You Have to Dance Esperanza Spalding — It’s Your Birthday
🎂Esperanza Emily Spalding, born October 18, 1984 and hails from Portland, Oregon, is a jazz bassist, singer and composer, lyricist and educator. Esperanza attended the Berklee College of Music — in 2018, she was awarded a Berklee College honorary doctorate. In 2017, she was appointed Professor of the Practice of Music at Harvard University. Esperanza’s honors include: 4 Grammy Awards, a Boston Music Award, and a Soul Train Music Award. Esperanza Spalding: Live in concert at BRIC performing music from her album Emily’s D+Evolution. Photo: Original by Enrico Maioli andDerivative Work by Hugh Pickens, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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