Esperanza Spalding: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert 

This.

Yes pls

@@devanwiech We just want another tiny desk from her dude

yessss plss npr we need it NOW

I agree

yes plz

2019

In 2019. I just discovered her yesterday. I feel like a reborn human. Please bring her back!!!!!!

please

Please bring her back here

I'm here for her too!

This girl is amazing. She sings in one time sugnature and plays bass in another. I can't imagine how the brain works to separate these two, its off the charts. My son calls it poly rythmn.

Here in 2021. 🥰

@Henry OG, I'm listening in 2022 for the 1st time. Not big on jazz but that Apple Blossom's song was terrific!!

This WOMAN is an amazing musician! She puts it all out there.

And yet she will tell you that’s she’s much more of a composer than a legit interpreter while effortlessly doing what you’ve just described.

Yeah, she takes it to outer space and back.

@@asktheraccoon Some artists literally farting around is better then years of study by some musicians. Krall and Bareilles can do it. Connick Jr. Can. Hancock could although I've never seen him do it on camera.

@@knoahbody69 I can do it

Have look at Jacob Collier. And he's another fiend for microtuning. No doubt, NPR needs to send in Henry Louis Gates to check for matches in their DNA. These talents are as rare as it gets.

hahahaha

When he was 12 years old he was playing hide-and-seek with his two younger brothers in a cornfield. Suddenly 3 space ships appeared and carried away his brothers and the family's milk cow. Nothing was ever the same after that experience.

Art Glick She's clearly one of the most self-indulgent artists out there.

Dan3043 And clearly entitled to be so more than anyone of her young age. How would you be able to handle brimming with all that talent?

There are lots of people from different jazz scenes around the world who have been doing precisely the same kind of music every night for a good fifty years. Now, I'm not saying she's not talented, but as an avid Jazz fan, I don't see anything innovative about her work. Perhaps I'm too narrow-minded to grasp the whole concept, but it feels very pedestrian and 'loungy'.

Dan3043 I've seen her tour three times, and she reinvents herself every time. She may be self-indulgent, too, but after meeting her after a concert, I can say that she's also quite genuine and affable. Which Esperanza did you think was "loungy"? The girl that played with and wowed some of the greatest bossa nova players, the elegant lady of the Chamber Music Society, or the hip leader of the Radio Music Society? On tour she presents a genuine show, not just a musical performance. I listen to lots of jazz. Name one other artists that's "doing the same thing", and then tell me what that same thing is, because I don't think you could get more eclectic than Spalding. You might not be narrow minded, but you've definitely missed something.

I haven't had the opportunity to attend one of her concerts. I have, however, seen a handful of videos, and purchased two of her albums. When I say that she's self-indulgent, it's mainly because when she performs live, she approaches the song with reckless abandon, and complete disregard for the intonation. And whilst - to a certain extent - this is encouraged in Jazz performers, if you delve into her work, you find experimentation for the sake of it at its very core. And experimentation without purpose or thorough research will likely produce a similar result, which for me is quite flimsy and vapid. Furthermore, for me, it feels as though she thinks that she can completely deconstruct a genre, and 'reinvent' it without providing any justification for her motivation, or any research for it, thus making it highly self-indulgent. Regarding your inquiries, this performance feels very 'loungy' for me. And as for similar recording artists, I must admit that my knowledge fails me at this moment. I'm not fond of her work, and as such, wouldn't be able to appreciate any comparable production. Nonetheless, I have been to jazz cafés all around the world, and I've witnessed artists in cities like Amsterdam, Paris, and New York performing very much like miss Spalding, but as lounge singers, some of which, had even been doing so for a few decades already. Fortunately, though, Esperanza is young, has an 'earthy' appearance, and is seemingly subversive, which in the era of the unsuspecting Hipster makes her somewhat marketable. Perhaps the reason why there isn't another artist like her on the charts, is the very reason why she can earn a living doing this. That being said, I do believe she is talented in her own right, but I would in no way deem her as *"Clearly one of the 21st century's greatest musical talents."* In that same spirit, I have a strong relationship with music and I indulge in a wide spectrum of musical genres from different eras. I know that taste is very much subjective, but I like to believe that I give credit where it's due. Accordingly, I hold some contemporary artists in high regard, and would almost dare to consider them prodigies in their field of work. Esperanza's work is a little bit too 'crafty' for my taste, and lackluster as a whole, but it simply means that she's not my cup of tea. Finally, let it not be said that I am an obstinate and perturbed individual. I am aware that this is just my perspective, and like you've said, perhaps I've missed something, and this is almost highly probable.

Well said!!! ❤❤❤❤

Love the hair comment!

Try listening with your ears.

01:47 oups ...

@@claytonwalter8700 ?

They were almost in awe of her.

She’s a musician’s musician.

she can also sing in spanish!

BIG THANKS for sharing!!! Real talk, E. Spaulding is 'the truth' defined. 💯❤

THANK YOU 👍👍👍👍😩😩

Again, Jacob Collier's TDC. Borderline unbelievable.....

While my education is next to nothing, she inspires me.

snidelywhiplash it's so beautiful I cry sometimes when I play this video. No joke

I feel you. It's just so gorgeous.

So beautiful and so sad. I cry almost every time I hear it.

@@lauragwillim1055 same here

Don't sleep on that gray hair. The kids generally don't have the depth of experience necessary to grasp how profoundly talented, accomplished and pure an artist she is. This young one brought it with her. She grasps the extent, the intent, the range and the emotion of music far, far beyond her years. I hope and pray she is inspiring her generation to such excellence!!!

Happy to see you here month ago comment 🫶🏻

For me, it’s a cup of hot chocolate during a rainy afternoon inside of a comfy coffee shop in Portland.

Dafnie Nacius I’m convinced the sun is bright. If she’s not a musical genius then I honestly don’t know who is.

@@gleventhal jacob collier?

@@awllypollyas8292 Collier is obviously a Genius, both of them are, just in different ways and on different levels

She's at one with her instrument. She isn't having to think about what she's playing; at this point it's muscle memory.

Unlike Gerald Ford, Esperanza can walk and chew gum at the same time.

Tough one. I can't even speak when playing an instrument .. let along SING. Let alone whilst playing WELL. It's amazing ... but it would be nice if she did one or the other more often ;¬)

Nick Arran Muscle memory.

I've been a musician for pretty much all my life and I can't hardly talk and play.

+Paul Fuller I pretty much just sat through the whole set with my mouth hanging open.

really a gem

I JUST FOUND OUT SHE IS GOING TO BE AT JAZZ IN THE GARDENS IN MARCH 2017. SO EXCITING. It's in Miami Florida in case you're near there.

Fuck, she came to my city and I couldn't go😭

lol

So true, felt like that here too

Esperanza is an old soul!

***** Oh man, that joke went right over your head.

He's saying she's like a musician from ancient history before jazz died a death. There's barely a few handfuls of jazz musicians at this level left... :/