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Date / Showtime

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Show name

Esperanza Spalding

Genre

  Jazz

Venue

Thalia Hall

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Cost

$37 / $47

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Summary

Prediction:  we'll be talking about Esperanza Spalding as one of the greats a few decades from know.  Now would be a great time to see her.

What They Say

Seven collaborative and five solo albums into her career at 31, Esperanza Spalding has alwaysresolutely, intuitively, deftly expanded upon both her art and herself as a world-renowned genre-bending composer, bassist and vocalist. Spalding’s work, grounded in jazz traditions but never bound by them, has won her four Grammy awards and brought her onstage at the Oscars, theNobel Prize Ceremony, the White House, and with Prince and Herbie Hancock. Not only doesshe know who she is, we know who she is.Or, rather, we think we do. The elastic self and work of a true artist is always changing; ideasare channeled, shape-shifting becomes necessary. Emily’s D+Evolution (pronounced “d plusevolution”) is where we meet Emily--both Esperanza’s middle name and the label for the spirit-muse that flows through this multi-dimensional, theatrical performance artwork wrapped in abrilliantly urgent, vivacious record. With 6 tracks co-produced by Tony Visconti (David Bowie)and drawing, at times, from wellsprings as disparate as Cream to Shostakovich to St. Vincent,Emily’s D+Evolution is a kaleidoscopic project; raw, honest, luminous.

What We Say

Appeals to so many.  Spalding is a megawatt star in the making.

Video

It's no wonder she made President Obama's summer playlist with a performance like this at The White House