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Peter Sprague String Consort: Dr. Einstein's Spin
by Robert Bush
Composer/guitarist Peter Sprague isn't well-known, but there are few musicians operating at his level; he counts pianist Chick Corea, bassist Charlie Haden and fellow six-stringer Pat Metheny among his enthusiastic supporters.One of his ongoing projects, The Peter Sprague String Consort, represents a true marriage of jazz trio with string quartet, and the ensemble is back after 2009's The Wild Blue (SBE, 2010) with Dr. Einstein's Spin, which was in part commissioned by Chamber Music America's New Jazz Works ...
read moreGeoffrey Keezer / Peter Sprague Band: Mill Creek Road
by Robert Bush
Geoffrey Keezer / Peter Sprague BandMill Creek RoadSBE Records2011 Pianist Geoffrey Keezer and guitarist Peter Sprague have combined their considerable musical forces in forming this band, the first fruits of which are available now as Mill Creek Road on Sprague's own SBE Records. They are joined in this effort by the up and coming Los Angeles double bass virtuoso Hamilton Price and the ubiquitous Duncan Moore on drums for this (mostly) quartet ...
read moreJennifer Lee: Quiet Joy
by Edward Blanco
The field of female jazz vocalists continues to swell with a plethora of new material overflowing the market as productions continue to be released daily. Against this backdrop lies a select number of extraordinarily superb recordings, such as Jennifer Lee's Quiet Joy which, clearly belong in the top echelon of today's jazz vocals. To emphasize the point that Lee is no ordinary vocalist, the San Francisco Bay Area resident not only provides--as Lee Hildenbrand of the San Francisco ...
read moreJennifer Lee: J-Walkin'
by Michael P. Gladstone
From the first note of this debut album, one can't help but be smitten with the charm and delivery of this San Francisco-based singer. I would expect that such an effort would be worthy of a jazz chanteuse on the order of Susannah McCorkle or another San Fran singer, Weslia Whitfield. The album was produced by guitarist Peter Sprague, a personal favorite during the late '70s and '80s. I wasn't surprised to find seven Sprague albums in my collection on ...
read moreJennifer Lee: J-Walkin'
by Dan McClenaghan
Listen. What grabs you about Jennifer Lee's artistic approach is her self-assured genuineness. The vocalist's debut CD, J-Walkin' leaves a strong impression of lack of pretense--what you're hearing is the real Jennifer Lee. And in a female jazz vocalist in a field packed with talent, Ms. Lee is the real thing. Her complete vocal control is part of her appeal; a control that doesn't lend a constrainted or stiff feeling to her music, but rather gives it the ...
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