Video: Esperanza Spalding Live On KCRW

Esperanza Spalding made the title of her new LP Radio Music Society (out now, purchase on iTunes) the other day with this live performance on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic show. The format really allows the music to expand in both dimensions--maximizing both the more radio-friendly hooky quality of some of the jams and allowing her RMS ensemble to stretch out, displaying the improvisational brilliance that we at OKP got to experience firsthand when we attended Espe's intimate rehearsals at the Alliance Française here in NYC last month. Enjoy the full 30-minute performance above and catch her on tour somewhere near you (latest dates after the jump).

Esperanza Spalding, Radio Music Society Tour 

May 5 - Austin, TX - Paramount Theatre

May 7 - Nashville, TN - Shermerhorn Symphony Center

May 9 - Durham, NC - The Carolina Theatre

May 10 - Charlotte, NC - Knight Theater

May 12 - Washington, DC - Howard Theatre

May 13 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory

May 23 - Paris, France - La Cigale

May 24 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso

May 25 - Bergen, Norway - Nattjazz

May 27 - Madrid, Spain - Joy Eslava

May 28 - London, UK - KoKo Club

June 25 - Highland Park, IL - Ravinia Festival Pavillion

June 27 - Ottawa, ON - Ottawa Jazz Festival

June 28 - Toronto, ON - Mainstage / Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival

June 29 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis Theatre / Montreal Jazz Festival

June 30 - Saratoga Springs, NY - Saratoga Performing Arts Center

July 7 - Rotterdam, Netherlands - North Sea Jazz Festival

July 8 - Vienne, France - Jazz a Vienne / Theatre Antique

July 11 - Stuttgart, Germany - Jazz Open

July 14 - Suffolk, UK - Latitude Festival 2012

July 19 - Vitoria, Spain - Vitoria Jazz Festival

July 22 - Luzern, Switzerland - Blue Balls Festival

July 28 - Marciac, France - Jazz in Marciac