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<videoflash> | Esperanza Spalding, the jazz bassist and singer who won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, was born in Portland. She spent her formative youth learning from local jazz legends [need references and wiki article created with internal link here]. She enrolled at Portland State University (PSU) as a music student at the age of 16, after obtaining her GED. After one year at PSU, she continued her career and studies in jazz at Berkley. [STUB]<br/> | ||
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She mentions by name Portland jazz and music teachers at the Grammys back stage. <br/> | |||
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====Spalding as 2011 Artistic and Community Ambassador for the Portland Jazz Festival ==== | |||
Fortuitously, Spalding was scheduled to return to Portland as an Artistic and Community Ambassador for the Portland Jazz Festival [need references and wiki article created with internal link here] the week following the award. This "Think Out Loud" Oregon Public Broadcasting October, 2010, show features an interview with her discussing her appointment, her process, and the future of jazz. [http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/esperanza-spalding/ Think Out Loud: Esperanza Spalding] <br/> | |||
In her ambassador roll, she made a number of appearances including a reception at City Hall, working with jazz students at PSU, and performing at the Newmark Theater. | |||
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Spalding spoke of her PSU experience, saying, "Before I came to PSU, it was just fun. It wasn't until I got here that I began to really understand. It made the lifestyle of a jazz musician real to me." <ref>http://www.pdx.edu/insidepsu/esperanza-spalding</ref>[http://www.pdx.edu/insidepsu/esperanza-spalding Esperanza Spalding: Grammy winner comes back to Portland] | |||
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Revision as of 13:21, 8 March 2011
Portland Years Bio
Esperanza Spalding, the jazz bassist and singer who won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, was born in Portland. She spent her formative youth learning from local jazz legends [need references and wiki article created with internal link here]. She enrolled at Portland State University (PSU) as a music student at the age of 16, after obtaining her GED. After one year at PSU, she continued her career and studies in jazz at Berkley. [STUB]
She mentions by name Portland jazz and music teachers at the Grammys back stage.
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Spalding as 2011 Artistic and Community Ambassador for the Portland Jazz Festival
Fortuitously, Spalding was scheduled to return to Portland as an Artistic and Community Ambassador for the Portland Jazz Festival [need references and wiki article created with internal link here] the week following the award. This "Think Out Loud" Oregon Public Broadcasting October, 2010, show features an interview with her discussing her appointment, her process, and the future of jazz. Think Out Loud: Esperanza Spalding
In her ambassador roll, she made a number of appearances including a reception at City Hall, working with jazz students at PSU, and performing at the Newmark Theater.
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Spalding spoke of her PSU experience, saying, "Before I came to PSU, it was just fun. It wasn't until I got here that I began to really understand. It made the lifestyle of a jazz musician real to me." [1]Esperanza Spalding: Grammy winner comes back to Portland