Chamber Music Society

Personnel: Esperanza Spalding (vocals, acoustic bass); Entcho Todorov (violin); Lois Martin (viola); Dave Eggar (cello); Leo Genovese (melodica, piano); Terri Lyne Carrington (drums); Quintino Cinalli (percussion).Audio Mixer: Joe Ferla.Recording information: Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ (11/03/2009); Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA (11/03/2009); Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ (2009-10-08_2009-10-10&2010-); Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA (2009-10-08_2009-10-10&2010-).Photographer: Sandrine Lee.As evidenced by her self-titled 2008 debut, Esperanza Spalding is a quadruple threat as composer, bassist, singer, and producer. That album spent an astonishing 70 weeks on Billboard's contemporary jazz chart, and was the best-selling album by a new artist internationally for that calendar year. Given its critical and commercial success, a follow-up can exert so much pressure internally and externally, that an artist loses her/his focus and the end result is less than stellar. Not so wit