Esperanza Spalding - Hold on Me live in 2012

04:10 bass solo → 05:05 piano solo → 05:59 trombone solo → 06:56 sax solo
bass & vocals: Esperanza Spalding
keyboards: Leo Genovese
guitar: Jef Lee Johnson
trumpet: Igmar Thomas
drums: Lyndon Rochelle
sax: Tia Fuller, Daniel Blake & Aaron Burnett
trombone: Corey King & Jeff Galindo
vocals & trumpet: Leala Cyr
vocals: Chris Turner

[@MrStrangeSensation]

Great bassist, great composer, gorgeous voice, and one of the most beautiful women in the world. I fucking love Esperanza.

[@MrChangeTout]

MrStrangeSensation :)

[@TheNYeye]

Whoever miked/mixed this performance is at the top of his game and has the GOLDEN ears required to do that so well. Along with the performers, it's in another league. Over (laboratory tested) acoustically-flat headphones (Sony MDR V600, Sennheiser HD 580 or Etymotic Research ER-6 ) the sound is some of the very best I've heard on any recording. Over headphones, that note at the end will seem to go right "through your brain"! I hope You Tube doesn't ever degrade it from that current quality.

[@MaLiCeCoLtRaNe]

You’re not kidding about that last note!

[@BenetMcLean]

the end high note is incredible !!

[@vinniej87]

My favorite Esperanza Spalding performance

[@peaceiladel83]

Omg i fall in love with this amazing woman the more i listen to her. Her albums are already amazing but when she's live...breathtaking!

[@vinniej87]

I seen her in Denver last month in July 11th (6:30pm) at the Botanic Gardens. She played songs from 12 Spells Album and 1 song from her Formwela album - Formwela 4

[@SWAN2254]

Berklee College of Music, is the Harvard School of Music, you see the type of talent they put out in the world. Go Esperanza !

[@pianoseven1]

She plays solo like Mingus, I would say the phrases are in Mingus style, the sound also. Beautiful, inventive and in the tradition. Great musician, extremely beautiful women

[@tovenrvik6336]

Beautiful ‼️🎯🌹JazzyT.

[@catz344]

People often differ in opinions. It's a fact of life. If that person didn't like the music you like, you don't need to rant.

[@Pirrelli8]

Whaaeeeer......what a beauty.

[@anesumichael4173]

Best version of Hold me now 👌

[@hernanpereyrohttp3121]

Ruego a Dios que algún dia pueda verla en vivo,nada más

[@alvarorojas225]

Esperanza, eres la mejor

[@facundobordachar3891]

Yo la vi ayer, impresionante!

[@packleader1215]

That long note...I played 4 times in a row

[@charliearavena3030]

Amazing !!!

[@justines7722]

WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SungHatonnLofi]

❤

[@montealegre_rp]

Sweet...!

[@Pirrelli8]

What instrument have you played?, and how do you know her bass is out of tune?, just leave the negative comments out, she's a talent beyond critiques, and faults. What she does is immeasurable, and unequal to any other current musicians status, find someone else to belittle, she's not the one, sorry. Just say she's really good and leave it at that.

[@raymondbradley1736]

We both know that she is so good that if her base Was Out Of Tune she could stretch the strings in tune and still play it and it would sound just fine

[@raymondbradley1736]

I never saw the belittle comment whoever did that as never play an instrument in his life I have never heard her base ever be out of tune and I play bass what a voice her range is phenomenal

[@Pirrelli8]

My question was, what makes u so special th@ u can come in and attack her like that? Don't u no what she does is extremely difficult, but 2 pull it off, with such ease and grace and then 2 make it look easy, is overly beyond impressive, I was just saying, give the girl her props, and don't pick out something so small and unnoticable 2 draw attention away from her God given talent. Her music is exceptional anyway, and the musicians surrounding her aswell, be a nice guy and just don't be a critic.

[@brandbird]

Okay. Wow. O_O

[@lilly32734]

wouahhhhh :)

[@EvilJirachi]

zzz I need to sleeeeeeeeeep why can't I stop D:

[@robertomanci]

En 7:53 se me erizan los pezones y no vuelven a su tamaño normal hasta que termine la canción.

[@randyjustrandy9937]

I hope I can get job soon so I can blow my first paycheck on Esperanza albums! :)

[@asenti]

What a talent!...tuning is not all there however

[@dianagomez1886]

De verdad! -> goo.gl\PxXrj

[@BermudaEntrepreneur]

Umm, excuse me, But does anyone know if there are any SEX STARVED & talented women who look similar to Esperanza Spalding? And where I can find me some GODDAMMIT????!!!

[@anesumichael4173]

LMAO 😂

[@leomoore3597]

Sir, you are thinking with the wrong head !