Esperanza Spalding

Esperanza Spalding

Esperanza Spalding is a Recording Academy/GRAMMY.com contributor.

Esperanza's Articles

Esperanza Spalding Recalls Topping Justin Bieber For Best New Artist

Esperanza Spalding Recalls Topping Justin Bieber For Best New Artist

(The Recording Academy asked recipients of the [Best New Artist](https://www.grammy.com/award/best-new-artist/) GRAMMY to share firsthand accounts of winning one of music's biggest awards. In this installment, Esperanza Spalding details her win for 2010. The other artists nominated for Best New Artist at the 53rd GRAMMY Awards were Justin Bieber, Drake, Florence & The Machine, and Mumford & Sons.)\ \ (As told…

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2015 Lifetime Achievement Award: Wayne Shorter

(In addition to the GRAMMY Awards, The Recording Academy presents Special Merit Awards recognizing contributions of significance to the recording field, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award and Technical GRAMMY Award.)Wayne Shorter is widely considered to be the greatest living jazz composer, and one of the greatest jazz saxophonists of all time. But the mind and art of Wayne Shorter orbit far and…

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