A while ago, Michael Preidel introduced me to Esperanza Spalding, a fantastic young double-bass player. Now that she's been voted "Up & Coming Artist of the Year" by the Jazz Journalists Association (thanks to Jonas and the Bass-Blogger for the news), this is a good occasion to introduce here on this blog. And since Michael chose an excellent video for his blog entry, I'll just take the same - in my opinion, it's her best on YouTube.

Esperanza Spalding at a gala at the White House honoring Stevie Wonder, singing and playing one of my favourite songs: Overjoyed.