Peter Sprague Quartet
Much has been written about Peter Sprague. My take on him, besides being a world-class jazz guitarist, is that is a caring, giving, supportive human being. I am personally grateful to Peter for encouraging me to establish the Cardiff-By-The-Sea Music and Arts salon to North County San Diego. When I initially and timidly approached him to share my fledgling idea a year prior to the inaugural salon, his eyes lit up. I believe that he saw the possibility of building community around music and the arts in north county before I did – and I felt that he believed in me and my vison and dream. – Hillel Katzeff, Founder, Host and Curator Cardiff-By-The-Sea Music and Arts Salon, 2025.
“Peter is amazing. I have known him for years and have always thought of him as one of the best. A great musician who also happens to be a great guitar player. With Peter I always hear the music first. His amazing touch on the instrument is always present whether on electric or acoustic. The level of precision and discipline he brings to his music is something that he makes seem easy, but is in fact one of the most difficult things a guitarist can be asked to do. He is absolutely masterful at it.”
Pat Metheny, San Diego Troubadour, 2019
“He is a great musician and a good friend…I’ve never found someone who knows my music and knows me well enough to help me.”
Chick Corea
THE ENTERTAINER 1988
“Peter is an amazingly creative artist with a beautiful humanistic viewpoint and lifestyle. He’s definitely a brother on our tacit mission to up lift our environment and spread the joy of creating.”
Chick Corea
San Diego Troubadour, 2019
“The best surfers in the area have been Rick Lasch, Jeff Baldwin, Morgan Wright and Peter Sprague. Peter put so much feeling into his turns; his surfing was like an artistic expression.”
Jim Lischer
Surfer Magazine
February, 2002
“When I was growing up in Del Mar in the early ’70s, there was a group of high schoolers riding 6’3″ stringerless, single-fin, round boards. These guys – Peter Sprague, Tripp Sprague, Paul Rypinski, and Ted Ferris, were all just as smooth and powerful as Wayne Lynch. When these guys showed up, I got out of the water and watched in total amazement.”
Tom Brice
Surfer’s Journal
May, 2000
“In each instance, the four musicians consistently delighted with their deft interplay and spirited soloing. Magnusson, always a marvel, surpassed himself, as did the ever-agile Plank and Sprague, whose guitar work has seldom been so incisive and fiery.”
George Varga
SAN DIEGO UNION 1988
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