SINNE EEG AND PETER SPRAGUE
It’s been 11 years since leading Danish jazz singer Sinne Eeg made her San Diego debut with noted Encinitas guitarist Peter Sprague. Sprague learned about Eeg from former San Diego pianist Butch Lacy, who had moved to Dennmark and did all of the string arrangements on Eeg’s sixth album, 2012’s beguiling “The Beauty of Sadness.”A 2003 graduate of Denmark’s Music Conservatory of West Jutland, Eeg has made five more albums since her first San Diego concert with Sprague. The latest, “Staying in Touch,” is a duo recording with the excellent bassist Thomas Fonnesbaek. It is their second album together. It is also one of the few that come to mind that feature only a vocalist and a bassist. But “only” is a misnomer. The skill and imagination Fonnesbaek and Eeg bring to “Staying in Touch” is formidable. So are their enchanting versions of Thelonious Monk’s “Round Midnight,” Joni Mitchell’s “The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines,” Dave Brubeck’s Paul Desmondpenned classic “Take Five,” and such chestnuts as “Just One of Those Things” and “How Deep Is the Ocean?” Eeg’s most recent San Diego concert was in 2022. It teamed her with Los Angeles pianist Josh Nelson and guitarist Larry Koonse, a periodic musical partner of Sprague’s. For her performance here this weekend, Eeg will be accompanied by Sprague, pianist Danny Green, bassist Mackenzie Leighton and ace drummer Duncan Moore. Arrive early to get a seat — admission is free. 5 p.m. Sunday. Tio Leo’s, 5302 Napa St., Bay Park. Free. (619) 542-1462, tioleos.com/music