Bassist, singer and songwriter Esperanza Spalding made her network television debut earlier this month when she and her band performed Precious on the Late Show with David Letterman.

She also made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live performing her song I Know You Know.

The New York Times recently wrote, “Esperanza has got a lot: accomplished jazz improvisation, funk, scat singing, Brazilian vernacular rhythm and vocals in English, Portuguese and Spanish. At its center is a female bassist, singer and bandleader, one whose talent is beyond question.”

Billboard listed her among their “Faces to Watch” saying, “Whether exploding into vocalese or making her bass solo sound like a horn, she’s a spark plug who dances as she grooves through a funked-up and rocked-out repertoire.”

And the Boston Globe wrote, “The package of talent offered by Berklee College of Music graduate Esperanza Spalding portends great things for this young artist. A classically trained musician who became a sizzling bass player and singer/composer, Spalding covers jazz and Brazilian music on her debut album with verve and energy. Most impressively, Spalding does the improvisational singing of the high notes while her fingers pound out the rhythmic line on bass.”

For more information you can visit her online at esperanzaspalding.com.

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