Peter Sprague’s Christmas Eve Concert – CB Plays Jobim

On December 24 at 1pm we present our annual (FREE!) Christmas Eve concert featuring an entourage of spirited and gifted musicians. We’ve been doing this event for 45 years now (can you believe it!) and it’s a mix of great music, super cool friends, family, and new acquaintances. Together we rally in the lofty life of a California Christmas with no snow but tons of good vibes. 

Winter is upon us and all we can think about is the warmth in the southern hemisphere and Antonio Carlos Jobim. The bossa nova is alive and well over here at SpragueLand! Our thought for this holiday concert is to pair Jobim with Charlie Brown, (from “Peanuts” fame), and with this combination we’ve got infinite possibilities to go mental into the aural realm.

The first stop is how jazz, Vince Guaraldi, Charlie Brown, and Christmas music met up and changed the landscape of the holidays. For the better we think and it’ll be a hoot sharing “Christmas Time is Here,” “Christmas is Coming,” and our blues tinged version of Vince’s “Linus and Lucy” with you. Mix in some Jobim classics like “Triste,” “Agua de Beber,” and “The Girl From Ipanema,” and I think we’re geared up for a magical concert.

The band includes some of the best with:

Allison Adams Tucker — vocals
Beth Ross Buckley — flute
Tripp Sprague —sax and flute
Danny Green — piano
Justin Grinnell — bass
Duncan Moore —drums
Peter Sprague — guitar
Fred Benedetti — guitar
Kate Sprague — vocals
The Benedetti’s -vocals

It’s a long lasting tradition of ours to present these shows (it all started in 1978, over 40 years ago!) If you’re so inclined, click here to read a story about the early days in Del Mar when we played our first holiday concert. This article is from the Del Mar Sandpiper Newspaper.

You can bring the whole gang, bring the relatives, meet strangers that are friendly and meet musicians that are strange. This is how we do Christmas in Cali! See you there!