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Esperanza Spalding in concert April 15, 2013
Music Presents
Multiple Grammy-award winning jazz artist, Esperanza Spalding will perform live at the Alys Stephens Center's Jemison Concert Hall.
Performance: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Alys Stephens Center, Jemison Concert Hall
Seats are first-come, first-served. Check back closer to the event date for our announcement on when the doors will open.
In 2011, Esperanza Spalding won the Grammy award for Best New Artist. This year, Spalding’s album “Radio Music Society” (2012) won the Grammy award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
Reviews:
To call Ms. Spalding the most talked-about jazz musician in a generation seems almost like an understatement, and beside the point: She’s a phenomenon in human form, unbound by the usual strictures of style.
The New York Times
Esperanza Spalding has quickly demonstrated that she’s an artist of great beauty, grace, and daring…she’s become one of the most exciting artists on the music scene.
DownBeat
There’s no doubt about her striking stage presence, versatile feminine voice, expertise on standup and electric basses, and the unusual joy and passion she radiates.
Variety
Needless to say, any genre-based view of jazz as something that should be hemmed in by any stylistic rules does not apply in her world.
LA Times
Location: Alys Stephens Center, Jemison Concert Hall
Seats are first-come, first-served. Check back closer to the event date for our announcement on when the doors will open.
In 2011, Esperanza Spalding won the Grammy award for Best New Artist. This year, Spalding’s album “Radio Music Society” (2012) won the Grammy award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
Reviews:
To call Ms. Spalding the most talked-about jazz musician in a generation seems almost like an understatement, and beside the point: She’s a phenomenon in human form, unbound by the usual strictures of style.
The New York Times
Esperanza Spalding has quickly demonstrated that she’s an artist of great beauty, grace, and daring…she’s become one of the most exciting artists on the music scene.
DownBeat
There’s no doubt about her striking stage presence, versatile feminine voice, expertise on standup and electric basses, and the unusual joy and passion she radiates.
Variety
Needless to say, any genre-based view of jazz as something that should be hemmed in by any stylistic rules does not apply in her world.
LA Times
