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Spalding in 2012, photo by s_bukley /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Esperanza Emily Spalding
Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 18, 1984
Ethnicity: * father – African-American * mother – possibly Welsh, Hispanic, and Native American
Esperanza Spalding is an American jazz bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer.
Esperanza has said :
I don’t know my exact ethnic heritage, but I do know that my family has Welsh, Hispanic, and Native American roots in addition to the un-identified roots from Africa.
I don’t know my exact ethnic heritage, but I do know that my family has Welsh, Hispanic, and Native American roots in addition to the un-identified roots from Africa.
She has also stated , “My roots are very mysterious. We have distant relatives in Mexico, but we don’t know them. My Hispanic heritage is very murky, if it even exists.”
Esperanza practices Soka Gakkai, a tradition of Nichiren Buddhism.