Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution

The jazz head's ace in the hole to the unbending rockist: Spalding wrote some of the gnarliest riffs this century's seen so far for this album. [jazz fusion, art pop; 2016] "Good Lava," "Unconditional Love," "Rest in Pleasure."

* The 10-min. "Alternate Version" of "Unconditional Love" is uuhhh-mazing (see below).

** Emily is her middle name.

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