"New Playground" is now available on Bandcamp (us)
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Honored and proud to be featured in NPR 13th Annual Jazz Critics Poll (2018) - Fier et Honoré de fig
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STEPHANE SPIRA "NEW PLAYGROUND" QUARTET @ JAZZ AT KITANO - 1/23/2019 @ 8PM
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"Peter's Run" from album "New Playground" selected among All About Jazz Top
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"Excellent new jazz inspirations Stéphane Spira – New Playground" - Contemporary Fusion Re
Excellent new jazz inspirations Stéphane Spira – NEW PLAYGROUND: Stéphane’s marvelous soprano saxophone artistry is wonderfully complimented by Joshua Richman on piano & Fender Rhodes; Steve Wood playing bass and Jimmy Macbride’s superb drums… What I noticed when listening through the album the first time is the absolute precision of the recording… you’ll hear what I mean (right away) when you listen to tunes like the beautiful “New York Windows“… not only is the song ultra-
Stéphane Spira "New Playground" 3 Concerts from New York City to Paris!
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"Spira invests his soprano with individual style accenting its intimately vocalic nature"
New Playground Stephane Spira (Spirajazz) by Donald Elfman New Playground is romantic music in the best and most lovely sense of the word. Saxophonist Stephane Spira, a French-born saxophonist now living in New York, offers a spirited and appealing program of originals reflecting a personal sense of love, of family, of parenthood (Spira became a father for the first time at age 51) and, naturally, of music. This recording is lyrical and sweet but never sappy. Spira invests hi
"New Playground" flying on Air France Jazz Playlist !
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"I’ve heard a great many soprano saxists in recent years,but none who play the instrument with
Stéphane Spira is a self-taught musician. He pursued an engineering degree, spent some time as an engineer in Saudi Arabia, then headed back to his hometown of Paris to pursue music full-time. Quite an interesting background! A traditionalist, Spira’s music and playing are both very centrist in style, but great fun to listen to. He is not, however, so much a swing or hard bop player as sort of a ‘60s cool-school sort of guy, and his compositions employ several of the traits o
"You will love the sound and the feel after just 4 measures!" Music Man Blog
Saxophonist and Composer Stephane Spira's success has not come easily or quickly. Stephane is self-taught while also pursuing an engineering degree. He worked as an engineer in Saudi Arabia and then in the 1990s he headed back to his hometown of Paris to pursue music full time. After 15 years of playing in Paris clubs and recording two albums, Spira decided to make a major life change by moving to New York City and start over. Rather than finding rejection in the sometim
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