Esperanza Spalding | Chamber Music Society EPK from xo ARt Of NOiSE
BASSIST, VOCALIST AND COMPOSER ESPERANZA SPALDING
PRESENTS CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY,
A BRILLIANT MARRIAGE OF STRING AND JAZZ TRIO WITH VOICE
Centuries ago, long before the advent of radio or recording technology, chamber music was the music for the masses – the music in which people from nearly every segment of society could find meaning and relevance. A decade into the 21st century, Esperanza Spalding – the bassist, vocalist and composer who first appeared on the jazz scene in 2008 – takes a contemporary approach to this once universal form of entertainment with Chamber Music Society, her August 17, 2010, release on Heads Up International, a division of Concord Music Group.
Backed by drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and pianist Leo Genovese – and inspired by the classical training of her younger years – Esperanza creates a modern chamber music group that combines the spontaneity and intrigue of improvisation with sweet and angular string trio arrangements. The result is a sound that weaves the innovative elements of jazz, folk and world music into the enduring foundations of classical music.
