Interessante articolo sulla brava Esperanza Spalding sul sito del Houston Chronicle:
Spalding's musical background also bridges genres. She was raised “on the other side of the tracks,” in a bilingual family in Portland, Ore., according to her official biography. She started in music with the violin, playing classical music in string quartets and chamber orchestras, she said in an interview.
At home she listened to just about everything from her brother's CD of Japanese lounge music to 1990s dance music from Deee-Lite to Motown oldies.
As a teenager, Spalding moved from classical to jazz by way of recordings of Django Reinhardt and jazz violinist Stuff Smith. But she found her instrument one day when a teacher showed her basic blues progression on the bass. Spalding knew she had found her instrument.
“I went ‘Oh, my God, this is it,” she said.
At 16, she headed to Berklee College of Music in Boston and was on the faculty by age 21.
In August she releases Chamber Music Society, an album that incorporates jazz with the basic sound of a string trio — violin, viola and cello.
It's the chamber music sound that she loves, Spalding said. In the album, she has updated it for 2010 with vocals, bass and a drum kit. But the idea harkens back to the origins of chamber music: a group of friends in an intimate setting listening to new works.
“It's almost like alluding to an art form that was more popular in the past,” she said. “But obviously it's going to be up to date because we're all in this age, and we can't help but make it our own.”
Spalding plans to head into the studio with horns, bass, vocals and drums to record Radio Music Society. This album is meant to be songs inspired by musicians like Stevie Wonder and others, she said.
“I don't want to make it deeper than it is,” she said. “I like songs. I like top-40 radio.”
In her upcoming concerts, Spalding expects to perform works from her 2008 album, Esperanza. But she also plans to unveil some songs from Radio Music Society.
That means she is bringing the horns.
“Oh yeah,” she said. “Watch out.”
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Spalding's musical background also bridges genres. She was raised “on the other side of the tracks,” in a bilingual family in Portland, Ore., according to her official biography. She started in music with the violin, playing classical music in string quartets and chamber orchestras, she said in an interview.
At home she listened to just about everything from her brother's CD of Japanese lounge music to 1990s dance music from Deee-Lite to Motown oldies.
As a teenager, Spalding moved from classical to jazz by way of recordings of Django Reinhardt and jazz violinist Stuff Smith. But she found her instrument one day when a teacher showed her basic blues progression on the bass. Spalding knew she had found her instrument.
“I went ‘Oh, my God, this is it,” she said.
At 16, she headed to Berklee College of Music in Boston and was on the faculty by age 21.
In August she releases Chamber Music Society, an album that incorporates jazz with the basic sound of a string trio — violin, viola and cello.
It's the chamber music sound that she loves, Spalding said. In the album, she has updated it for 2010 with vocals, bass and a drum kit. But the idea harkens back to the origins of chamber music: a group of friends in an intimate setting listening to new works.
“It's almost like alluding to an art form that was more popular in the past,” she said. “But obviously it's going to be up to date because we're all in this age, and we can't help but make it our own.”
Spalding plans to head into the studio with horns, bass, vocals and drums to record Radio Music Society. This album is meant to be songs inspired by musicians like Stevie Wonder and others, she said.
“I don't want to make it deeper than it is,” she said. “I like songs. I like top-40 radio.”
In her upcoming concerts, Spalding expects to perform works from her 2008 album, Esperanza. But she also plans to unveil some songs from Radio Music Society.
That means she is bringing the horns.
“Oh yeah,” she said. “Watch out.”
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