When you've been invited to perform for the President of the United States, turned heads as the bass-playing beauty in the Academy Awards house band, toured with Prince and beat out teen dream Justin ...

Esperanza Spalding tells Billboard.com that she's already scoped out her next two album projects -- even as she tours to promote 2010's "Chamber Music Society." By Gary Graff Still “as surprised as ...

Esperanza Spalding says she has "a big project in mind" for her follow-up to 2012's Grammy Award-winning "Radio Music Society." But don't hold your breath waiting for it. By Gary Graff Esperanza ...

Craft Recordings proudly announces a 10th-anniversary edition of Radio Music Society, the GRAMMY Award-winning fourth album from singer, songwriter, and bassist, Esperanza Spalding. Set for release on ...

Before Radio Music Society came out in 2012, we knew who Esperanza Spalding was, but we didn’t have any idea where she was headed. With a decade of hindsight, the album looks like a hinge in her ...

It was esperanza spalding’s longtime dream to make music with Milton Nascimento. The bassist was a student at Berklee College of Music when she first became a fan of the Brazilian singer-songwriter. A ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Esperanza Spalding is The Next Big Thing in Jazz. You can tell because she is quietly everywhere: playing for the President, on Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz, hitting the nighttime talk shows, named ...

If there's to be an unofficial ambassador for contemporary jazz then Esperanza Spalding could fit the bill nicely. The young bassist, singer, and composer brings a fresh exuberance marked by ...