Four big time talents make one unforgettable ensemble: The Spring Quartet Credit: Press Composite
Four big time talents make one unforgettable ensemble: The Spring Quartet
Jack DeJohnette, Joe Lovano, Esperanza Spalding, and Leo Genovese are the four big time talents who make up one unforgettable ensemble: The Spring Quartet. Press Composite

If you see Esperanza Spalding and Jack DeJohnette on a bill, buy a ticket. Spalding is the not-so-new rising star of jazz and adjacent genres (R&B, bossa nova, neo soul) who plays bass, both upright and electric, like she was born under a low-end sun. Her scatting and singing have a honeyed, soulful quality. DeJohnette is a highly influential vet drummer of jazz whose extensive résumé includes work with Keith Jarrett, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Alice Coltrane, and so many others. On this tour, they land in Seattle as part of the jazz-pushing Spring Quartet, which also features saxophonist, alto clarinetist, and flautist Joe Lovano, and Argentine keysman/composer Leo Genovese.

Check out a few concerts from the quartet below. Then see them play at Moore Theatre tonight.

Here’s the Spring Quartet’s full 90-minute set at Internationale Jazzwoche Burghausen in Wackerhalle, Germany, March 28, 2014:

… and at the Theatre Chatelet, Paris, in 2015

…and finally, for your Friday viewing pleasure, here are Genovese, Spalding and DeJohnette recording “Chacarera Y Mas” in 2017.

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