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I went to see what the hype was all about and she really is talented. Although jazz is not my favorite type of music she did make jazz interesting. I don't know if I would go see her again just because a night of all jazz music was just a bit redundant for me. Her piano player was amazing he played two and sometimes four keyboard instrument during the same song.
Nice small theatre, she was nice, overtalked a little. Tunes were a little too slow for me. A different tune selection would have made a big difference.
She...is...AWESOME! She just doesn't play instruments, she makes them come alive as though they're an extension of her body! She can get funky, play soul, jazz but also get soft and smooth if she wants. She is an all-around talent with skillful bandmates and she will go very far at such a young age! Her show is definitely worth it! BTW, I took my wife for our anniversary and she loved the show as well! Highly recommended!
A Don't miss show. Equally adept on electric and acoustic bass. Beautiful voice in English and Portugeese. Great rapport with the audience. She stayed after the show and signed autographs. All types of music sambas, jazz, improv. great trio. Two sets with an intermission and an encore
Awsome Show. Amazing Performance. Esperanza is definitely worth seeing.
Esperanza Splading was Awesome!!!! She has a beautiful voice ....Very good stage presence. Also very funny always start every song with a story. Definitly would go see her again.
Esperanza Spalding is a phenomenal artist! Her performance was truly engaging. She is a virtuoso on the bass, a passionate vocalist, and a performer who interacts easily with the audience. Speaking with her after the show was such a treat! What a memorable night!
She was incredible, she played with complete confidence. You could feel how much she exuded the music. And her musicians went with her so well. It was the drummers first time gigging with her and he did an awesome job. The pianist played some really out there stuff, really dug it. Awesome job Esperanza.
First of all the venue was very, very intimate.....she was gorgeous and her skills playing the bass are out of this world, I literally thought it was going to catch on fire (lol), how fast her hands were going. It was funky and fluid (meaning the music was great to move to)......she was on stage with her pianist and drummer, who were awesome and amazing as well.....though there were only three instrumentalists on stage, the sound was enormous. Overall this performance was by far the best performance I've ever attended. LOVE ESPERANZA!!!!!!
Magical!!!!!! I've seen Esperanza two times in three months and both concerts were totally different set lists one was a four piece and the other a trio. Both were magical! As a professional jazz singer and guitariast, I know how hard it is to sing and play an instrument at the same time. The bass is so much more difficult to play and sing with. She is incredible as a singer and as a Bass player but what she does with the combination, to me is breathtaking, and awe-inspiring.
Fantastic, a big 10! She is a monster, an "avis rara", and will be recognized as one of the great jazz musicians of the 21st century! A must to see.
I was not wild about standing for that amount of time. Seating would have been nice. However for Esperanza it was totally worth it. It was a nice bonus to have Gretchen Parlato there as well.
This is the best kept secret to come along in decades... she's infusing jazz with new blood and a new energy and originality that I haven't seen since the days of Miles Davis. Her career has just begun, and she performed last night like a seasoned pro. Not only a phenomenal and true-to-her-heart performer, but an expert musician who can only get better with age!
Esperanza Spalding is a true virtuoso, hooking the audience in from the first few bars she played, and made the whole room go crazy with her mastery of soul, funk and jazz. A must see!!
Esperanza was brilliant last night. Her soulful jazzy vocals, bass, and back-up quartet reminded me that this talent has only but continue upward on a successful journey. Miss Spalding sang like the song bird she is; Cool and melodic, she brought to the El Rey Theater an inviting and inclusive experience for all of us that attended last night's venue.
AH-MAY-ZING!!! I went with a friend to see the opening act, John West. Now I plan to see Esperanza Spalding as often as humanly possible. Really - Amazing.
The venue was fun since you could dance and/or just groove to the music. The first song's sound was horrible, but that improved. The sound still never was quite good enough to do justice to such great musicians though. But Esperanza and her band were awesome!
Her voice is a hummingbird and her bass is a tree filled with flowers. The atoms of her sound have soul as the nucleus, and freedom as the electrons. I loved her.
Esperanza's performance was out of this world. I loved the new songs and can't wait for them to be released.
One of the best performances I've seen in a long time. She was like a breath of jazzy cool fresh air!
