CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
Neighborhood Concert: Esperanza Spalding

Schomburg Center, The
Thursday, March 12th, 2009 at 7:00 PM

Esperanza Spalding
·· Esperanza Spalding, Double Bass and Lead Vocal
·· Otis Brown III, Drums
·· Leonardo Genovese, Piano
·· Ricardo Vogt, Guitar

“Whether exploding into vocalese or making her bass solo sound like a horn, she’s a spark plug who dances as she grooves through a funked-up and rocked-out repertoire.”—Billboard

Bassist-vocalist-composer Esperanza Spalding challenges and redefines the common perceptions of modern music with her compelling vocals, unmatched instrumental technique, and brilliant compositions.

Media Sponsor: Time Warner Cable

Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concerts are supported, in part, by The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation.

Major funding for Honor! A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy has been provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Alice Tully Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation's New York City Cultural Innovation Fund, Howard University, and the A. L. and Jennie L. Luria Foundation.

The opening performance of Honor! is sponsored by Bank of America.

Honor! is made possible, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.