From the first time she heard "Native Dancer," the collaborative record between American jazz giant Wayne Shorter and Brazilian legend Milton Nascimento, esperanza splading dreamed of collaborating ...

Two Oregon-based musicians have been nominated for the 2025 Grammy Awards following an unsuccessful bid earlier this year. The Recording Academy, which organizes the Grammys, announced Friday that ...

Step by step, note by note, and spell by spell, esperanza spalding seeks to break down the walls that keep music contained in clubs and concert halls. The bassist, composer and vocalist won her fifth ...

One year ago, in March 2023, we lost one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers ever: Wayne Shorter. He had a career that lasted over 60 years: starting out with the classic bebop pioneers in ...

In one of the biggest upsets in Grammy history, jazz bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding won best new artist at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 13, 2011. She came out on top in a strong ...

Grammy-winning jazz artists Esperanza Spalding and Miguel Zenón are among six recipients of the 2024 Doris Duke Artist Awards. This honor comes with a significant monetary reward. Each of the six ...