esperanza spalding Photo: Holly Andres
Bassist, singer and composer esperanza spalding is coming to Aotearoa later this month to perform in the Wellington Jazz Festival.
She'll be playing with percussionist Eric Doob with Matt Stevens on guitar and, in a Festival first, they'll be joined by two dancers from AntonioBrownDance.
RNZ Concert’s jazz expert (and fellow bass player) Nick Tipping caught up with the five-time GRAMMY-award winning musician recently, and he began by asking what it was about the double bass that attracted her to it in the first place.
esperanza spalding plays at Wellington Opera House on Sunday 20 October, 7pm.
Listen to Nick Tipping's Inside Out show previewing the two major international headliners at the Wellington Jazz Festival: bass players Esperanza Spalding and Marcus Miller.
