Christine Spero Group

The Summer Square Concert Series is a free, outdoor event at 6 PM Saturday nights June - September in front of the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall.

Even before Christine Spero began recording with her dynamic quartet, she earned numerous accolades for her melodic, emotionally powerful and soulful songwriting. She was Winner of the USA Songwriting Competition (Jazz category) with her song, "He Wasn't Always That Way", and was a finalist with "Caribbean Nights", a festive tropical celebration that typifies the joyful exotica that drives her second recording, "My Spanish Dream".

"My Spanish Dream" is a rich Brazilian/Latin/world fusion offering that dances blithely between pop and jazz and highlights Spero's love for lush vocal harmonies. The project was produced by Elliot Spero, who does multiple duties on soprano and tenor saxes as well as percussion. The recording highlights her instrumental, vocal, and lyrical talents. Flashes of Bebel Gilberto, Gloria Estefan, Laura Nyro and Eliane Elias appear in her vocals, and her piano and keyboard artistry shines through.

The group consists of:
- Scott Petito, bass
- Peter O'Brien, drums
- Elliot Spero, saxophone and percussion

Christine and the group have been written about in:
- USA Today
- Billboard
- JazzTimes
- JAZZIZ
- Keyboard and Recording magazines
- Time Out New York
- The Village Voice
- ASCAP Playback.