SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 2nd
We are incredibly honored to have
The Eclectic jazz Guitarist
PETER SPRAGUE
with his project 'PLANET COLE PORTER'
along with vocalist REBECCA JADE
hear Planet Cole Porter on youtube!
Planet Cole Porter
Peter Sprague takes hold of the classic songs of Cole Porter and presents them in a new color of samba, funk, salsa, and jazz. “Just One of Those Things” swinging fast and morphing over to funk, “Love For Sale” taking a trip to Cuba, “Night and Day” arcing with the moon in Brazil, “I Get a Kick Out of You” heavily influenced by Eddie Harris’ “Freedom Jazz Dance” and...
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SATURDAY - SEPTEMBER 2nd
We are incredibly honored to have
The Eclectic jazz Guitarist
PETER SPRAGUE
with his project 'PLANET COLE PORTER'
along with vocalist REBECCA JADE
hear Planet Cole Porter on youtube!
Planet Cole Porter
Peter Sprague takes hold of the classic songs of Cole Porter and presents them in a new color of samba, funk, salsa, and jazz. “Just One of Those Things” swinging fast and morphing over to funk, “Love For Sale” taking a trip to Cuba, “Night and Day” arcing with the moon in Brazil, “I Get a Kick Out of You” heavily influenced by Eddie Harris’ “Freedom Jazz Dance” and
“Every Time We Say Goodbye” nice and gentle just as Cole intended it to be.
The band includes some of the best with Rebecca Jade on vocals, Tripp Sprague on sax and flute, Gunnar Biggs on bass, Duncan Moore on drums, and Peter Sprague on guitar.
“As a jazz lover, I have sat front row to see greats such as Joe Pass, Joe Diorio, Anthony Wilson, and Pat Metheny. For those of you who don’t realize this already, Peter Sprague has a place right up there with great jazz guitarists of our time. More than just his instrumental and improvisational prowess, Sprague is a writer-composer of positively world-class abilities. Taking It All In, his latest release, is a wonderful and inspiring snapshot of the essence of Peter Sprague, the composer, musician, and human being.”
Craig Yerkes - San Diego Troubadour
At the age of 20 Peter started recording his own albums on the Concord Jazz and Xanadu record labels. He has been a guest artist on many other records and performed and toured with Chick Corea, Hubert Laws, Dianne Reeves, David Benoit, Sergio Mendes and many others. On his debut with the Chick Corea band for a series of concerts at Disneyland noted Los Angeles Times jazz critic wrote in a review the following day "Peter Sprague is one of the emergent great guitarists." Peter also worked with Chick on the film score to the movie The Cat Chasers, starring actress Kelly McGillis.
Peter was involved with the legendary record label GRP Records on a number of projects. He arranged Chick Corea's song "Spain" for the GRP All-Star Big Band record and video. This performance featured Randy Brecker, Lee Ritenour, Dave Weckl, Ernie Watts among many other jazz legends. Peter was featured on David Benoit's GRP releases Letter To Evan and Shaken, Not Stirred. Also on GRP Records, Sprague played on Eric Marienthal’s recording One Touch featuring Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, Alex Acuna, and Ivan Lins.
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