Greg Glassman

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Greg Glassman (* 1977 in Queens , New York City ) is an American modern jazz musician ( trumpet , composition ) .

Live and act

Glassman grew up in the Hudson Valley; At the age of four he learned the piano, at ten he began to play the trumpet. He received his Bachelor of Arts in jazz trumpet and African-American music from Oberlin College . At the age of 17 he started working as a professional musician, initially in salsa and merengue bands in Cleveland. In the Cleveland / Detroit area he also played with jazz musicians such as Greg Bandy and Marcus Belgrave . Since then he has also worked with his own bands, for which he also composes. He has lived in New York City since 1998, where he worked with musicians such as Roswell Rudd , Eric Person , Sherman Irby , John Esposito , Frank Lacy , Sheila Jordan , Wynton Marsalis , Mulgrew Miller , Jimmy Heath and Bryan Carrott . The first recordings were made in 1999/2000 with Chris Bergson ( Wait for Spring ). In 1999 he was involved as composer, arranger and producer on Jane Monheit's album The Perfect Matccal . In 2000 he obtained a Master of Arts in jazz music from Queens College , where he studied with Michael Mossman , Roland Hanna , and Antonio Hart . He also worked with the band The Skatalites , which combines bebop , rhythm & blues with ska and reggae music from the 1960s. In the field of jazz he was involved in 13 recording sessions between 1999 and 2014. Currently (2019) he leads his own quintet, which includes Stacy Dillard , Jeremy Manasia , Joseph Lepore (bass) and Jason Brown (drums).

Glassman teaches jazz trumpet as adjunct professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz and teaches classes at Queens College.

Discographic notes

  • Onward and Upward (Soliuna, 2001), with Donald Walden , Bryan Carrott, Dave Pier , Danton Boller, Quincy Davis
  • Greg Glassman / Stacy Dillard Quintet: Live at Fat Cat (2014), with Jeremy Manasia, Joe Lepore, Jason Brown

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Greg Glassman. Jazz Composers Series, June 21, 2014, accessed May 6, 2019 .
  2. ^ A b c Greg Glassman. Smalls, May 1, 2019, accessed May 6, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed May 6, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Glassman, Greg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (trumpet)
DATE OF BIRTH 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Queens , New York City