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After graduating from Washington State University, jazz trumpet player Greg Duncan started his career in the music industry. He has toured all over North America playing on cruise ships and in Broadway musicals. In 2001 he earned his Masters Degree in Music from the well respected University of North Texas. In 2002/2003 he toured the United States and Japan with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and was a featured composer/arranger as well as featured soloist. His writing also appeared on the Washington State University Jazz Big Band recording of 2003. Duncan currently resides in Chicago where he plays with his own jazz quintet in addition to many other bands. His quintet plays contemporary straight-ahead jazz featuring some of the best young talent in Chicago. They recorded their debut CD ("Unveiled") in 2006 on OA2 Records. Duncan has studied with Joe Magnarelli, Al Hood, Tito Carrillo, and Greg Yasinitsky.

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Greg Duncan: Sound Duality

Read "Sound Duality" reviewed by Troy Dostert


Trumpeter Greg Duncan moved from Chicago to Philadelphia in 2020, and the change of environment brought about more than an altered geography. It gave Duncan the chance to forge some creative partnerships with two new ensembles, both of which are found on Sound Duality. The first, a conventional quartet, utilizes the talents of pianist Tim Brey, bassist Sam Harris, and drummer Anwar Marshall, while the other is an organ trio, with Marshall maintaining the drum duties alongside Duncan and organist ...

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Greg Duncan: Chicago, Barcelona Connections

Read "Chicago, Barcelona Connections" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Trumpeter Greg Duncan's Chicago, Barcelona Connections is a spicy dish with duende to spare, but it's not to be mistaken for generic Latin jazz; this is flamenco jazz in a fairly pure form. The Chicago-based horn man experienced his flamenco awakening during a stay in Spain between 2009 and 2010, and the music on Chicago, Barcelona Connections can be seen as an outgrowth of that sojourn. While Duncan rightly acknowledges the work that piano giant Chick Corea ...

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Sound Duality

New Origins Records
2022

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Chicago, Barcelona...

New Origins Records
2012

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Unveiled

OA2 Records
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Unveiled

From: Unveiled
By Greg Duncan

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