She finds a way to bore a hole through every one of his shallow, celebrity-focused questions and takes it to a deeper, more authenic place. Cool as hell.
As a person with experience in media I can say he was actually good. He gave simple direct questions with little assumption with topics that would be deemed interesting to anyone watching/listening. An interviewer isn't meant to be deep or personal. He's meant to give the interviewee space to speak their mind. Which is what he did.
Prince & Esparanza were close friends. They had the same mentality & extremely gifted. She is intellectually deep, & so was Prince. "Birds of a feather flock together". She is beautiful, internally & externally.
@@pebbles1340 I'm so familiar with Prince & his background over the last four decades, yet I wasn't aware they were close friends, so thank you for that enlightenment. Listening to her charming voice, the way she expresses herself, it makes perfect sense that Prince & Esparanza had almost a kinship of closeness.
Esperanza Spalding is a force of nature, I cried the whole interview, just acknowledging that she is an impact for good in this world, and how she views her art is such an amazing way of bringing light to this world!!!!
What makes her so extraordinary - at least to me - is that she is doing something quite unique. First, her ability to sing and play completely different lines is remarkable. She seems to be someone who is pushing and crossing boundaries. Creating a new genre - the mark of real genius.
I love her work and her visions. The new 12 Little Spells album really heals you lol, it does. It leaves a healing sensation on the mind, body and soul - kind of like meditation. I agree, music does heal. Lastly, I admire her awareness and knowledge, I look up to her.✨💙
I love her spirit, her soul...music is a feeling and she is able to make you feel and respond...she is intune with Gods gift...blesses so many including me...twin
She's trying to be nice saying "our version of king & queen" but Walter misses it, being enculturated by Europeanism & its Social Stratification paradigms, as he tries to elevate those Nobelists "in the room", while Esperanza is trying to say they're just people: She's on a spiritual plain & trying to define it unto most who just aren't!
What an inspiration to music and it's connection to the goodness of making life better for everyone and at the same time to an individual. Working with space in the sense of music . . . I welcome her journey and support her life waves in also including a healing aspect to her creations. Incredible.
We all know what a superior musician and singer she is. However, her speaking voice is just so pleasant. I could listen to her read the phone book. Remember those?
As I was want to do many years ago, I was up late and flipped the channel over Austin City Limits, and she was playing. Amazed from the first moment. Listening to her now - when asked about influences both cultural and otherwise, and how they shaped her identity, her answers are really profound, in that she really claims no box to put a musical identity (or her own) in the formation of identity. She goes on to talk about pedagogy and the things that impinge on creativity - she is truly an amazing artist, one of the best to appear in a long time. Really, really amazing.
been listening to her for years so interesting to hear her mind and thoughts and ideas verbally even though she says a lot with sound too and compositions
President Obama is very intentional, so Esperanza Spalding was specifically his choice to play at the White House. I'm sure he's consulted about staffing choices at Harvard, and in contact with professors there as well, etc. Many people know about her music in her 30 plus years crafting sound, and her landmark choice as a Grammy New Artist is also well known. Love, love, love her contributions!
She is a Goddess of Bass a true master....you can talk modern rock Bassist...Blues..etc....Jazz.....but she is a true Master and flows like water with her fretboard knowledge....
Sooooo many People, like me, have been working in that genre, intentional, improvised, channeled healing music for decades! Albeit 1,000’s of years if you study ancient cultures like Kemet and aborigine etc.... she’s only tapping into what already is!!! There are so many artists already doing the work of Sound Healing. Love love love her work but disappointed with the lack of research and situations to all those who do this work and have gone before her. Girrrrrl we out here DOING that work and have been for years!
That would be interesting. We just recorded a single with them... they're amazing. It is called " Intentions" and will be on the forthcoming album, Soulmate by Melanie Andrews. She wrote "Let's Wait Awhile" by Janet Jackson.
i can say that i am so happy to be alive at the same time as esperanza :) i appreciate being able to learn a bit more about her perspective. also love her socks
She is pretty but looks different, she doesn’t look like herself. However, She is very gifted and intelligent. Love her music, great bass player and a beautiful singing voice.
Esperanza taught at Berklee for a bit, I dont think she taught at Harvard. And further listening... Oh YET ANOTHER question about Culture and skin color! UGGG! WHO CARES! Why is the world today SO OBSESSED with Skin color and culture!
