Born: March 16, 1963 Primary Instrument: Trumpet
Greg is an award winning mutiple number 1 on-line jazz chart and top 20 rock/pop/easylistening on-line chart composer, musician and recording artist. He is based in Sydney Australia and performs with most of the top Jazz Bands and Sydney 80's covers band 'Glory Daze'.
From his beginning on Trumpet with Sydney Dixieland Jazz Bands and Swing Big Bands, Greg has gone on to work with most major jazz bands in Sydney including the legendary Ricky May, Bob Barnard and Dave Dallwitz. He has also supported and backed legends such as KC & the Sunshine Band, The Harlem Globetrotters, Jackie Trent & Tony Hatch (Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours....), The Deltones, Doug Parkinson, Brian Cadd, Jackie Love (legs!!!!) etc.
A highlight in Greg's early career was when Sammy Davis Jnr wandered into the bar he was playing with his band and sat in for a memorable “Birth of the Blues”.
After playing trumpet in several top sydney Rock Brass Sections Greg decided to take up guitar and is now performing both jazz and rock guitar under the guidance and mentorship of the 24 Grammy Award winning studio guitarist Carmine D'Amico from Las Vegas via the novel method of webcam!
Greg's compositions in jazz, rock, pop and easy listening genres have won awards in 1998 for the South Pacific International Song Comtest and 2009 with The Song of the year competition. His compositions have also been performed on Film and TV.
Greg has a number of jazz, rock and easy listening albums for sale on-line at most good stores which are selling well internationally. To preview the albums and purchase them on-line go to Greg's official web site albums page and choose your favourite on-line store link:-
http://www.gemusic.com.au/Albums.htm
Awards:
Runner-up award for international songoftheyear.com competition July 2009 Merit Award South Pacific Song Contest 1998 Winner - State Final - Yamaha Music Awards 1982Disclaimer: All About Jazz is not responsible for the accuracy of the discographical data at the website(s) provided. If a link is no longer valid, please contact discography@allaboutjazz.com. Thank you.
