![]() Download Esperanza Spalding - Discography 2006 - 2012 (320kbps) Torrent. With Esperanza, Spalding's material was meant to be more reflective of herself as an artist. Discography Solo albums. List of albums. Spalding performing in 2012 Background information Birth name Esperanza Emily Spalding Born ( 1984-10-18) October 18, 1984 (age 33),, United States Genres,,,, Occupation(s) Musician, composer, educator, bandleader Instruments Double bass, bass guitar, vocals Years active 2000–present Labels Associated acts,, Website Esperanza Emily Spalding (born October 18, 1984) is an American bassist and singer. Spalding was raised in, and was a musical, playing violin in the Chamber Music Society of Oregon at five years old. She was later both self-taught and -trained on a number of instruments, including guitar and bass. Her proficiency earned her scholarships to and the. In 2017 she was appointed Professor of the Practice of Music. She has won four, including the at the, making her the first jazz artist to win the award. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life [ ] Spalding was born in, to an African-American father and a mother of,, and descent. She was raised in the in Northeast Portland, which at that time was at its height of. Her mother raised her and her brother as a single parent. Spalding has an interest in the music of other cultures, including that of, commenting: 'With songs, the phrasing of the melody is intrinsically linked with the language, and it's beautiful.' Spalding's mother shares her interest in music, having nearly become a touring singer herself. Spalding's mother took note of her musical proclivity when Spalding was able to reproduce by ear on the family's piano. Spalding has credited watching classical cellist perform on an episode of as an integral part of her childhood, and what inspired her to pursue music. By the time Spalding was five, she had taught herself to play the violin and was playing with the Chamber Music Society of Oregon. Spalding stayed with the group until she was fifteen years old, and left as. Due to a lengthy childhood illness, Spalding spent much of her elementary school years being, but also attended King Elementary School in northeast Portland. During this time, she also found the opportunity to pick up instruction in music by listening to her mother's college teacher instructor, who instructed her mother in guitar. According to Spalding, when she was about eight, her mother briefly studied jazz guitar in college. Spalding says: 'Going with her to her class, I would sit under the piano. Then I would come home and I would be playing her stuff that her teacher had been playing.' Spalding also played and clarinet before discovering the double bass in high school. She sings in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Career [ ] 2000–03: Early projects and education [ ] Spalding began performing live in clubs in Portland, Oregon, as a teenager, securing her first gig at fifteen years old in a blues club, when she could play only one line on bass. One of the seasoned musicians with whom she played that first night invited her to join the band's rehearsals 'so she could actually learn something,' and her rehearsals soon grew into regular performances spanning almost a year. According to Spalding, it was a chance for her to stretch as a musician, reaching and growing beyond her experience. Her early contact with these 'phenomenal resources,' as she calls the musicians who played with her, fostered her sense of rhythm and helped nurture her interest in her instrument. She does not consider herself a musical prodigy, having said, 'I am surrounded by prodigies everywhere I go, but because they are a little older than me, or not a female, or not on a major label, they are not acknowledged as such.' Spalding had intended to play cello, but discovered the bass when she was fourteen at the performing arts high school,, to which she had won a scholarship. The bass was a good fit for her. Spalding found school in general 'easy – and boring' and dropped out.
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