Esperanza Spalding Interview on "Piano Jazz" with Marian McPartland (2008)

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Esperanza Spalding Interview on Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland (2008)

Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz
Guest: Esperanza Spalding
Originally broadcast: Spring 2008
Runtime: 57:46

Bassist, vocalist, and composer Esperanza Spalding joins Marian McPartland for this 2008 episode of Piano Jazz. Spalding performs a set of standards and original material with pianist Leo Genovese, and also joins McPartland for a duo performance of Duke Ellington’s “Prelude to a Kiss.”

Personnel:
Esperanza Spalding – bass, vocals, interview
Marian McPartland – piano, host, interview
Leo Genovese – piano

Selections:

1. Jazz Ain’t Nothin’ But Soul – Norman Mapp
2. Midnight Sun – Lionel Hampton / Johnny Mercer / Sonny Burke
3. Just Friends – John Klenner / Sam M. Lewis
4. Portrait of Esperanza – Marian McPartland
5. Body and Soul – Johnny Green / Edward Heyman / Robert Sour
6. Clothed Woman – Duke Ellington
7. Blue Ink – Leo Genovese
8. Look No Further – Rodgers
9. Prelude to a Kiss – Duke Ellington / Irving Gordon / Irving Mills

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