"Gig for gig, Gregg Gelb may have been the busiest jazz musician in central North Carolina for the last 20 years. Gelb is, by example, an advocate for the music." Owen Cordle, Raleigh News and Observer
"Saxophonist Gregg Gelb is one of central North Carolina's best known jazz musicians." Roger Mullen, Fayetteville Observer
Band leader, saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, educator and both a jazz musician and classical musician, Gregg is founder and director of the Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Society, director of the Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble and co-founder and player with the NC Jazz Repertory Orchestra. He is the recipient of a 1997-1998 Jazz Composer Fellowship from the N.C. Arts Council, has been a visiting artist in the N.C. community colleges and has taught music in universities and public schools in North and South Carolina. He holds a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music, a Master of Music from the UNC School of the Arts and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from UNC Greensboro
"The North Carolina Symphony demonstrated its versatility by presenting a New Years’ Eve program considerably different than the various evenings I have attended over recent years, “It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got That Swing,” by Ellington, got the evening off to a rousing start, with standout solos from the piano (Karl Moraski) and alto sax (Gregg Gelb). Gelb turned up the energy immediately, with the first of a series of burning solos enlivening the evening."
By Tom Moore, The Classical Voice of North Carolina Jan. 1, 2013 - Raleigh, NC:
Hi Gregg - BRAVO to you for your superb job negotiating and finessing the big solo in the Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances. I've never heard it more beautifully played, both technically and spiritually. Many thanks!
Bill Curry (William Henry Curry, Associate Conductor of the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra)
"Saxophonist Gregg Gelb is one of central North Carolina's best known jazz musicians." Roger Mullen, Fayetteville Observer
Band leader, saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, educator and both a jazz musician and classical musician, Gregg is founder and director of the Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Society, director of the Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble and co-founder and player with the NC Jazz Repertory Orchestra. He is the recipient of a 1997-1998 Jazz Composer Fellowship from the N.C. Arts Council, has been a visiting artist in the N.C. community colleges and has taught music in universities and public schools in North and South Carolina. He holds a Bachelor of Music from Berklee College of Music, a Master of Music from the UNC School of the Arts and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from UNC Greensboro
"The North Carolina Symphony demonstrated its versatility by presenting a New Years’ Eve program considerably different than the various evenings I have attended over recent years, “It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got That Swing,” by Ellington, got the evening off to a rousing start, with standout solos from the piano (Karl Moraski) and alto sax (Gregg Gelb). Gelb turned up the energy immediately, with the first of a series of burning solos enlivening the evening."
By Tom Moore, The Classical Voice of North Carolina Jan. 1, 2013 - Raleigh, NC:
Hi Gregg - BRAVO to you for your superb job negotiating and finessing the big solo in the Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances. I've never heard it more beautifully played, both technically and spiritually. Many thanks!
Bill Curry (William Henry Curry, Associate Conductor of the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra)
The Gregg Gelb Jazz Quartet performing 3 tunes from their CD, Breakaway.
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Big Change's Comin'
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Boppin to the Mambo
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Summer Haze
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"With "Breakaway" (MG Records), Gelb cuts to the heart of his experience - a quartet blowing session with seven of his original compositions. Most of the tunes are singable, and Gelb offers warm-toned improvisation on each. His solos balance lyricism and fluid double -time passages. His rhythmic feeling is straight-ahead and swinging."
Owen Cordle, Raleigh News and Observer
Owen Cordle, Raleigh News and Observer
Gregg Gelb Swing Band: an eight-piece band that plays swing and big band as well as contemporary popular tunes
"..This is the best small group I've heard... These arrangements are exciting listening. While the soloists are all good, and Kathy is special on the vocals, the ensemble passages are true team work."
Larry Roatt, WOBO, Cincinnati, OH "Undecided," by the GGSB with Kathy Gelb on vocals
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Performing live at a North Carolina Symphony Concert
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Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra: 18 - 20 piece Jazz Orchestra
Gregg is Founder/Director of this 20 piece Big Band. Beside playing for concerts and dances the mission of the Heart of Carolina Jazz Society and Orchestra is to promote and increase public knowledge and understanding of jazz through performance and educational activities. Performances have featured Steve Turre, Sonny Fortune, Byron Stripling, Renee Marie, Joe Chambers, Marlene VerPlanck, Nnenna Freelon, Valery Ponomarev, Bud Shank, Fred Wesley, Stephanie Nakasian, Hod O’Brien, Jon Metzger, Eve Cornelious, Melva Houston, Stanley Jordan, Dave Valentin and many others. Next season's Guest Artists include Virginia Mayhew, and Yolanda Rubin. click here for more info about the 2012-13 season.
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Click to the right for Little Minor Booze from The Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra's CD, Jazz Encounters, with solo alto sax by Gregg, solo trumpet by Rob Hill, solo guitar by Fred Brush
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LA FIESTA LATIN/JAZZ ENSEMBLES - 7 - 12 piece Latin Jazz Ensemble
Plays arrangements by Gregg and features top local percussionists such as
Ramon Ortiz, Nelson Delgado, Pako Santiago, Guillo Carias on trumpet. |
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NEW BAND: The Second Line Stompers
The Second Line Stompers is my new group and we play traditional New Orleans Early Jazz. It's a exciting group!
Greg Cagle, cornet and vocals
Dave Wright, trombone and vocals
Gregg Gelb, clarinet
Steve Wing, piano and vocals
George Knott, bass and tuba
Dave Albert, drums
Greg Cagle, cornet and vocals
Dave Wright, trombone and vocals
Gregg Gelb, clarinet
Steve Wing, piano and vocals
George Knott, bass and tuba
Dave Albert, drums
Recently I had some exciting jazz performances and have I have many coming up. I played the Art Pepper role in the band Quintessence in their performance of music arranged for Art Pepper by Marty Paich at the Broad Street Cafe on March 17; The Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble, which I direct, was recently given a top award at the UNC-Chapel Hill Jazz Festival and they performed at Chavis Park on March 8. They have upcoming shows at Ravenscroft on April 14, the NC Museum of History on May 12 and with the Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra, along with Kathy and Chris Gelb, at the Second Annual Uncle Paul Montgomery Father's Day Jazz Concert at the Raleigh Rose Garden on June 17th. Two special featured artists at this concert will be Educator and Saxophonist Dr. Ron Carter and his daughter, Demetria who is a vocal student at North Carolina Central Univ. My jazz combos are performing in downtown Raleigh at Solas and C. Grace, plus continuing their once a month show at the Flame in Sanford.
This year I am am teaching woodwinds at Fayetteville State University, St. Augustine's College and Woods Charter School and Jazz History online at Central Carolina Community College. I am on the faculty for the UNC - Chapel Hill Summer Jazz Workshop http://music.unc.edu/summerjazzworkshop
And the Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble begins its 2013 summer session on June 9. CLICK HERE for the registration form on the teaching page.
This year I am am teaching woodwinds at Fayetteville State University, St. Augustine's College and Woods Charter School and Jazz History online at Central Carolina Community College. I am on the faculty for the UNC - Chapel Hill Summer Jazz Workshop http://music.unc.edu/summerjazzworkshop
And the Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble begins its 2013 summer session on June 9. CLICK HERE for the registration form on the teaching page.
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