Esperanza Spalding on jazz & music education

JazzTimes In Person interview with bassist/singer/bandleader Esperanza Spalding from backstage at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival, presented by Natixis.  In this segment, Spalding talks about her jazz and music education, about her teachers and mentors and about her own experience as a teacher and mentor.

This segment is one of several done with musicians who were performing at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival.

Interview by Lee Mergner. Video by Melissa Mergner.

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