Drew Gress
Drew Gress (* 20th November 1959 in Trenton / New Jersey ) is an American bassist of avant-garde jazz .
Live and act
Gress became known on the New York jazz scene in the mid-1980s . With Phil Haynes , Ellery Eskelin and Paul Smoker he founded the quartet Joint Venture , which released three albums with Enja between 1987 and 1994 . He leads his own quartet Jagged Sky , with which he released his first album as a band leader in 1998 (with Gerry Hemingway, among others ).
In addition, in the late 1990s, Gress formed the trio Paraphrase with Tim Berne and Tom Rainey , with whom he recorded two albums. He has also worked with Erik Friedlander's group Chimera , the Fred Hersch Trio , the Don Byron Quartet and the Dave Douglas String Group as well as a sideman a. a. with Uri Caine , Gerald Cleaver , Ravi Coltrane , Marc Copland , Fred Hersch, John Hollenbeck & The Claudia Quintet , Tony Malaby , Gebhard Ullmann , Janning Trumann and Mat Maneri . In the field of jazz he was involved in 246 recording sessions between 1979 and 2018.
Gress toured Europe, Asia, North, Central and South America and was composer in residence at the University of Colorado and the St. Petersburg Conservatory.
Discography
- Heyday with Dave Binney , Ben Monder , Kenny Wollesen , 1997
- Spin & Drift with Tim Berne, Uri Caine , Tom Rainey , 2000
- 7 Black Butterflies with Ralph Alessi , Tim Berne, Tom Rainey, Craig Taborn , 2003, 2004
- Brewster's Rooster with John Abercrombie , Jack DeJohnette , John Surman , 2009
- Jake Wark, Drew Gress, Phil Haynes : Tremor (Corner Store Jazz, 2016)
Web links
- Drew Gress' homepage
- Drew Gress at Discogs (English)
- Drew Gress at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gress, Drew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American avant-garde jazz bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trenton , New Jersey |