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Friday, November 12, 2010

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Esperanza Spalding - Esperanza

Tracklist

1. Ponta De Areia (5:39)
2. I Know You Know (3:46)
3. Fall In (3:56)
4. I Adore You (7:26)
5. Cuerpo y Alma (8:01)
6. She Got To You (4:29)
7. Precious (4:24)
8. Mela (6:57)
9. Love In Time (5:46)
10. Espera (4:39)
11. If That's True (7:32)
12. Samba Em Preludio (5:11)

Genre: Latin Jazz, Cuban Jazz
Release: 2008

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Esperanza Spalding - Junjo

Tracklist

01 - The Peacocks.
02 - Loro.
03 - Humpty Dumpty.
04 - Mompouana.
05 - Perazuan.
06 - Junjo.
07 - Cantora de Yala.
08 - Two Bad.
09 - Perazela.

Genre: Latin Jazz, Cuban Jazz

Release: 2006

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Biography

Born: 1984

Hailed as a prodigy on the acoustic double bass within months of first touching the instrument as a 15-year-old, Esperanza Spalding has emerged as a fine jazz bassist, but has also distinguished herself playing blues, funk, hip-hop, pop fusion, and Brazilian and Afro-Cuban styles as well. Born in Portland, OR in 1984, Spalding was not well served by the public school system and soon dropped out of classes to be home schooled. Returning to the public school system at 15, she encountered her first acoustic bass (she had already been playing violin for several years) and immediately took to the instrument. Dropping out of school again, Spalding enrolled in classes at Portland State University as a 16-year-old, and earned her B.A. in just three years and was immediately hired as an instructor in the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston in the spring of 2005. After touring and playing with a whole host of artists, including Joe Lovano, Patti Austin, Michel Camilo, Charlie Haden, Regina Carter, Pat Metheny, Dave Samuels, and a host of others, in addition to heading her own jazz trio, Spalding recorded and released Junjo on the Barcelona-based AYVA imprint in 2006, following it with the simply named Esperanza on Heads Up Records in 2008 that scored big with critics and listeners alike. The album topped Billboard's contemporary jazz chart and remiained on it for over 70 weeks. In addition, it became the best selling album by a new jazz artist internationally during 2008. Spalding followed it up with Chamber Music Society in August of 2010. The set was comprised of eight originals and three covers--including Dimitri Tiomkin's and Ned Washington's "Wild Is The Wind," and Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Inutil Paisagem." It was performed by Spalding's quartet with guest vocal appearances from Milton Nasciemento and Gretchen Parlato, a small string section, and guitarist Richard Vogt. Steve Leggett and Thom Jurek, Rovi

Monday, October 18, 2010

Hiromi Uehara biography

Hiromi Uehara is a jazz fusion artist based in Shizuoka, Japan. Her style brings a wholly new approach to jazz fusion, as her prog influence is derived primarily from such artists as King Crimson, Gentle Giant, and Frank Zappa rather than earlier jazz fusion artists. Her music is almost orchestral in scope, and each of the musicians she plays with has a virtuosic grasp of their instrument, allowing for each instrumentalist to have an approximately equal role in the direction of the music. Her music is more melodious than traditional jazz fusion but with an equally complex sense of rhythm. Time signature changes are not in short supply