She finds a way to bore a hole through every one of his shallow, celebrity-focused questions and takes it to a deeper, more authenic place. Cool as hell.
@rupertlay76842 жыл бұрын
Thank you for expressing my thoughts, way better than I could as I listen to this interview...thank you thank you
@easternsunguitarist5791 Жыл бұрын
As a person with experience in media I can say he was actually good. He gave simple direct questions with little assumption with topics that would be deemed interesting to anyone watching/listening. An interviewer isn't meant to be deep or personal. He's meant to give the interviewee space to speak their mind. Which is what he did.
@morganrouzies6198 Жыл бұрын
@@easternsunguitarist5791 i thought he was great too, not intrusive, genuinely interested and amazed
@pifflepockle9 ай бұрын
With the accent on ‘bore’
@DearProfessorRF8 ай бұрын
I thought I was the only one who noticed that and was being judgmental, so what a relief that I wasn’t.
@brileystewart2 жыл бұрын
She is so articulate and clearly a very kind soul
@litaraebradford-mitchell2054 Жыл бұрын
I agree💕
@candelise11 күн бұрын
@@litaraebradford-mitchell2054Sometimes getting to the point with a little less verbals helps further.
@mcasasol Жыл бұрын
Esperanza Spalding is a force of nature, I cried the whole interview, just acknowledging that she is an impact for good in this world, and how she views her art is such an amazing way of bringing light to this world!!!!
@chis50503 жыл бұрын
just the way she talks, you can tell she's special...just a cool human
@ruffian19584 жыл бұрын
She is a beacon of light and hope in a very bleak and fearful age.
@Skyjuice703 жыл бұрын
You've got to be on your A-game to hang with this woman's intelligence.
@pebbles13403 жыл бұрын
Prince & Esparanza were close friends. They had the same mentality & extremely gifted. She is intellectually deep, & so was Prince. "Birds of a feather flock together". She is beautiful, internally & externally.
@macaronisalad53 жыл бұрын
@Prince Hector I don't want to do all that and screw with Google and all that can you just tell me about it right now on here?
@HookBeak_6610 ай бұрын
@@pebbles1340 I'm so familiar with Prince & his background over the last four decades, yet I wasn't aware they were close friends, so thank you for that enlightenment. Listening to her charming voice, the way she expresses herself, it makes perfect sense that Prince & Esparanza had almost a kinship of closeness.
@bobf53609 ай бұрын
yes very much. Walter is a bright man, but way, way out of his depth with Esperanza.
@YassLegz08083 жыл бұрын
"Well I didn't I was playin classical....you know when you in the water you just in the water ...."❤️
@chloexhallefan80544 жыл бұрын
I love her work and her visions. The new 12 Little Spells album really heals you lol, it does. It leaves a healing sensation on the mind, body and soul - kind of like meditation. I agree, music does heal. Lastly, I admire her awareness and knowledge, I look up to her.✨💙
@jonstewart4648 ай бұрын
What an astoundingly wonderful person! I love her music, but I had no idea how brilliant she is with words and ideas. More Esperanza, every day.
@gdmcneil14 жыл бұрын
I love her spirit, her soul...music is a feeling and she is able to make you feel and respond...she is intune with Gods gift...blesses so many including me...twin
@simonrodan93863 жыл бұрын
What makes her so extraordinary - at least to me - is that she is doing something quite unique. First, her ability to sing and play completely different lines is remarkable. She seems to be someone who is pushing and crossing boundaries. Creating a new genre - the mark of real genius.
@jimmylee1776 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. Esperanza is a very intelligent & talented musician. God bless you, Esperanza, continue your wonderful music.
@cvond3 жыл бұрын
She's present and listening to her talk is a journey into our own present, even a year after the fact.
@JohnJones-bh9wf4 жыл бұрын
damn she's so fucking smart I love the way she expresses her beliefs
@k.a.lindsey4349 Жыл бұрын
I love her; can't get enough of her version of; stevie wonder's, "overjoyed" she is phenomenal...and a LEGEND.
@lookingtowardsthesun Жыл бұрын
Same! I play that version over and over again. It's such a beautiful and moving version.
@pfflyer33813 жыл бұрын
All positive thoughts I've seen. She's Beautiful and all of you too. good to see all the words of love.
@mitchie22674 жыл бұрын
I love her, nothing but good vibes.
@delishme23 жыл бұрын
Have loved her since I came across her a decade ago.
@HMohr3 жыл бұрын
Esperanza is music physically arranged in human form
@PaulAndrewAnderson4 жыл бұрын
She's trying to be nice saying "our version of king & queen" but Walter misses it, being enculturated by Europeanism & its Social Stratification paradigms, as he tries to elevate those Nobelists "in the room", while Esperanza is trying to say they're just people: She's on a spiritual plain & trying to define it unto most who just aren't!
@davidespinosa1910 Жыл бұрын
Totally. I don't think he understood a word she said !
@MontecristotoValjean Жыл бұрын
A pleasure listening to her..
@tangobango96534 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful, intelligent young lady...quite talented too.
@sshat Жыл бұрын
Her voice is like fresh air.
@HookBeak_6610 ай бұрын
To inhale deeply when the air is crisp at dawn, that's how it feels to me, when listening 'E' in conversation.
@mars71mustang3 жыл бұрын
What an inspiration to music and it's connection to the goodness of making life better for everyone and at the same time to an individual. Working with space in the sense of music . . . I welcome her journey and support her life waves in also including a healing aspect to her creations. Incredible.
@F1Lionshare4 жыл бұрын
One of the best interviews I've watched from begining to end!
@Navroze2 жыл бұрын
She is brilliant
@bernios34463 ай бұрын
Whatever interview with her I pick: she always surprises me by the depth of her answers. Such a complete human being!
@mikefrain24244 жыл бұрын
Way, way more serious, positive thought/feeling here, than in almost all religions combined in my opinion.
@jaideeprai2303 жыл бұрын
What an amazing soul. Just 🤩 Wow.
@shaney8275 Жыл бұрын
As I was want to do many years ago, I was up late and flipped the channel over Austin City Limits, and she was playing. Amazed from the first moment. Listening to her now - when asked about influences both cultural and otherwise, and how they shaped her identity, her answers are really profound, in that she really claims no box to put a musical identity (or her own) in the formation of identity. She goes on to talk about pedagogy and the things that impinge on creativity - she is truly an amazing artist, one of the best to appear in a long time. Really, really amazing.
@butchpreston32203 жыл бұрын
Amazing bass player, composer, TALENT!
@fredschwartz12593 жыл бұрын
what a wonder...she's fantastic, luv it!
@heirling252 жыл бұрын
Love me some Esperanza.
@avidlearner35763 ай бұрын
Pure Black Gold. Love her.
@kincamell2 Жыл бұрын
Much Gratitude
@jdgoodwin31368 күн бұрын
We all know what a superior musician and singer she is. However, her speaking voice is just so pleasant. I could listen to her read the phone book. Remember those?
@CurlsandThings2 жыл бұрын
She is mesmerizing....
@toneloke74893 жыл бұрын
I could listen to her play, and speak for hours
@GrantJolanta6 ай бұрын
been listening to her for years so interesting to hear her mind and thoughts and ideas verbally even though she says a lot with sound too and compositions
@kincamell Жыл бұрын
Gratitude
@randyarmstrong29432 жыл бұрын
she is such a joy to listen to being from Portland Oregon
@petep52074 ай бұрын
I am in love with this woman.Ever since I saw her Sting tribute singing "Fragile"
@tina87962 жыл бұрын
Plus, she was friends with Prince 💜. Beautiful, intelligent lady; Prince recognized great talent.
@markgreen40413 жыл бұрын
I think I love this woman!
@YOULOOTWESHOOT10110 ай бұрын
Get on the line sir … 😂
@gaempolsummer35723 жыл бұрын
Love you Esperanza~*
@eevagirl3 жыл бұрын
She is just so super cool ⭐️
@mpdjr77 Жыл бұрын
She is amazing… profound. Blessings, Grace and Peace
@rustyhornzinstrumentalist-75963 жыл бұрын
Esperanza is Such an Intellect and Just So Cute, if She Was With Me, I'd Try My Hardest To Keep Her For Life. 🥰😍
@DariceDavisjprocks942 жыл бұрын
President Obama is very intentional, so Esperanza Spalding was specifically his choice to play at the White House. I'm sure he's consulted about staffing choices at Harvard, and in contact with professors there as well, etc. Many people know about her music in her 30 plus years crafting sound, and her landmark choice as a Grammy New Artist is also well known. Love, love, love her contributions!
@tzengoddess3 жыл бұрын
Sooooo many People, like me, have been working in that genre, intentional, improvised, channeled healing music for decades! Albeit 1,000’s of years if you study ancient cultures like Kemet and aborigine etc.... she’s only tapping into what already is!!! There are so many artists already doing the work of Sound Healing. Love love love her work but disappointed with the lack of research and situations to all those who do this work and have gone before her. Girrrrrl we out here DOING that work and have been for years!
@miriangraafsma97323 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see Esperanza and Take 6
@gentrydaniels2 жыл бұрын
That would be interesting. We just recorded a single with them... they're amazing. It is called " Intentions" and will be on the forthcoming album, Soulmate by Melanie Andrews. She wrote "Let's Wait Awhile" by Janet Jackson.
@pjfields2382 Жыл бұрын
She is a Goddess of Bass a true master....you can talk modern rock Bassist...Blues..etc....Jazz.....but she is a true Master and flows like water with her fretboard knowledge....
@Yo-cr9ol Жыл бұрын
i can say that i am so happy to be alive at the same time as esperanza :) i appreciate being able to learn a bit more about her perspective. also love her socks
@vomitingconfetti71873 жыл бұрын
Esperanza Spalding is the coolest chick in the world.
@melsmithmel3 жыл бұрын
That's why Prince loved her as well..Fun Fact
@vomitingconfetti71873 жыл бұрын
@@melsmithmel where did you get that info? Can you give me a link?
@melsmithmel3 жыл бұрын
@@vomitingconfetti7187 He also spoke about her in interviews .
@TheDesmondfain Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love her! Hope I get to meet her one day.
@JohnJones-bh9wf4 жыл бұрын
I have a crush on you Esperanza
@AA-vv5fd2 жыл бұрын
Whoa! I fell in love with her!
@danielschaeffer12943 жыл бұрын
My younger brother made the interesting remark that Esperanza is a jazz Kate Bush. Listening to this interview I can understand that.
@randykornblatt13152 жыл бұрын
Spot on!!!
@serenascholl62363 жыл бұрын
LOVEloveLOVE EsPeRAnza
@pebbles13403 жыл бұрын
Prodigy!!!
@YOULOOTWESHOOT10110 ай бұрын
LONG LIVE MR. ROGER 🖤
@matthewgillies62732 жыл бұрын
Miss her more traditional jazz sound but she's absolutely amazing!
@gregorycallaway5628 Жыл бұрын
SUPER SOUL SISTER
@sammyjacksonofhollywood12452 жыл бұрын
you're black, be proud, you may not from Africa, but Africa is Born on you!!!..
@JariP6 ай бұрын
❤
@blackcosmos4 жыл бұрын
2:47 🖤
@parapapapa69 Жыл бұрын
Pure fucking gold.
@Bahimo31542 жыл бұрын
Imagine Bieng 36 years old and looking like 17 years teen girl
@michaelrapson4 жыл бұрын
The Grammies are not for musicians. She should have laughed in their faces.
@judykinsman32584 жыл бұрын
During a time when it’s lacking for me, she represents hope, just like Greta.
@manonscuttenaire25614 ай бұрын
@PavethaWay3 жыл бұрын
The crush I have on this woman is unbearable lawd
@daverychling29703 жыл бұрын
Strains of Ron Carter ?
@javiergutierrez04192 жыл бұрын
!! THX .....:):):)>>>!!!!
@mojopin1997 Жыл бұрын
Good looking girl and very talented.
@evertoncourt46594 жыл бұрын
Speranza=Esperança= hope
@norrispulliam78103 жыл бұрын
Mr. Issacsson know's she's slightly nuts but what genius isn't ?
@davidespinosa1910 Жыл бұрын
Yes -- they live in very different realities. From her point of view, he's the crazy one.
She skipped the cello because there wasn't one her size...but the bass looks bigger to me
@somenothing79143 жыл бұрын
2:23
@Parseenfroo3 жыл бұрын
Well spotted. I think it`s her refusal to be categorised culturally or musically that has given her the wings to reach the dizzy heights and shine.
@kandikane9233 жыл бұрын
She is pretty but looks different, she doesn’t look like herself. However, She is very gifted and intelligent. Love her music, great bass player and a beautiful singing voice.
@kandikane923 Жыл бұрын
Could be but her face looks a little chubbier than i’m use to seeing her before. She still very pretty young lady
@Sebastian-lo3hn3 ай бұрын
I am insulted that he focuses on being a rough poor, mixed....rather poor questions.
@cgrimes723 жыл бұрын
Esperanza taught at Berklee for a bit, I dont think she taught at Harvard. And further listening... Oh YET ANOTHER question about Culture and skin color! UGGG! WHO CARES! Why is the world today SO OBSESSED with Skin color and culture!
@JayAuditions3 жыл бұрын
She is currently a professor at Harvard right now.