Exposure

Jazz · 2017 · 10 tracks · 43m

Exposure

Esperanza Spalding

A raw, unfiltered document of creation. Ten tracks of searching jazz fusion, written and recorded live in a continuous 77-hour pressure cooker.

She literally wrote and recorded this entire jazz album live on Facebook in 77 hours, and it is beautifully chaotic.

A tense, thrillingly raw document of creative instinct operating under extreme time pressure.

Exposure · vs · Esperanza Spalding

Raw+4.0σ

The vocals lean far further into raw than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 43m

01

Swimming Toward The Black Dot

4:52

02

Public Trance It

4:34

03

Heaven In Pennies

6:18

04

Colonial Fire

3:57

05

Coming To Life

4:10

06

Geriment

2:20

07

I Am Telling You

4:37

08

The Ways You Got The Love

5:19

09

I Do

2:44

10

Double Jointed Crayon

4:14

Moments Worth Waiting For

The raw vocal strain and sudden bass drop on Public Trance It where Spalding pushes her voice to its absolute physical limit.

The sparse, haunting interplay of piano and whispering vocals on the opening of Swimming Toward The Black Dot.

The loose, celebratory groove of Heaven In Pennies where the band locks in after minutes of tense, searching improvisation.

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