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Esperanza Spalding Radio Music Society at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
Courtesy of Tom Rowland | Posted on May 17, 2012
Where
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
2800 Cobb Galleria Pkwy
Atlanta, GA
Map
(770) 916-2800
When
Fri, October 19, 2012
8:00 PM
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Musicians
Terri Lyne Carrington
drumsAbout
Ladies have played a leading role in the development of jazz from the days of vocalists Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith to Ella, Billie and Sarah.. but the bebop era produced great female instrumentalists Mary Lou Williams, Melba Liston, Hazel Scott, and Marian McPartland, … today a new generation of ladies are taking it up a notch.
Esperanza Spalding, blessed with uncanny instrumental chops, a multi-lingual voice that is part angel and part siren, has exploded on the scene.
Esperanza has taken the media by storm,,, David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live, CBS Saturday Early Show, the 84th Academy Awards, Austin City Limits, JazzWeek Award for Record of the Year, appearances at every major jazz festival in the world, albums on top of the Billboard charts, an invitation from President Obama to perform at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, and at the 53rd GRAMMY Awards show she won the music industry’s most prestigious prize – GRAMMY FOR “BEST NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR”. At 27, Esperanza is the new face of jazz worldwide!...