Esperanza Spalding is bassist, vocalist, and composer whose genre-bending style has transformed contemporary jazz. She made history in 2011 as the first jazz artist to win the Grammy for Best New Artist. Visit<a href="https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/show/rapp-on-jazz"> southcarolinapublicradio.org/rapponjazz</a> for full transcripts.

Esperanza Spalding is bassist, vocalist, and composer whose genre-bending style has transformed contemporary jazz. She made history in 2011 as the first jazz artist to win the Grammy for Best New Artist. Visit southcarolinapublicradio.org/rapponjazz for full transcripts.

Esperanza Spalding is bassist, vocalist, and composer whose genre-bending style has transformed contemporary jazz. She made history in 2011 as the first jazz artist to win the Grammy for Best New Artist.&nbsp;Visit<a href="https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/show/rapp-on-jazz" rel="noopener noreferrer"> southcarolinapublicradio.org/rapponjazz</a> for full transcripts.

Esperanza Spalding

Rapp on Jazz, co-produced by South Carolina Public Radio and the ColaJazz Foundation, highlights the Palmetto State's connection to the history of jazz music and the current jazz scene. Join Mark Rapp, executive director of the foundation and host of SC Public Radio’s ColaJazz Presents, for these 60-second segments covering everything from famous South Carolinians like Dizzy Gillespie and Eartha Kitt to the “Big Apple” dance craze of the 1930s to the best clubs to experience jazz in the state.

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Rapp on Jazz, co-produced by South Carolina Public Radio and the ColaJazz Foundation, highlights the Palmetto State's connection to the history of jazz music and the current jazz scene. Join Mark Rapp, executive director of the foundation and host of SC Public Radio’s ColaJazz Presents, for these 60-second segments covering everything from famous South Carolinians like Dizzy Gillespie and Eartha Kitt to the “Big Apple” dance craze of the 1930s to the best clubs to experience jazz in the state.

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