SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Esperanza Spalding does more than play bass. She also is an excellent singer. At the Academy Awards last month, she showed millions just how good she is. She performed during part of the show that honored actors who died in the past year. She performed the classic Louis Armstrong song, “What a Wonderful World.”
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The new album, “Radio Music Society,” is part of a series that began with “Chamber Music Society,” an album released in twenty-ten.
Esperanza Spalding says the idea for “Radio Music Society” came partly from her concern that too few people are unfamiliar with jazz. She told a reporter that “Radio Music Society” is an attempt to showcase jazz that might get played on the radio. She said people deserve, and want, the chance to hear many kinds of music.
Here she performs “Radio Song,” from her new album.
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Esperanza Spalding helped make music videos for many of the songs on “Radio Music Society.” One of them opens with a black father walking his two sons home from school. He discovers that the study of African history and culture at their school is lacking. Here is the song “Black Gold.”
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Esperanza Spalding is from Portland, Oregon. She wrote a song for her hometown. We leave you with “City of Roses” from “Radio Music Society.”
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