From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Esperanza (Esperanza Spalding album)
Esperanza (Esperanza Spalding album)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Chart (2010) Peak[5][6]
position
Billboard 200 138
Billboard Catalog Albums 16
Billboard Top Independent Albums 40
Billboard Top Jazz Albums 3
Billboard Heatseekers 12
Swedish Albums Chart 37
Norwegian Albums Chart 12
Esperanza Esperanza is Spalding’s second studio album. Being
exposed to many different cultural impressions while
growing up, Spalding sings in three different languages
here: English, Spanish and Portuguese.[3] After Spalding’s
Grammy win in February 2011, the album entered the
Billboard 200 at 138.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Esperanza Spalding,
except where noted.
1. "Ponta de Areia" (Milton Nascimento) - 5:39
2. "I Know You Know" - 3:46
3. "Fall In" - 3:57
4. "I Adore You" - 7:27
Studio album by Esperanza Spalding
5. "Cuerpo y Alma (Body & Soul)" (Edward Heyman, Robert
Sour) - 8:01
Released 20 May 2008 6. "She Got to You" - 4:29
Recorded 2007 7. "Precious" - 4:24
8. "Mela" - 6:57
Genre Jazz, Latin jazz, Cuban Jazz 9. "Love in Time" - 5:47
Label Heads Up 10. "Espera" - 4:40
11. "If That’s True" - 7:33
Esperanza Spalding chronology
12. "Samba Em Preludio" (Vinícius de Moraes, Baden Powell) -
Junjo Esperanza Chamber Music Society
5:11
(2006) (2008) (2010)
Chart performance
Esperanza is a jazz album by the American bassist and
Esperanza spent over 70 weeks on the Billboard Top Jazz
vocalist Esperanza Spalding. It was released on 20 May
Albums Chart.[4]
2008.[2]
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Esperanza (Esperanza Spalding album)
Personnel • Gretchen Parlato - background vocals (tracks 1 and
4)
• Esperanza Spalding - electric bass, acoustic bass,
vocals
• Leo Genovese - keyboards
References
• Jamey Haddad - percussion [1] Allmusic review
• Otis Brown - drums [2] Allmusic review on Esperanza
• Horacio Hernandez - drums (tracks 4 and 8) [3] Esperanza Spalding
• Ambrose Akinmusire - trumpet (tracks 8 and 11) [4] All Music Guide review of Chamber Music Society
• Donald Harrison - saxophone (tracks 6 and 11) [5] Billboard Charts
[6] International Chart Positions
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• Heads Up International albums
• 2008 albums
• Esperanza Spalding albums
• English-language albums
• Spanish-language albums
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