Esperanza Spalding and Terri Lynne Carrington played Cobb Energy Centre Friday night
The show was stellar, but two great tastes don’t always go great together
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- Jazz bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding (left) performs with Atlanta-based singer Algebra Blessett at the Cobb Energy Centre on Oct. 19.
Last Friday, I had the chance to check out the Ladies of Jazz concert, featuring sets by drummer Terri Lynne Carrington and vocalist/bassist Esperanza Spalding, at the Cobb Energy Centre, and make no bones about it, the show was stellar. But it did leave me with one major thought: Two great tastes don’t always go great together.
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You didn’t have to listen too hard to determine that Carrington and Spalding are clearly gifted musicians. But their approaches to live performance are so different, putting them on a stage, one after the other, is maybe not the greatest idea.