People.com — The bassist is a rising star in the jazz world who's collaborated with Stevie Wonder and Prince more info

ContactMusic — JANELLE MONAE, SHEILA E and jazz great CASSANDRA WILSON will join PRINCE when he performs in New York and New Jersey next week (beg13Dec10).Bassist Esperanza Spalding... more info

Altsounds — New York, NY - Bassist, singer and composer Esperanza Spalding was nominated for "Best New Artist" along with Justin Bieber, Drake, Florence & the Machine, and Mumford and Sons. Spalding is the only "Best New Artist" nominee to be included in NPR... more info

All About Jazz — Independent music labels and artists received 273 of the 542 or just over 50% of the nominations for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, according to indie trade group A2IM. Independent releases are nominated in 88 of the 108 Grammy categories including t... more info

All About Jazz — Esperanza Spalding, the 26-year-old jazz bassist and singer hand-picked by President Obama to perform at his Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in 2009, marked one of the Grammys' surprises this year with a high-profile nomination in the best new artist cate... more info

Guardian Music — And there's good news for British acts, with Florence and the Machine and Mumford & Sons tipped in the best new artist categoryEminem is the lead nominee for the Grammy awards 2011, after being named in 10 categories. The rapper has received nods for... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — She performed at President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in 2009.Perform at the request of a president, and people are bound to take notice. more info

All About Jazz — Esperanza Spalding Chamber Music Society + Zoe Rahman—London Jazz Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, London. Saturday 13th November 2010 I'd heard lots of good things about pianist Zoe Rahman in recent years, so I was really pleased to s... more info

All About Jazz — Roundtable sisters: From left to right: (top row) Geri Allen, Ingrid Jensen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding, Tineke Postma and Helen Sung; (bottom row) Nona Hendryx and Gretchen Parlato by Tom Cole Over the summer, drummer Terri Lyne Carr... more info

All About Jazz — SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE, REGINA CARTER, DON BYRON, THE 3 COHENS, RANDY WESTON, JOSHUA REDMAN, AND ESPERANZA SPALDING TO HEADLINE THE 2011 PORTLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL BRIDGES AND BOUNDARIES: JEWISH and AFRICAN AMERICANS PLAYING JAZZ TOGETHER The 2011 Alaska Ai... more info