1. Peter Tripp Sprague was born on October 11,1955 and is an American jazz guitarist, record producer, and audio engineer.
18 Facts About Peter Sprague
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Peter Sprague owns SpragueLand Studios and the label SBE Records.
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Peter Sprague invented a twin-neck guitar with one neck from a classical guitar and one from a steel-string acoustic guitar.
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Peter Sprague has produced or played on more than 190 recordings.
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Peter Sprague has published music books, several of which are his transcriptions of his music, and has transcribed songbooks for Chick Corea.
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Peter Sprague composed and performed a guitar concerto with the Grossmont Symphony Orchestra in May 2000 and with the San Diego Symphony in May 2002, and performed a number of times at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.
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Peter Sprague has toured in Europe and Japan with vocalist Dianne Reeves.
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Peter Sprague has taught at the Musicians Institute, California Institute of the Arts, and the jazz camp of University of California, San Diego.
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Peter Sprague's family moved frequently, settling in 1961 in Del Mar, California, where he fell in love with surfing.
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Peter Sprague formed the Minor Jazz Quintet with his brother Tripp and three other musicians.
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Peter Sprague attended San Dieguito High School in Encinitas and Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan.
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Peter Sprague received some lessons from Pat Metheny, who he considers his hero.
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Peter Sprague returned home to Del Mar in 1978 and formed the Dance of the Universe Orchestra with Tripp, John Leftwich, Kelly Jacoy, and Kevyn Lettau.
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Peter Sprague plays in the band Blurring the Edges with his brother Tripp on saxophone and flute, and his father, Hall Sprague, on percussion.
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Peter Sprague has worked with pianist Geoffrey Keezer and vocalist Dianne Reeves; with the San Diego Symphony he performed his guitar concerto.
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Peter Sprague started the record label SBE, an acronym for "striving to break even".
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In 1985 Peter Sprague accepted teaching positions at both the Musicians Institute and the California Institute of the Arts and for three years taught students from all over the world.
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Peter Sprague then drew on the many transcriptions he'd made for himself over the years to publish several songbooks of both his own solos and the solos of some of his favorite other jazz musicians.