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Phil
DeGreg began playing the piano in his childhood and now performs as a
jazz pianist internationally. His earliest jazz influences were Bud
Powell and Bill Evans, but he is accomplished and comfortable in a wide
range of jazz styles, ranging from mainstream to bebop to Brazilian
jazz. His versatility has led to professional performances with dozens
of internationally recognized jazz artists, as well as leading and
recording with his own groups. Phil DeGreg has released nine recordings
as a leader and has been recorded as a sideman on many other jazz
projects. He is also featured with J.J. Johnson on the video "J.J.
Johnson Live in Concert." His most recent recorded project is a piano
trio recording “Down the Middle” featuring drummer Joe LaBarbera and
bassist Tom Warrington.
A native of Cincinnati, Phil completed a degree in
psychology from Yale University before becoming a professional musician.
After three years working and studying music in Kansas City, he finished
a masters degree at University of North Texas, and subsequently toured
the world for a year with Woody Herman's Thundering Herd. Later he was
the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts grants. He was
named one of the 10 finalists in Jazziz Magazine's 1995 "Keyboardists on
Fire" competition, and was a 1996 finalist in the Great American Jazz
Piano Competition. For the last 16 years, he has served as the house
pianist at Cincinnati's famous
Blue Wisp Jazz Club,
accompanying visiting artists on weekends. His jazz festival appearances
include the North Sea, Pori, Monterey, Montreux, Brecon, Wigan, and
Elkhart Jazz Festivals. Phil has performed in clubs and concerts
throughout the United States, and in the United Kingdom, France,
Denmark, Germany, Italy, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Brazil.
Phil considers music to be a gift and is dedicated to
sharing his love of jazz through teaching. He is currently Professor of
Jazz Studies at the
University of
Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music,
where he teaches jazz theory, arranging, piano, and ensembles. He has
taught for the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops (since 1982), the
UK Jazzwise Jazz Camps (since 1996) and has served on the faculty of the
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, the Miami Valley Summer Jazz Workshops, and
the Jim Widner Jazz Camps. He has appeared as a visiting
artist/clinician at colleges and high schools throughout the U.S.,
Europe, Central and South America. Phil has presented
lecture/demonstrations to the International Association of Jazz
Educators, the National Group Piano Teachers Association, the Ohio Music
Educator's Association, the Ohio Music Teachers Association, and the
Music Teachers National Association, and has published articles for Jazz
Player Magazine. In 1995 he published "Jazz
Keyboard Harmony," a chord voicing method written for
non-pianists and beginning jazz pianists, which is now used at
universities in the U.S. and Europe. More info on the book
here!
Phil was recently awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to
lecture about jazz in Brazil, which he will do for three months in the
spring of 2008.
Jazz artists who have performed with Phil!
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Greg Abate
Woody Herman
Rufus Reid
Jamey Aebersold
Conrad Herwig
Kim Richmond
Eric Alexander
Gary Hobbs
Barry Ries
Rusty Bryant
Dave Liebman
Ed Soph
Gary Campbell
Joe Lovano
Martin Speake
Gary Carney
Paul McKee
Byron Stripling
Everett Greene
Rich Perry
Jack Wilkins
Scott Hamilton |
Bob Belden
Javon Jackson
Tim Ries
Roni Ben-Hur
Carter Jefferson
Claudio Roditi
Chuck Berry
Clay Jenkins
Jim Rotundi
Dave Cliff
Don Menza
Ira Sullivan
Jerry Coker
Ron McCroby
Frank Tiberi
Richie Cole
Billy Mitchell
Stanley Turrentine
Bill Perkins
Jim Widner Big Band
Slide Hampton
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Gene Bertoncini
J.J. Johnson
Harvie S
Blue Wisp Big Band
Randy Johnston
Maria Schneider
David Baker
Sheila Jordan
Lynn Seaton
Cal Collins
Bill Mobley
Warren Vaché
Junior Cook
James Moody
Ray Vega
John Fedchock
Mark Murphy
John Von Ohlen
Dave Pietro
Eddie Harris
Boots Randolph
Ralph Peterson |
Don Braden
Ken Karsh
Bobby Shew
Joshua Breakstone
Paul Keller
Zoot Simms
Nick Brignola
John LaBarbera
Jim Snidero
Carl Fontana
Sal Nistico
Jim Walker
Maurizio Giammarco
Jimmy Owens
Bobby Watson
Dizzy Gillespie
Ken Peplowski
Jiggs Whigham
Brad Goode
Billy Hart
Nelson Rangel |
Phil DeGreg CD's
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