Bassist Esperanza Spalding Scores Best New Artist Grammy

The NewsHour recently profiled jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding, who won best new artist at Sunday's Grammy Awards. Jeffrey Brown has an excerpt of her song "Little Fly" from the album "Chamber Music Society."

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  • JEFFREY BROWN:

    And finally tonight: At last night's annual music-world celebration, the Grammy for best new artist went to Esperanza Spalding, a jazz singer, bass player and composer you might remember from a story we did last fall.

    Here's an excerpt of her song "Little Fly" from the album "Chamber Music Society."

    (MUSIC)

  • JEFFREY BROWN:

    You can see our interview with Esperanza Spalding, plus reports on several other of last night's Grammy winners, by visiting Art Beat on our website.