
Artist
Esperanza Spalding
Esperanza Spalding is a jazz artist from Portland, Oregon, USA. 27 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · Portland, Oregon, USA · Best jazz albums
- 27
- Releases
- 2006–2025
- Active years

Artist
Esperanza Spalding is a jazz artist from Portland, Oregon, USA. 27 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Jazz · Portland, Oregon, USA · Best jazz albums

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Esperanza
2008

Unconditional Love
Single · 2025

Saudade Dos Aviões Da Panair (Conversando No Bar)
Single · 2024

Um Vento Passou (para Paul Simon)
Single · 2024

Outubro
Single · 2024

Não Ao Marco Temporal
Single · 2023

Não Ao Marco Temporal (Extended Version)
Single · 2023

But Not For Me
Single · 2022

Drummer's Song (Live)
Single · 2022

Midnight In Carlotta's Hair (Live)
Single · 2022

Loro
Single · 2022

Sacred Grounds
Single · 2022

Formwela 10
Single · 2021

Formwela 6
Single · 2021

Formwela 5
Single · 2021

Formwela 4
Single · 2021

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Single · 2021

Black Gold (special guest: Algebra Blessett)
Single · 2012
Hailed as a prodigy on the acoustic double bass within months of first touching the instrument as a 15-year-old, Esperanza Spalding has emerged as a fine jazz bassist, but has also distinguished herself playing blues, funk, hip-hop, pop fusion, and Brazilian and Afro-Cuban styles as well. Born in Portland, Oregon in 1984, Spalding was not well served by the public school system and soon dropped out of classes to be home-schooled. Returning to the public school system at 15, she encountered her first acoustic bass (she had already been playing violin for several years) and immediately took to the instrument. Dropping out of school again, Spalding enrolled in classes at Portland State University as a 16-year-old, and earned her B.A. in just three years and was immediately hired as an instructor in the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston in the spring of 2005. After touring and playing with a whole host of artists, including Joe Lovano, Patti Austin, Michel Camilo, Charlie Haden, Regina Carter, Pat Metheny, Dave Samuels, and many others, in addition to heading her own jazz trio, Spalding recorded and released Junjo on the Barcelona-based Ayva imprint in 2006, following it w…