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Esperanza Spalding | Esperanza Spalding Jazz Bassist and Singer | Esperanza Spalding Jazz Virtuoso Esperanza Spalding  | Esperanza

Esperanza Spalding born October 18, 1984 in Portland is an American jazz bassist and singer.Spalding grew up in the King neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood she herself describes as “ghetto” and “pretty scary.” Her mother, who raised her and her brother as a single parent, was an independent, industrious woman.

Spalding is of African-American, Welsh and Spanish descent, and describes this as a diverse ethnic heritage that includes “Welsh, Hispanic, and Native American roots in addition to the unidentified roots from Africa.

Her mother shares Spalding’s interest in music, having nearly become a touring singer herself.But while Spalding cites her mother as a powerful influence who encouraged her musical expansion, she attributes her inspiration for pursuing a life to watching classical cellist Yo Yo Ma perform on an episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood when she was four.

December 10, at the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, Esperanza performed in Oslo City hall in honor of the 2009 Laureate President Barack Obama and again at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert the following day. She was hand picked by Obama personally, as per the tradition of one laureate-invited-artist to perform.

Park City Jazz Festival, Park City Utah Esperanza also was the featured final act for the opening night of the 2009 Park City (UT) Jazz Festival, one of the top jazz festivals in the country. She closed the show with a number along with bass artists Brian Bromberg and Sean O’Bryan Smith, who also performed earlier that day.

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