Esperanza Spalding

Musician esperanza spalding was in college when she became a fan of Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento. Now she's made an album with him.

The musical icons perform new songs from their forthcoming album, Milton + esperanza, in a rare video performance.

For esperanza spalding, the iconic Brazilian troubadour Milton Nascimento exerts a magical influence. So it makes sense that she describes their luminous new album, Milton + esperanza, as the realization of a dream.

In this week's Moment's Notice, Kahil El'Zabar and David Murray lift spirits, Luke Carlos O'Reilly leaves the gate open, and more.

Grammy-winning bassist and vocalist esperanza spalding will soon celebrate the release of 'Milton + esperanza,' a collaboration with Brazilian music icon Milton Nascimento. First, she's bringing her songs on tour.

For pianist Fred Hersch and singer esperanza spalding, a duo set at the Village Vanguard provides yet another chance to commit fully to the magic of the moment.

Iconic jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter has completed a long-held dream, an opera based on the mythic Greek character Iphigenia, with help from singer and bassist Esperanza Spalding.

Pianist Victor Gould took a shine to the piano at age four and has been sparkling on the keyboards ever since. Born in Los Angeles, Victor's piano…

Trumpeter Arnetta Johnson discovered the trumpet a dozen years ago as a "band geek" at Creative and Performing Arts High School in Camden, NJ, and went on…

These songs take on some of the ugliest stories in our history and reflect the commitment of Black musicians to telling the truth of how Black people have been wronged, and survived, and fought back.