Updated: December 20, 2020
Born: July 19, 1959
Endorsing artist: Selmer Paris saxophones, Gonzalez reeds, Silverstein Works Pro Team
Award-winning composer and performer Chris Greco has followed a path in music of discovery and accumulation. He has composed and performed a broad and diverse range of jazz music, classical chamber, and concert hall music. He draws from the music traditions of the past and the present within the worlds of jazz, non-western music, twentieth century music, American popular music, and the classical repertoire.
As a composer and multi-instrumentalist Greco's development was shaped in Los Angeles. Guided by a broad approach and a searching curiosity, Greco explored a variety of jazz styles, groups, and changing instrumental formats; duo, trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, and large ensembles. He was a significant contributor to the mainstream, modern/post-modern, and mixed-genre jazz culture of Los Angeles in the 80’s and 90’s. The three recording projects on gwsfourwinds records from the 90’s represent his broad view, and the multi-stylistic directions he explored with jazz-based music.
Recognition for his work includes: International Song Competition 2017 Semi-Finalist Jazz Composition Rains and Prayers, International Song Competition 2014 Finalist / Honorable Mention Jazz Composition The Open Door, ASCAPlus Awards 2002-2013 concert music and popular music, Trane Of Thought 2013 CD - CMJ Top 50 Jazz Albums 2013, Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2013 Finalist Jazz Composition “Oliver,” International Song Competition 2013 Semi-Finalist Jazz Composition “Oliver,” Hollywood Music in Media Award Best Jazz Award 2012 “Maia,” International Song Competition 2012 Semi-Finalist Jazz Composition “Messages,” Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2011 Finalist Jazz Composition Merope.
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July 18, 2014
Chris Greco - Standards, Vol. 1 - 2014 CD Release
October 09, 2013
Chris Greco - Nominee - Hollywood Music In Media Awards 2013
November 17, 2012
Chris Greco - Best Jazz "Maia" - Hollywood Music In Media Awards 2012
October 05, 2012
Chris Greco - Nominee - Hollywood Music In Media Awards 2012
February 22, 2012
Kansas Jazz Collective with Chris Greco at Benedictine College on March...
October 13, 2011
Chris Greco - Nominee - Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2011
September 10, 2010
Kansas Jazz Collective at Benedictine College on September 29, 2010
September 08, 2010
August 13, 2010
Kansas Jazz Collective at Benedictine College (Atchison, KS) on...
January 17, 2010
Standards, Vol. 1, y'all, is the sort of crazy, too hip, freaky, whoa-
listen-to-
THAT, jazz-plus material that got me so hip to Dave Liebman, Paul Motian,
and
other world class hipsters back when I was discovering not only ECM but
also
Brubeck, Miles, Weather Report, and all the rest of the cats who still have
my
brain jangled....Greco interprets classic jazz numbers in a way that makes
you
think he wrote 'em, and he grabs straight-ahead by the throat, jumps on its
back
and makes it dance, which is EXACTLY what ears like mine are forever
athirst
for. FAME Review, Mark S
Primary Instrument
Woodwinds
Location
Kansas City
Credentials/Background
D.M.A., Performance (UCLA)
M.A., Music Composition
B.A., Music
Contact by email for availability and rates.
Christopher J. Greco, DMA
Professor of Music
Benedictine College
1020 N. Second Street
Atchison, KS 66002
Office (913) 360-7599
E-mail: [email protected]
Courses Taught
Music theory, coordinator
Music composition, coordinator
Orchestration
Counterpoint
Seminar in Composition
Studio Woodwinds (flute, clarinet, oboe, saxophone)
Chamber music
History of Jazz (summer online)