Esperanza Spalding - Precious

Esperanza Spalding is an American jazz bassist and singer. Spalding had intended to play cello but discovered the bass during a one year stint at age 14 at the prestigious performing arts high school, The Northwest Academy, to which she had won a scholarship. Spalding left high school at 16 and after completing her GED enrolled on a music scholarship in the music program at Portland State University, where she remembers being "the youngest bass player in the program."

Although she lacked the training of her fellow students, she feels that her teachers nevertheless recognized her talent and she decided to instead apply to Berklee College of Music on the encouragement of her bass teacher and did well enough in her audition to receive a full scholarship.

Almost immediately after graduation from college, in 2005, Spalding was hired by Berklee College of Music, becoming one of the youngest professors in the institution's history.

In this video, she performs her hit song "Precious" during the 2008 Los Llanos-La Palma Heineken Jazz Festival.

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Music

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• Esperanza
• Spalding
• music
• jazz
• acoustic
• electric
• bass

[momager]

I love, love her voice!

[DetectiveTective]

She's so very talented!

[jehizkiel78]

U look somewhat like a little gurl coming out of an fantasy movie whit dat big contrabass in your hands... :)

[uptownblk]

Amazing

[RaccismSux]

Sounds very afrocentric. love it. She looks very afro-centric too with the huge fro like in the 70's.  maybe it's returning? she's so young to sound so old. but it's all good. very soulful and cool.

[LiesaShultz810]

Rip the audio from this clip at tubepull doht cohm.

[TheElegant00]

smooth, classy puts u where u want to be

[tihamanue]

ESPERANZA IS AMAZING