Esperanza Spalding - Radio Music Society
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Tags: 2012 | Esperanza Spalding | Gwyneth Paltrow | jazz | Oscars | President Obama | Reviews | Stevie Wonder

Esperanza Spalding-Radio Music SocietySpalding’s a serious jazz musician with a growing celebrity, having performed for President Obama and at the Oscars, making Vogue magazine’s “best dressed” list alongside Gwyneth Paltrow. The Afro-adorned singer-bassist’s latest CD blends r&b, pop and jazz and includes an adventurous cover of Stevie Wonder’s “I Can’t Help It.”



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