12 Little Spells
12 Little Spells is the seventh studio album by American bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding.[1] It was released on October 19, 2018, by Concord Records. Each song was released individually from October 7–18, 2018 and each track also contains a music video.[2]
12 Little Spells debuted at number 31 on the US Billboard Top Album Sales and number 1 on the Jazz Albums chart. At the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2020, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album.[3]
Background[edit]
The album is a decidedly significant departure from her previous work, utilising an experimental framing device in which each song correlates to a single body part. With this, Spalding stated she hoped to distance herself from the identity of a "musician" and associate herself with an unbound experimentalism that cannot be categorised.[4]