exotic name or initial, this was strange. However, The Best New Artist of the Year award was given to Ms Spalding and I’m anticipating hearing her in person. I trust we all will hear more of this talent. I think that she is the real thing. Congratulations Ms. Spalding.
Esperanza Spalding
@EspeSpalding New York
Artist
http://www.esperanzaspalding.com
“I certainly did not expect to even be considered for that type of nomination,” she said. “Me being a little old jazz musician and everything.”
Esperanza Spalding Reaches Wider Audience Her Way
February 10 – 11th, 2011
From The Associated Press
Esperanza Spalding is getting the wider audience she had sought, but her terms.
From the time Esperanza Spalding appeared on the scene in 2005, the dynamic singer, bassist, composer and arranger has been heralded as jazz’s next big thing. Her impressive musicianship has won her White House recital dates, praise from the likes of Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock, and critical acclaim.
But last year, as she prepared to perform in front of a hug mainstream audience at a tribute to musical mentor Prince at the BET Awards, she started to think about how the moment could catapult her into pop stardom.
“I was really on this mission, kind of in my mind, to figure out how I was going to take my music to turn it accessible to the pop world. ‘How am I going to turn this into like an Alicia Keys thing?’” she recalled thinking.
But when she got to rehearsals with her famous counterparts – including her idol Keys – she decided fame had somehow warped the purity of their artistry, and she didn’t want that happening to her.
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