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Esperanza Spalding
If the music world was shocked when Esperanza Spalding became the first jazz act
to win the Best New Artist award at the 2011 Grammys, it was nothing to the
shock Esperanza herself felt. Her unusual Christian name is the Spanish word for
"hope" reflecting a diverse ethnic background - part-Welsh, part-Hispanic,
part-native American - and she grew up in a ghetto raised by her single parent
mother. Naturally gifted, however, Spalding taught herself to play violin by the
time she was five, going on to spend most of her childhood playing with the
Chamber Music Society of Oregon. Draw...
formwela 3Esperanza Spalding
Why We SpeakRobert Glasper, Q-Tip and Esperanza Spalding
Black GoldEsperanza Spalding, Algebra Blessett and Lionel Loueke
You Have To DanceEsperanza Spalding
Have Yourself A Merry Little ChristmasJohn Legend and Esperanza Spalding
PreciousEsperanza Spalding and Leo Genovese
formwela 3Esperanza Spalding
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Why We SpeakRobert Glasper, Q-Tip and Esperanza Spalding
Black Radio III
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Black GoldEsperanza Spalding, Algebra Blessett and Lionel Loueke
Radio Music Society
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You Have To DanceEsperanza Spalding
12 Little Spells
Have Yourself A Merry Little ChristmasJohn Legend and Esperanza Spalding
A Legendary Christmas
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PreciousEsperanza Spalding and Leo Genovese
Esperanza
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