Esperanza Spalding

Acting

Esperanza Spalding

Born 1984-10-18 · Portland, Oregon U.S.

Esperanza Emily Spalding (born October 18, 1984) is an American bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Her accolades include five Grammy Awards, a Boston Music Award, a Soul Train Music Award, and two honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music and the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).

Acting credits

Roman J. Israel, Esq. poster
6.3

Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm's frontman – has a heart attack, Israel suddenly takes on that role. He soon discovers some unsettling truths about the firm – truths that conflict with his values of helping the poor and dispossessed – and finds himself in an existential crisis that leads to extreme actions.

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

2017

Miles Ahead poster
6.4

An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.

Miles Ahead

2016

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall poster
7.0

Director Spike Lee chronicles Michael Jackson's early rise to fame.

Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

2016

Love Beats Rhymes poster
5.6

A young woman dreams of making it big in the world of hip hop, but her parents demand that she finish her university degree. She dutifully agrees to complete her education, but her spoken word proves to have a powerful impact in the classroom.

Love Beats Rhymes

2017

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like poster
7.8

Join host Michael Keaton to celebrate "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood," the pioneering children's series that premiered nationally 50 years ago. Celebrities, cast members and Joanne Rogers reveal their favorite memories from the series.

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

2018

NOVA: The Great Math Mystery poster
7.8

NOVA leads viewers on a mathematical mystery tour -- a provocative exploration of math's astonishing power across the centuries. We discover math's signature in the swirl of a nautilus shell, the whirlpool of a galaxy and the spiral in the center of a sunflower. Math was essential to everything from the first wireless radio transmissions to the prediction and discovery of the Higgs boson and the successful landing of rovers on Mars. But where does math get its power? Astrophysicist and writer Mario Livio, along with a colorful cast of mathematicians, physicists and engineers, follows math from Pythagoras to Einstein and beyond, all leading to the ultimate riddle: Is math an invention or a discovery? Humankind's clever trick or the language of the universe?

NOVA: The Great Math Mystery

2015

Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1 poster
8.5

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Ana Carolina - Multishow Registro Ana Car9lina + Um: 9+1

2010

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band poster
8.0

Jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams was a genius ahead of her time. From child prodigy to "Boogie-Woogie Queen" to groundbreaking composer to mentoring some of the greatest musicians of all time, she never ceased to astound those who heard her play. But for a Black woman in the early 1900s, life as a star did not come easy.

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

2015

The Girls in the Band poster
6.2

THE GIRLS IN THE BAND tells the poignant, untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their fascinating, groundbreaking journeys from the late 1930s to the present day.

The Girls in the Band

2011

History of Jazz: Oxygen for the Ears poster
6.0

'Oxygen for the Ears: Living Jazz' is a story of the trials and triumphs of jazz in America. Every jazz tune has a starting point - a simple note - from which the music starts its journey and rises. 'Oxygen for the Ears' portrays Washington D.C. as such a departure point for its documentary story, 'Living Jazz'.

History of Jazz: Oxygen for the Ears

2012

esperanza spalding: Homage to Wayne Shorter @ Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa 2023 poster
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Polish festival Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa pays tribute to the symphonic legacy of Wayne Shorter, led by multi-instrumentalist esperanza spalding. A concert featuring ssperanza spalding's quartet, conductor Clark Rundell and the Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra.

esperanza spalding: Homage to Wayne Shorter @ Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa 2023

2023

Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society poster
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Esperanza Spalding’s visual album for her fourth studio album Radio Music Society.

Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society

2012