℗ 2019 Esperanza Spalding Productions., Under exclusive license to Concord Records, a division of Concord Music Group
| Released | May 10, 2019 |
| Duration | 1h 11m 31s |
| Record Label | Concord Records |
| Catalogue No. | CRE00994 |
| Genre | Alternative |
12 Little Spells (Deluxe Edition)
Esperanza Spalding
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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12 Little Spells (thoracic spine)
Esperanza Spalding |
4:53 | |||
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1.2
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To Tide Us Over (mouth)
Esperanza Spalding |
4:53 | |||
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1.3
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'Til the Next (eyes)
Esperanza Spalding |
4:17 | |||
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1.4
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Thang (hips)
Esperanza Spalding |
4:35 | |||
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1.5
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Touch in Mine (fingers)
Esperanza Spalding |
4:53 | |||
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1.6
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The Longing Deep Down (abdominal portal) EXPLICIT
Esperanza Spalding |
4:35 | |||
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1.7
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You Have to Dance (feet)
Esperanza Spalding |
3:27 | |||
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1.8
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Now Know (solar portal)
Esperanza Spalding |
4:26 | |||
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1.9
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All Limbs Are (arms)
Esperanza Spalding |
3:36 | |||
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1.10
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Readying to Rise (legs)
Esperanza Spalding |
5:07 | |||
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1.11
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Dancing The Animal (mind)
Esperanza Spalding |
5:07 | |||
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1.12
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With Others (ears)
Esperanza Spalding |
5:52 | |||
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1.13
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Lest We Forget (blood)
Esperanza Spalding |
5:16 | |||
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1.14
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How To (hair)
Esperanza Spalding |
3:54 | |||
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1.15
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Move Many (joints)
Esperanza Spalding |
2:55 | |||
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1.16
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Ways Together (shoulders)
Esperanza Spalding |
3:45 |
Grammy Award – Best Jazz Vocal Album, 2019
Grammy Award Nomination – Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals, 2019 – 12 LITTLE SPELLS (THORACIC SPINE) (Esperanza Spalding, arranger (Esperanza Spalding))
Esperanza Spalding has released an audacious new project called 12 Little Spells. The spells come in the form of new music, which was crafted by Spalding at a castle in Italy last month and then recorded in sessions completed in Brooklyn.
12 Little Spells finds Spalding conjuring in the medium of musical creation, through an exploration of the body, human energy and healing. Working alongside Esperanza on this project are visual artist Carmen Daneshmandi, opera/theater director Elkhanah Pulitzer, wardrobe specialist Diego Montoya and video artist Ethan Samuel Young. Each collaborator is creating key elements of ’12 Little Spells’ without hearing any music, having only the project title and spell names as inspiration.
12 Little Spells arrives just one year after Exposure, in which Spalding composed and recorded a new album entirely from scratch in just 77 hours, while livestreaming every minute of the process to the world. In 2016 she released Emily’s D+ Evolution, which earned her a Pitchfork Best New Music review, inclusion on several year-end critics lists, and appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Late Show, Real Time with Bill Maher and beyond.
12 Little Spells was composed by Esperanza Spalding. It features Spalding on vocals, Matthew Stevens on guitar, Justin Tyson on drums, Aaron Burnett on saxophone, Burniss Travis on bass, Corey King on background vocals and Rob Schwimmer on continuum.
This deluxe version of the album features 4 additional "spells," brand new tracks that are expansions to the original album.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Concord Records Studio Masters
Tracks 1-16 – contains material which utilizes a limited amount of the available bandwidth
Tracks 1-16 – contains material which utilizes a limited amount of the available bandwidth
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.26 -1.78 to -1.20 | -13.17 -17.06 to -11.14 | -10.84 -14.30 to -8.60 | 7 5 to 10 | |
| 1 | 12 Little Spells (thoracic spine) | -1.20 | -13.43 | -10.9 | 7 |
| 2 | To Tide Us Over (mouth) | -1.20 | -14.08 | -11.9 | 7 |
| 3 | 'Til the Next (eyes) | -1.20 | -14.06 | -12.0 | 6 |
| 4 | Thang (hips) | -1.20 | -13.82 | -11.4 | 7 |
| 5 | Touch in Mine (fingers) | -1.20 | -12.34 | -10.9 | 6 |
| 6 | The Longing Deep Down (abdominal portal) | -1.20 | -12.63 | -9.9 | 6 |
| 7 | You Have to Dance (feet) | -1.20 | -14.15 | -12.0 | 8 |
| 8 | Now Know (solar portal) | -1.20 | -12.31 | -10.2 | 6 |
| 9 | All Limbs Are (arms) | -1.78 | -17.06 | -14.3 | 10 |
| 10 | Readying to Rise (legs) | -1.20 | -12.67 | -10.1 | 7 |
| 11 | Dancing The Animal (mind) | -1.20 | -12.95 | -10.7 | 6 |
| 12 | With Others (ears) | -1.20 | -11.29 | -9.1 | 5 |
| 13 | Lest We Forget (blood) | -1.20 | -11.87 | -10.0 | 6 |
| 14 | How To (hair) | -1.60 | -14.68 | -11.8 | 7 |
| 15 | Move Many (joints) | -1.20 | -11.14 | -9.7 | 6 |
| 16 | Ways Together (shoulders) | -1.20 | -12.17 | -8.6 | 5 |