THE CHRISTINE SPERO GROUP:

Christine is the Winner of the 2004 USA  Songwriting Competition/Jazz Category and is a pianist,singer-songwriter whose N.Y. group performs her vibrant, multi-faceted vocal and instrumental material that fuses styles and rhythms of Brazilian/Latin with Pop and Jazz. So energetic, soulful and spicy! 

This evening The Christine Spero Group is celebrating the release of their new CD, "My Spanish Dream" available now at CD Baby

She is the Winner of the 2004 USA Songwriting Competition in the Jazz category for her song, "He Wasn't Always That Way" and Finalist with "Caribbean Nights" in 2002. Her piece "Therapy" has been published by Wild Whirled Music for use in film and television. The group was a semi-finalist in the Discmakers Northeast 2006 Independent Music World Series.

The Christine Spero Group was one of the headliners at The Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz in July 2006 and will be returning in the summer of 2008. They will be opening for Blood, Sweat and Tears and The Charlie Daniels Band at Harborfest July 2007! They have opened for such notables as:
Kim Waters, Walter Beasley, Ray Vega, Bobby Matos, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Steve Davis, Clark Terry, Mike Phillips (from Prince), and pop icon of the 60's and 70's, Melanie. Christine has performed on Time Warner Cable's "Poughkeepsie LIVE!" and has been written about in USA Today, Billboard, Jazz Times, Keyboard and Recording Magazines, and ASCAP Playback.

Each one of Christine's pieces is a unique vehicle for creative improvisation.  Add to that her evocative, soulful singing and you've got a smooth runway for the piano, saxophone, bass, drums and percussion to take off! 

Christine is the granddaughter of Swedish classical pianists. She recorded her first songs on RCA as a teen, then moved from New York to San Francisco to further study music and botany. She was a member of Bob Braye's Peace and Rhythm Unit.  Her eclectic and personal style of composing was influenced by many classical and jazz musicians. She has performed with her own quartets and sextets over the years and now lives in the Catskill Mountains of New York, where she continues to write, record, and perform with her band. 

Saxophonist, percussionist and producer Elliot Spero founded his own ensembles in San Francisco and opened for Bobby McFarrin in the Bay Area. He engineered and produced Christine's CD's, "We Call It Music" and  "My Spanish Dream" and owns a recording studio in New York.