Biography:
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). The group signed with indie rock imprint Hush Records, which released two albums of their original compositions.
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Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
ONE - ESPERANZA SPALDING (2015)
Submitted by ClassicalfreaK, 2016
[Intro]
Fm Em7b5
I'm not lacking in love
Ebm Dm
Not haunted by its pain
E Bb7sus Bb7 AM7
Of romance, life's given me enough
Am
I can't complain
GM7 F# F(9)
But now in this quiet midnight mind
Cm6/Eb
I faintly see
[Chorus]
Gm/Ab GM7
The one so strong
EbM9 C/G
It stops the world and my heart's spinning
Gm/Ab GM7 EbM7 DbM7
One to prove what I've always known
[Verse]
DbM7 GbM7
But couldn't see when he crossed my sky
DbM7 GbM7
From a star, fell out, shot across my mind
Fsus F/A Bbm Eb7 Abm G7(#5)
In the fiery pull of bodies floating along, hot
GbM7 F7(#5)
Gravity does burn inside me
GbM7 Db/Eb
I would orbit all who invite me
GbM7/Ab G7(#5) GbM7
Oh, then again
[Chorus]
Gm/Ab GM7
There could be one so strong
EbM9 C/G
It stops the world and my heart's spinning
Gm/Ab GM7 EbM9 DbM9
One to prove what I've always known
[Verse]
DbM9 GbM7
But couldn't see this modern mind
DbM7 GbM7
Won't deny the times that it can't defy
Fsus F/A Bbm Eb7 Abm G7(#5)
When a primal urge just calls me down to the shore, hot
GbM7 F7(#5)
Devolution burns inside me
GbM7 Db/Eb
I would dive in all who delight me
GbM7/Ab G7(#5) GbM7
Oh, then again
[Chorus]
Gm/Ab GM7
There could be one so strong
EbM9 C/G
It stops the world and my heart's spinning
Gm/Ab GM7 EbM9 DbM9
One to prove what I've always known
DbM9
But couldn't meet
[Guitar solo]
Bb7 C/Bb Ebm/Bb Bb
Dbm7 Gb7(#5) - B7
Em F#/E Am/E
D7(#5) D C Bb
[Chorus]
Gm/Ab GM7
There could be one so strong
EbM9 C/G
It stops the world and my heart's spinning
Gm/Ab GM7 EbM9 DbM9
One to prove what I've always known
DbM9
But couldn't meet
Submitted by ClassicalfreaK, 2016
[Intro]
Fm Em7b5
I'm not lacking in love
Ebm Dm
Not haunted by its pain
E Bb7sus Bb7 AM7
Of romance, life's given me enough
Am
I can't complain
GM7 F# F(9)
But now in this quiet midnight mind
Cm6/Eb
I faintly see
[Chorus]
Gm/Ab GM7
The one so strong
EbM9 C/G
It stops the world and my heart's spinning
Gm/Ab GM7 EbM7 DbM7
One to prove what I've always known
[Verse]
DbM7 GbM7
But couldn't see when he crossed my sky
DbM7 GbM7
From a star, fell out, shot across my mind
Fsus F/A Bbm Eb7 Abm G7(#5)
In the fiery pull of bodies floating along, hot
GbM7 F7(#5)
Gravity does burn inside me
GbM7 Db/Eb
I would orbit all who invite me
GbM7/Ab G7(#5) GbM7
Oh, then again
[Chorus]
Gm/Ab GM7
There could be one so strong
EbM9 C/G
It stops the world and my heart's spinning
Gm/Ab GM7 EbM9 DbM9
One to prove what I've always known
[Verse]
DbM9 GbM7
But couldn't see this modern mind
DbM7 GbM7
Won't deny the times that it can't defy
Fsus F/A Bbm Eb7 Abm G7(#5)
When a primal urge just calls me down to the shore, hot
GbM7 F7(#5)
Devolution burns inside me
GbM7 Db/Eb
I would dive in all who delight me
GbM7/Ab G7(#5) GbM7
Oh, then again
[Chorus]
Gm/Ab GM7
There could be one so strong
EbM9 C/G
It stops the world and my heart's spinning
Gm/Ab GM7 EbM9 DbM9
One to prove what I've always known
DbM9
But couldn't meet
[Guitar solo]
Bb7 C/Bb Ebm/Bb Bb
Dbm7 Gb7(#5) - B7
Em F#/E Am/E
D7(#5) D C Bb
[Chorus]
Gm/Ab GM7
There could be one so strong
EbM9 C/G
It stops the world and my heart's spinning
Gm/Ab GM7 EbM9 DbM9
One to prove what I've always known
DbM9
But couldn't meet
