Grammy Award winning jazz musician Esperanza Spalding performed “What a Wonderful World” at the 84th Annual Academy Awards in memoriam of entertainment industry notables who passed away over the past year.
Spalding won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 2011, much to the chagrin of Justin Bieber fans, who attacked her Wikipedia page following the win. Her Oscars performance “allowed millions to see what Grammy voters had already seen in her last year,” says MTV‘s Jason Kaufman.
Spalding plans to release her new album, Radio Music Society, in March.
Listen to Esperanza Spalding’s Oscars performance and see montage video
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