Esperanza Spalding - Chamber Music Society - Music CD

Esperanza Spalding - Chamber Music Society Music CD

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Add Esperanza Spalding's Chamber Music Society to your physical music collection on CD. Showcasing Spalding's extraordinary bass playing, expressive vocals, sophisticated songwriting, and adventurous musical vision, this album brings together contemporary jazz with chamber music and classical-inspired arrangements.

The combination of intricate instrumentation and Spalding's distinctive musicianship creates an elegant, immersive listening experience that rewards repeat plays. Whether you're already an Esperanza Spalding fan, exploring contemporary jazz, or looking for music that crosses traditional genre boundaries, Chamber Music Society offers something truly distinctive.

The CD format gives you a physical copy to enjoy at home, in the car, or alongside the rest of your Esperanza Spalding discography.

Perfect for jazz enthusiasts, bass players, instrumental music listeners, CD collectors, or anyone searching for a thoughtful gift for a serious music lover, Chamber Music Society makes an outstanding addition to any collection.

Why You Need It Now

Acclaimed jazz releases on physical media can become harder to find as available inventory changes. Grab your copy of Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society Music CD today while it's available and add this sophisticated, genre-crossing album to your collection.

Released 8/17/2010

As evidenced by her self-titled 2008 debut, Esperanza Spalding is a quadruple threat as composer, bassist, singer, and producer. That album spent an astonishing 70 weeks on Billboard's contemporary jazz chart, and was the best-selling album by a new artist internationally for that calendar year. Given its critical and commercial success, a follow-up can exert so much pressure internally and externally, that an artist loses her/his focus and the end result is less than stellar. Not so with Chamber Music Society. Spalding has assembled an intriguing collection of tunes, is accompanied by stellar backing musicians -- drummer Terri Lynne Carrington, pianist Leonardo Genovese, and percussionist Quintino Cinalli with a pair of string players -- and guests that reveal her exquisite taste in both compositions and arrangements (the latter with intermittent help from Gil Goldstein). The album opens with a Spalding composition to illustrate William Blake's poem "Little Fly"; her vocal is understated yet fully articulate. She is backed only by her bass and a graceful, small, unintrusive string section. "Winter Sun" is a standout with its fingerpopping breaks and a melodic nu-soul vocal that touches on scat with astute syncopation, and features taut, imaginative bass and piano solos. It walks the line between modern jazz and adult contemporary R&B. - Thom Jurek (AllMusic.com)