Esperanza Spalding is the best new artist at the event. Spalding was born in Portland, Oregon (USA), October 18, 1984. It is a mixture of African-American blood, Welsh and Spanish. He is a bass singer (who also play the oboe, clarinet and cello), composer and leader of the jazz band. In addition, the Boston Jazz Society scholarship and studied at the Berklee College of Music is also a professor at his alma mater.
His first album, Junjo, which was published in 2006, considered a trio album. He also worked with famous musicians on stage or recording, such as Patti Austin, Fourplay, Stanley Clark and Mike Stern.
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