Kyle Gregory
J. Kyle Gregory (* 1962 in Indianapolis ) is an American jazz musician of the modern creative ( trumpet , composition ).
Live and act
Gregory, who grew up in Bloomington , studied classical trumpet and jazz trumpet at the Berklee School of Music , then at Indiana University and the University of Northern Colorado . In 1990 he received a Fulbright grant from the American government for his research on musical training for improvisation in Hungary; He received his doctorate in 1995. He leads his own quintet / sextet and has performed with JJ Johnson , Paul Motian , Dianne Reeves , Bob Mintzer , the Mingus Dynasty , The Spinners ,The Temptations and Liza Minnelli . From 2002 to 2015 he was a member of Riccardo Brazzale's Lydian Sound Orchestra , with whom he toured internationally and made numerous albums; He was also a member of the Meshuge Klezmer Band , the groups of Robert Bonisolo and Luca Boscagin, Sing Without Words and the Unscientific Italians .
From 1992 to 1997 he was a professor at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. Then he taught at the Conservatory of Trento . Since 2016 he has been leading the jazz course and brass training at the Academy for Contemporary Music in Beijing.
Discographic notes
- Roberto Dani , Michel Godard , Kyle Gregory Interferences (Velut Luna 2001)
- Sing Without Words Notturno (Splasc (h) 2006, with Paolo Birro , Roberto Dani and Salvatore Maiore)
- Peo Alfonsi / Gabriele Mirabassi / Kyle Gregory / Salvatore Maiore / Antonio Mambelli Itaca (Egea 2009)
- Paolo Birro / J Kyle Gregory Sometimes I Wonder: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael (Caligola 2013)
Web links
- Web presence
- Kyle Gregory at Allmusic (English)
- Discogs
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gregory, Kyle |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gregory, J Kyle |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (trumpet, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Indianapolis |