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Esperanza (Esperanza Spalding album)

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Recorded
  
2007

Artist
  
Esperanza Spalding

Label
  
Heads Up International

Length
  
67:36

Release date
  
20 May 2008

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Released
  
May 20, 2008 (2008-05-20)

Studio
  
Wellspring Sound (Acton, Massachusetts) & Big Time Audio (Jonesborough, Tennessee)

Genres
  
Jazz, Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban jazz

Producers
  
Esperanza Spalding, Martin Walters, Niño Josele

Similar
  
Esperanza Spalding albums, Jazz albums

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Esperanza is the second studio album by the American bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding. It was released on May 20, 2008.

Contents

Being exposed to many different cultural impressions while growing up, Spalding sings in three different languages here: English, Spanish and Portuguese. After Spalding's Grammy Award win in February 2011, the album entered the Billboard 200 at 138.

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Track listing

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

  1. "Ponta de Areia" (Milton Nascimento, Fernando Brant) - 5:39
  2. "I Know You Know" - 3:46
  3. "Fall In" - 3:57
  4. "I Adore You" - 7:27
  5. "Cuerpo y Alma (Body & Soul)" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 8:01
  6. "She Got to You" - 4:29
  7. "Precious" - 4:24
  8. "Mela" - 6:57
  9. "Love in Time" - 5:47
  10. "Espera" - 4:40
  11. "If That's True" - 7:33
  12. "Samba em Preludio" (Vinícius de Moraes, Baden Powell) - 5:11

Personnel

  • Esperanza Spalding - electric bass, acoustic bass, vocals
  • Leo Genovese - piano, Wurlitzer electric piano (track 7), Fender Rhodes piano (track 10)
  • Jamey Haddad - percussion
  • Otis Brown - drums
  • Horacio Hernandez - drums (tracks 4 and 8)
  • Ambrose Akinmusire - trumpet (tracks 8 and 11)
  • Donald Harrison - saxophone (tracks 6 and 11)
  • Gretchen Parlato - background vocals (tracks 1 and 4)

    • Chart performance

    Esperanza spent over 70 weeks on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums Chart.

    Songs

    1Ponta de Areia5:39
    2I Know You Know3:47
    3Fall In3:57

    References

    Esperanza (Esperanza Spalding album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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