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Steve Spiegl

The L.A. Sessions at Capitol Studios

By Steve Spiegl

Label: Sorcerer
Released: 2020
Track listing: All the Things You Are; Gardens of Cordoba; Ave Maria; Penna Tiranna; Benedetta Suite; Parsifal; Tosca; Cartagena Night; Turandot.

Vanessa Perica: Love is a Temporary Madness

by Jack Bowers
December 28, 2020

Even as the year 2020 has slid ignobly into the dustbin of history, music-lovers have been buoyed by a number of encouraging signs that the future of big-band jazz is in capable hands. While splendid recordings by old hands Mike Barone, Steve Spiegl, Mark Masters and Maria Schneider have helped keep the flame burning brightly, their ...

Jack Bowers' Best Releases Of 2020

by Jack Bowers
December 21, 2020

Given the angst and turmoil of this most unusual year, I wasn't expecting much in terms of quantity or quality of jazz recordings. Surprise! As it turns out, 2020 was a banner year with a large number of superlative albums regularly arriving for review. A dozen of the best I've heard are named here, and the ...

The Steve Spiegl Big Band: The L.A. Sessions at Capitol Studios

by Jack Bowers
November 19, 2020

Almost every Monday morning for the past fifty years, composer-arranger Steve Spiegl convened his Los Angeles-based big band for a rehearsal session, assembling, for most of that time, at the Musicians Union in Hollywood and, more recently, at its new home in Burbank. When Spiegl decided in 2019 to pull up stakes and move northward to ...

Hey, George Frazier—I’m 10 Years Old Over Here

by Brian Dunn
September 27, 2015

I went a little crazy when I discovered jazz as an 8-year-old kid. I already played trumpet in the school band, but none of that music swung. My ears begged for something with more energy and urgency. The family record collection was of little help. We owned precisely five albums, the jazziest of which was Herb ...

Enigma

By Steve Spiegl

Label: Sorcerer
Released: 2001
Track listing: Johannes; Memories of Cynthia; Carnival; Nothing Good Happens Fast; Sinfonia No. 3 in D Major; Berceuse for Mallory; Prelude; Epilogue; Enigma Variation No. 9 (63:59).

The Steve Spiegl Big Band: Enigma

by Jack Bowers
February 1, 2001

Steve Spiegl is a thoughtful — and thought–provoking — big–band composer / arranger / leader with a modus operandi all his own. There aren’t many who can draw on the works of such diverse composers as J.S. Bach, Johannes Brahms, Alexander Scriabin and Sir Edward Elgar to fashion Jazz compositions that are not only accessible but ...

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By Steve Spiegl

Label: hat ART
Released: 1979