Esperanza Spalding is an the definition of a beautiful. She normally plays upright bass (which she murders every time she touches) and has the voice of an angel. In addition to being a phenomenal musician she also has mad musical knowledge. So much so that she was teaching as a professor at the Berklee College of Music at the age of 20. I had the pleasure of seeing her perform live at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Theatre a few years ago. She reminds you what jazz is, and that is alive. I'm almost glad that (enter overrated female pop star here) gets all the media attention because when you see a (mostly unknown) woman like this dripping in talent, class, music history and music theory the experience leaves you all the more jaw dropped due to the distorted media conditioning of what (especially female) talent consists of. Here is a short documentary on Esperanza: Making of (legendado) .
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