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Esperanza Spalding talks about her process in making music.
Whether he’s playing classical music or “Hotline Bling,” violinist Raginder Singh says that music has helped him connect with his faith, and also shares with NBC News what Sikhism means to him.
Esperanza Spalding is a force of nature. A bass player and singer who rose to stardom when she became the first jazz performer to win a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2011. Spalding grew up a musical prodigy in Portland, Oregon, where she learned the violin at age five.
Award-winning jazz musician Esperanza Spalding is live in the studios of The Takeaway at WNYC Radio to talk with Todd Zwillich about her new album, “Exposure.”