{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Esperanza Spalding is always evolving","description":"This episode is about all that jazz. Esperanza Spalding is a five-time Grammy Award-winning bassist, singer, songwriter and composer. Recently, she has expanded her gifts to include work with fellow creators, teachers and practitioners in various fields to explore the therapeutic potential of music. Her last two albums, 2018\u2019s 12 Little Spells and 2021\u2019s Songwrights Apothecary Lab, reflect this new direction in her evolution as an artist.  She wrote an opera with Wayne Shorter, which premiered in fall 2021, and is presently working with Harvard University to co-create and learn with students there. We talked to her as she prepared to grace the legendary Newport Jazz Festival Fort Stage. Also, we talk to Michael R. Dudley, a trumpet player,  educator and recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award. Michael was selected to perform at this year\u2019s Newport Jazz Festival as part of the Newport Festival Foundation\u2019s enduring partnership with the ASCAP Foundation to promote emerging jazz talent. Visit Esperanza\u2019s website Check out Michael R. Dudley\u2019s website Learn more about The ASCAP Foundation RSVP for the ASCAP Experience ","author_name":"VERSED: The ASCAP Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.ascap.com\/versed","html":"