Esperanza Spalding live in concert.
ON TOUR

Esperanza Spalding

23
critic concert reviews
jazz

How good are they LIVE?

Live Rating  

78
%
Based on 
23
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critics Consensus

Based on 23 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that Esperanza Spalding is rated as an impressive live performer, with many notable strengths. Esperanza Spalding concert reviews describe live shows and performances as masterful, eclectic, evocative, graceful, and theatrical.

How long are their concerts?

How long are Esperanza Spalding concerts? Esperanza Spalding concerts usually last an hour and a half.

How much to book?

How much does it cost to book Esperanza Spalding? To hire for a live performance or concert, the booking fees for Esperanza Spalding range from $75,000 - $150,000, with Esperanza Spalding's current estimated booking fee to be around $75,000.

On tour

Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, United States (March 27)

Artist Info

Genre
jazz
Origin
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States (10/18/1984)
Bio
Born in 1984, bassist, singer and composer Esperanza Spalding began playing in small jazz and blues venues around her hometown of Portland, Oregon. Soon after picking up the acoustic bass at the late age of 14, she helped form Noise For Pretend, an eclectic band fusing jazz and pop for which she sang and played bass (often simultaneously).
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Artist Website

Critic Concert Reviews

Scenestr (Australia)

October 24, 2024
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Five-time Grammy Award winner Esperanza Spalding, or simply esperanza, played QPAC this week as part of Brisbane International Jazz Festival, having first toured Australia in 2015 playing at Sydney's fantastic Vivid.

Nippertown (USA)

February 8, 2023
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Esperanza Spalding is an artist that refuses to be pigeonholed.

The Music (Australia)

June 4, 2016
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Spalding takes the stage in a black and white tent, her head poking out the top like a poorly judged Barbie cake in an afro to kick off an evening of riffed on selections from D+Evolution.

The Guardian (UK)

November 3, 2015
60
%
Combining pop songs with poetry, narrative and performance art, Spalding’s gig is a work in progress but she is always watchable

QRO Magazine

December 27, 2012
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Only at the young age of 28 she has already released two critically acclaimed albums has received a 2011 Grammy Award for Best New Artist and has undeniably paved the way for new and aspiring jazz artists.

musicOMH (UK)

November 15, 2012
80
%
That year she brought her album Chamber Music Society to the London Jazz Festival and this time around she presented its companion piece Radio Music Society.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (USA)

October 7, 2012
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If you ever have the chance to see Esperanza Spalding in concert consider it a bargain at twice the price.

Past critic reviews published in

The Guardian (UK), The Guardian (UK), The Guardian (UK), musicOMH (UK), The Santa Barbara Independent (USA) and more

Image Credit

Jose Nieto [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons

Latest Release

Milton + esperanza (9 August 2024)