On March 20, 2012, “Heads Up International” label released “Radio Music Society”, the fourth Esperanza Spalding studio album. It was recorded in summer 2011, and was produced by Esperanza Spalding, Q-Tip and Dave Love. The album won two “Grammy Awards”, for “Best Jazz Vocal Album” and “Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for the track, “City of Roses”.

Personnel:

• Esperanza Spalding – vocals, acoustic and electric bass
• Gilad Hekselman – guitar
• Ricardo Vogt – guitar
• Lionel Loueke – voice, guitar
• Jef Lee Johnson – guitar
• Leo Genovese – piano, Rhodes, guembri, keyboards
• Janice Scroggins: piano
• James Weidman – organ
• Raymond Angry – organ
• Billy Hart – drums
• Jack DeJohnette – drums
• Terri Lyne Carrington – drums
• Lyndon Rochelle – drums
• Jamie Haddad – percussion
• Q-Tip – vocals, glockenspiel
• American Music Program (Big Band):
• Daniel Blake: saxophones, flute
• Anthony Diamond – saxophone
• Stanley Matabane – alto and tenor saxophone
• Sam Seacrest – alto saxophone
• Kyle Zimmerman – alto saxophone
• Renato Caranto – alto saxophone
• Andrew Olsen – alto saxophone
• John Carey – alto saxophone
• Adam Reihs – tenor saxophone
• Aaron Reihs – tenor saxophone
• Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
• Tivon Penicott – tenor saxophone
• Hayden Conrad – tenor saxophone
• Nicole Glover – tenor saxophone
• Jeff Rathbone – baritone saxophone
• Kama Bell – clarinet
• Darren Barrett – trumpet
• Benjamin C. McDonald – trumpet
• Benjamin Seacrest – trumpet
• Noah Conrad – trumpet
• Tre Palmedo – trumpet
• Noah Hocker – trumpet
• Kiran Bosely – trumpet
• Igmar Thomas – trumpet
• Corey King – trumpet
• Stan Bock – trombone
• Jeff Galindo – trombone
• Ian Garner – trombone
• Javier Nero – trombone
• Matt Warming – trombone
• Ashton Summers – trombone
• Dan Brewster – trombone
• Jerry Stalnaker – bass trombone
• Olivia Deprado: violin
• Jody Redhage – viola
• Lalah Hathaway – vocals
• Algebra Blessett – vocals
• Savannah Children’s Choir – choral voices
• Raydar Ellis – spoken word, sounds
• Gretchen Parlato – backing vocals, spoken word
• Leni Stern – backing vocals
• Becca Stevens – backing vocals
• Justin Brown – backing vocals
• Alan Hampton – backing vocals
• Chris Turner – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Esperanza Spalding except where noted.

1. Radio Song
2. Cinnamon Tree
3. Crowned & Kissed – Esperanza Spalding, Algebra Blessett
4. Land of the Free
5. Black Gold
6. I Can’t Help It – Susaye Brown Greene, Stevie Wonder
7. Hold On Me
8. Vague Suspicions
9. Endangered Species – Esperanza Spalding, Wayne Shorter, Joseph Vitarelli
10. Let her
11. City of Roses
12. Smile like That
13. Jazz Ain’t Nothin But Soul – Norman Mapp