Jazz Articles about Spero

Spero: Acoustic

by Jerry D'Souza
October 14, 2012

Greg Spero is a man of many parts in his approach to the piano. Based in Chicago, he has been involved in the city's adventurous jazz scene, having played with trumpeter Corey Wilkes and bassist Harrison Bankhead. But he goes beyond these boundaries, finding inspiration in hip-hop and electric distortion, which is quite a way from his early influences that included pianist Oscar Peterson and classical composer Igor Stravinsky.This recording is aptly titled, for Spero finds his muse ...