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Chamber Music Society

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Released
  
August 17, 2010

Length
  
56:15

Release date
  
17 August 2010

Recorded
  
October 2009

Artist
  
Esperanza Spalding

Label
  
Heads Up International

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Chamber Music Society (2010)
  
Radio Music Society (2012)

Genres
  
Jazz, Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban jazz

Producers
  
Esperanza Spalding, Gil Goldstein

Similar
  
Esperanza Spalding albums, Jazz albums

Esperanza spalding chamber music society 2010


Chamber Music Society is the third studio album by American bassist Esperanza Spalding. After Spalding's surprise Grammy win, the album re-entered the Billboard 200 at number 34 with sales of 18,000.

Contents

A video was made for the song "Little Fly". The song is a poem by William Blake set to music by Spalding.

A vinyl version of the album was released in February 2011. This version of the album included a bonus track titled "Morning" which was originally reported to be included in the track list of her Radio Music Society album.

Chamber Music Society was the best-selling contemporary jazz album of 2011.

Esperanza spalding little fly


Track listing

All songs written and composed by Esperanza Spalding, except where noted.

  1. "Little Fly" (lyrics: William Blake, music: Esperanza Spalding) – 3:33
  2. "Knowledge of Good and Evil" – 7:59
  3. "Really Very Small" – 2:44
  4. "Chacarera" (Leo Genovese) – 7:27
  5. "Wild Is the Wind" (Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington) – 5:37
  6. "Apple Blossom" – 6:02
  7. "As a Sprout" – 0:41
  8. "What a Friend" – 4:54
  9. "Winter Sun" – 6:48
  10. "Inútil Paisagem" (lyrics: Aloysio De Oliveria, music: Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 4:38
  11. "Short and Sweet" – 5:52

Personnel

  • Esperanza Spalding – electric bass, acoustic bass, vocals
  • Leo Genovese – piano, electric piano, melodica
  • Terri Lyne Carrington – drums
  • Quintino Cinalli – percussion
  • Entcho Todorov – violin
  • Lois Martin – viola
  • David Eggar – cello
  • Ricardo Vogt – nylon-stringed guitar on "Apple Blossom"
  • Milton Nascimento – guest vocals on "Apple Blossom"
  • Gretchen Parlato – backing vocals on "Inútil Paisagem" and "Knowledge of Good and Evil"
  • Gil Goldstein – co-arranger

    • Songs

    1Little Fly3:33
    2Knowledge of Good and Evil7:59
    3Really Very Small2:44

    References

    Chamber Music Society Wikipedia
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