Milton + esperanza, the latter Spalding’s August reveal, ranks among the bassist‘s best. At one with Brazilian pioneer Milton Nascimento, 82, the inveterate adventurist, 40, co-crafts a moment of stunning liberation – firmly jazz, Latin, and even Lennon-esque (an exquisite cover of “A Day in the Life”). Billing this performance as two musicians, a pair of dancers, and a tour through her eight LPs, the Portland, Oregonian might even sample ATX. Both Chamber Music Society (2010) and Radio Music Society (2012) manifested at a piano in her Travis Heights home when she briefly HQ’d here in the decade previous to those works.– Raoul Hernandez
