The Peter Sprague String Consort The Wild Blue SBE Records 2009 Guitarist/composer Peter Sprague isn't nearly as well known outside serious musician circles as he should be. Maybe his international profile will be raised since he's been touring with vocalist Dianne Reeves. Twenty-three years ago, in 1987, bassist Charlie Haden asked his good friend, guitarist Pat Metheny to join a quartet he was putting together. Metheny was reluctant to move to the West Coast, so he recommended Sprague as an able substitute. Sadly, this group never recorded. For a guitarist to get an endorsement like that from Metheny tells you something about what an undiscovered treasure Sprague is. He hasn't had much down time since that recommendation either--he continues to evolve and experiment in many different projects and groups, and even started his own record label, SBE Records several years ago...