Even before Christine Spero began recording with her dynamic quartet, she was earning numerous accolades for her melodic, emotionally powerful and soulful songwriting and was Winner of the USA Songwriting Competition/Jazz category with her song,"He Wasn't Always That Way."
Christine Spero was also a finalist with "Caribbean Nights," a festive tropical celebration that typifies the joyful exotica that drives her second recording, "My Spanish Dream," a rich Brazilian/Latin/world fusion offering that dances blithely between pop and jazz. The project was produced by her husband, Elliot Spero, who does multiple duties on soprano and tenor saxes as well as percussion.
Each one of Christine Spero'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 classical and silent movie pianists. She recorded her first songs and some by Neil Sedaka with Don Kirschner 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. He engineered and produced Christine's CD's, "We Call It Music" and "My Spanish Dream" and owns a recording studio in New York.
The Christine Spero group has shared the stage with Kevin Eubanks. Doc Gibbs, Blood Sweat and Tears, Kim Waters, Walter Beasley, Ray Vega, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Mike Phillips, Bobby Mattos, and Melanie.
