On March 4, 2016, “Concord” label released “Emily’s D+Evolution”, the fifth Esperanza Spalding album. It was recorded in 2015, at “NRG Studios” in Hollywood; “The Magic Shop” and “HUMAN” in New York City, and was produced by Esperanza Spalding and Tony Visconti.
Personnel:
- Esperanza Spalding – vocals, bass, lyrics, piano, bass synthesizer
- Matthew Stevens – guitar
- Corey King – backing vocals, synthesizer, writing, trombone, keyboards
- Karriem Riggins – drums, percussion
- Justin Tyson – drums
- Emily Elbert – backing vocals
- Nadia Washington – backing vocals
- Celeste Butler – backing vocals
- Fred Martin – backing vocals
- Katriz Trinidad – backing vocals
- Kimberly L. Cook-Ratliff – backing vocals
- Kyle Hoffman – engineer
- Tim Price – engineer
- Erin Tonkon – engineer assistant
- Kyle McAulay – engineer assistant
- Martin Cooke – engineer assistant
- Nicolas Fournier – engineer assistant
- Rich Costey – mixing
- Tony Visconti – mixing
- Mario Borgatta – mixing assistant
- Lawrence Azzerad – design
- Holly Andres – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Esperanza Spalding, except where noted.
- Good Lava
- Unconditional Love
- Judas
- Earth to Heaven
- One
- Rest in Pleasure
- Ebony and Ivy
- Noble Nobles – Esperanza Spalding, Corey King
- Farewell Dolly
- Elevate or operate
- Funk the Fear
- I Want It Now – Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse
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