Grammy Nominees - Esperanza Spalding for Best New Artist

It's Grammy Nomination time. Up against Justin Bieber, Drake, Florence & The Machine, and Mumford and Sons for Best New Artist is Esperanza Spalding, reviewed at the London Jazz Festival by us HERE. She will be next in London at the Barbican in April 2011. (Tip of the hat to the JJA News Blog for the spot.)

Here is a link to the complete list of the jazz categories

And here's a THOROUGH DISSECTION by NPR's Blog Supreme.