12 Little Spells

May 2025 12 Little Spells studio Esperanza Spalding Esperanza-spalding-12-little-spells.jpg yes 2018 10 19 2018 Atomic Sound, NYC Jazz 55 41 Concord Esperanza Spalding Matthew Stevens Justin Tyson Exposure 2017 Songwrights Apothecary Lab 2021 12 Little Spells is the seventh studio album by American bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding.Esperanza Spalding: 12 Little Spells https://www.allmusic.com/album/12-little-spells-mw0003244905 AllMusic 12 February 2019 It was released on October 19, 2018, by Concord Records. Each song was released individually from October 7–18, 2018 and each track also contains a music video.https://www.mixonline.com/recording/esperanza-spaldings-12-little-spells Esperanza Spalding's "12 Little Spells" Kenny Tom Mixonline 7 January 2019 en-us 2019-01-09 12 Little Spells debuted at number 31 on the US Billboard Top Album Sales and number 1 on the Jazz Albums chart. At the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2020, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.https://www.grammy.com/artists/esperanza-spalding/10114 Esperanza Spalding Grammy July 15, 2020 Background The album is a decidedly significant departure from her previous work, utilising an experimental framing device in which each song correlates to a single body part. With this, Spalding stated she hoped to distance herself from the identity of a "musician" and associate herself with an unbound experimentalism that cannot be categorised.http://www.esperanzaspalding.com/ Esperanza Spalding Esperanza Spalding en-US 2019-04-15 Critical reception AllMusic 4 5Collar Matt Twelve Little Spells - Esperanza Spalding Songs, Reviews, Credits https://www.allmusic.com/album/twelve-little-spells-mw0003244905 AllMusic 18 February 2020 en-us DownBeat 3.5 5Kalia Ammar Esperanza Spalding 12 Little Spells https://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/12-little-spells DownBeat 18 February 2020 September 2019 Jazz Forum 5 5Iwicki Piotr 12 Little Spells: Esperanza Spalding Jazz Forum http://jazzforum.com.pl/index.php/main/cd/12-little-spells Jazz Forum 28 September 2020 Jazz Journal 4 5Lindsay Bruce Esperanza Spalding: 12 Little Spells Jazz Journal https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2019/08/15/esperanza-spalding-12-little-spells/ Jazz Journal 18 February 2020 15 August 2019 Jazzwise 4 5Quinn Peter Review Search https://www.jazzwise.com/review-search?searchText=esperanza Jazzwise 11 October 2020 en July 2019 Mojo 4 5Mojo - July 2019 https://archive.org/details/mojo-july-2019/page/90/mode/2up 13 October 2020 English Paste 7.1/10Cudmore Libby Esperanza Spalding: 12 Little Spells Review https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/12/esperanza-spalding-12-little-spells-review.html Paste Magazine 11 February 2019 21 December 2018 12 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011038/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/12/esperanza-spalding-12-little-spells-review.html dead Rolling Stone 4 5Shteamer Hank Review: Esperanza Spalding's Strikingly Original '12 Little Spells' https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/esperanza-spalding-12-little-spells-739288/ Rolling Stone pitchfork.com 17 October 2018 17 October 2018 The Times 4 5Bungey John Esperanza Spalding: 12 Little Spells review — some hypnotic moments https://www.thetimes.com/article/esperanza-spalding-12-little-spells-review-some-hypnotic-moments-d83mb9cn8 The Times 18 February 2020 en 21 June 2019 Tom Hull B−Tom Hull: Grade List: Esperanza Spalding https://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=esperanza+spalding Tom Hull 28 September 2020 Lucas Phillips of Boston Globe commented "Weird is too often a cover for mediocrity or an epithet meant to describe what is foreign to us. Sure, Esperanza Spalding's new music and video project, "12 Little Spells," is weird. Weird like seeing the inside of the singer-bassist's eyeballs and an animation that for all the world resembles a uterus dancing to the beat. The music and lyrics lean in similar directions. But that isn't a cover for mediocrity, nor does it represent anything so unfamiliar".Phillips Lucas Esperanza Spalding bewitches with '12 Little Spells' https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2018/10/24/esperanza-spalding-bewitches-with-little-spells/vRPrdqFqMlGtGpSnHm781O/story.html Boston Globe 11 February 2019 October 24, 2018 Libby Cudmore of Paste added "Musically, there is nothing constrained about her performance as a vocalist or a bassist. It's extremely organic, as though each song is unfolding right before you, rather than after laboring in a recording studio... This is not dinner jazz, but no one who picks up an Esperanza Spalding album expects it to be. Her voice and her bass are a listener's guide on a tour with no map and no destination, but where wonders abound". Writing in Echoes, Adam Mattera singled out specific tracks for merit: "Touch In Mine" renders everything Solange has been retreading over her last couple of albums somewhat redundant, while in some alternate universe you could even imagine the Chic-in-outer-space groove of "You Have To Dance" being a hit". John Pareles and Jon Caramanica of The New York Times listed the album as the fourth best album of the year in the publication's 28 best albums of 2018 list, stating that in spite of "devious melodies, odd meters and cleverly interlocking patterns", Spalding achieves complex insight with "such breezy charm that the songs come across as lighthearted, [and] even lightheaded".https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/arts/music/best-albums.html The 28 Best Albums of 2018 Pareles Jon 2018-12-06 The New York Times 2019-04-15 Caramanica Jon en-US 0362-4331 Track listing 12 Little Spells Esperanza Spalding Corresponding Body Parts 12 Little Spells 4:53 Thoracic Spine To Tide Us Over 4:53 Mouth Until the Next 4:17 Eyes Thang 4:35 Hips Touch in Mine 4:53 Fingers The Longing Deep Down 4:35 Abdominal Portal You Have to Dance 3:27 Feet Now Know 4:26 Solar Portal All Limbs Are 3:36 Arms Readying to Rise 5:07 Legs Dancing the Animal 5:07 Mind With Others 5:52 Ears 55:41 2019 iTunes Deluxe Editionhttps://music.apple.com/us/album/12-little-spells-deluxe-edition/1460037859 12 Little Spells (Deluxe Edition) Apple iTunes August 4, 2019 Corresponding Body Parts 12 Little Spells Thoracic Spine 0:29 To Tide Us Over Mouth 4:53 'Til the Next Eyes 4:17 Thang Hips 4:35 Touch in Mine Fingers 4:53 The Longing Deep Down Abdominal Portal 4:35 You Have to Dance Feet 3:27 Now Know Solar Portal 4:26 All Limbs Are Arms 3:36 Readying to Rise Legs 5:07 Dancing the Animal Mind 5:07 With Others Ears 5:52 Lest We Forget Blood 5:16 How To Hair 3:54 Move Many Joints 2:55 Ways Together Shoulders 3:45 71:31 Charts Chart (2018) PeakpositionBillboardAlbumSales 31 Esperanza Spalding true August 4, 2019BillboardJazz 1 Esperanza Spalding true August 4, 2019 Personnel Esperanza Spalding – vocals, acoustic bass, electric bass Matt Stevens – guitar, electric bass Justin Tyson – drums, organ, synths, vocals, beats & programming Aaron Burnett – saxophone Burniss Travis – electric bass, acoustic bass, vocals Corey King – vocals Rob Schwimmer – continuum Orchestra ("12 Little Spells") Eric Reed – French horn Laura Weiner – French horn Brandon Ridenour – trumpet John Blevins – trumpet Richard Harris – tenor/bass trombone Julietta Curenton – flute, piccolo Katie Hyun – violin Sami Merdinian – violin Fernando Lodeiro – recording and mixing engineer References Category:2018 albums Category:Esperanza Spalding albums Category:Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album