Welcome to GreggGelb.com
Bandleader - Tenor and Alto Saxophonist - Clarinetist - Arranger - Composer - Educator
Jazz Quartet
8-piece Swing Band
BIG BAND
LATIN Big Band
(solo, duo, trio, quintet also available)
The News and Observer says
"Gelb Makes it Swing"
"Gig for gig, tenor saxophonist Gregg Gelb may have been the busiest jazz musician in central North Carolina for the last 20 years." Owen Cordle, Raleigh, NC April 2009
"Gelb’s sound on both of his horns embodies the musical verities of the swing-to-bop period. He has a rich, rounded saxophone tone that lies in the lineage of Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster. His clarinet tone is clean, woody, and fluid, evoking Ellington mainstay Russell Procope. His improvisations are less concerned with flaunting their complexity and the player’s technical dexterity than logically extending the lyrical coloration's of the theme." Stan H. Dick for CVNC (former Spectator reviewer) For full review click this link http://cvnc.org/reviews/cd_dvd_book/cd/Gelb.html
The Raleigh Jazz Improvisation Workshop with Dr. Gregg Gelb
meets every Wed. at 6pm for beginning improvisers and at 7:15 for inter/adv. improvisers
at Marsh Woodwinds in Raleigh
(private lessons also available)
Arrangements available for big and small jazz bands!
Jazz Quartet
8-piece Swing Band
BIG BAND
LATIN Big Band
(solo, duo, trio, quintet also available)
The News and Observer says
"Gelb Makes it Swing"
"Gig for gig, tenor saxophonist Gregg Gelb may have been the busiest jazz musician in central North Carolina for the last 20 years." Owen Cordle, Raleigh, NC April 2009
"Gelb’s sound on both of his horns embodies the musical verities of the swing-to-bop period. He has a rich, rounded saxophone tone that lies in the lineage of Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster. His clarinet tone is clean, woody, and fluid, evoking Ellington mainstay Russell Procope. His improvisations are less concerned with flaunting their complexity and the player’s technical dexterity than logically extending the lyrical coloration's of the theme." Stan H. Dick for CVNC (former Spectator reviewer) For full review click this link http://cvnc.org/reviews/cd_dvd_book/cd/Gelb.html
The Raleigh Jazz Improvisation Workshop with Dr. Gregg Gelb
meets every Wed. at 6pm for beginning improvisers and at 7:15 for inter/adv. improvisers
at Marsh Woodwinds in Raleigh
(private lessons also available)
Arrangements available for big and small jazz bands!
UPCOMING EVENTS
for all upcoming performances go to Events page
GG Latin Jazz Big Band at Tuxedo Junction, Wake Forest, Sept 25
Featuring:
Chris Gelb, drums Pako Santiago, Latin percussion,
Alex Van Gils, bass
Kathy G., vocal Rodney Marsh, sax and flute
Guillo Carias, Trumpet
Chris Gelb, drums Pako Santiago, Latin percussion,
Alex Van Gils, bass
Kathy G., vocal Rodney Marsh, sax and flute
Guillo Carias, Trumpet
GG Big Band Dance for Halifax Historical Society , South Boston, VA, Sept. 18
with Kathy Gelb, vocals
"If this were still the Swing Era, Kathy Gelb would have been a Star." Owen Cordle, News and Observer
"If this were still the Swing Era, Kathy Gelb would have been a Star." Owen Cordle, News and Observer
Coming this January, Alexander Brower
and Tom Browne, with the HOCJO Jazz Orchestra
Recent Events
GG Jazz Quartet performed at Artsplosure in Raleigh
GG Jazz Quartet performed at Artsplosure in Raleigh May, 2010
Chris Gelb, drums
Steve Anderson, piano
Alex Van Gils, bass
Chris Gelb, drums
Steve Anderson, piano
Alex Van Gils, bass
Latin Big Band
Gregg directed the HOCJO in a Latin Big Band concert at the Temple Theatre in Sanford, NC. The 5 minute video below is from the concert. Video -Rodrigo Dorfmann, photograph - Sylvia Pfeiffenberger. The guest artists were Nelson Delgado, congas; Pako Santiago, bongos; Ramon Ortiz, timbales and drum set; and Guillo Carias, trumpet and piano. More information is at www.carolinajazz.com
LINKS
www.carolinajazz.com - The Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra
www.ncjro.org - The North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra
www.marshwoodwinds.com - Marsh Woodwinds
www.uncg.edu - The University of North Carolina - Greensboro
www.cvnc.org - The Classical Voice of North Carolina
www.cdbaby.com - CD Baby
www.artiststephenanderson.com
www.fmarion.edu/academics/finearts - Francis Marion University
www.philharmonic-association.org - Triangle Youth Philharmonic Jazz Ensemble
www.ncjro.org - The North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra
www.marshwoodwinds.com - Marsh Woodwinds
www.uncg.edu - The University of North Carolina - Greensboro
www.cvnc.org - The Classical Voice of North Carolina
www.cdbaby.com - CD Baby
www.artiststephenanderson.com
www.fmarion.edu/academics/finearts - Francis Marion University
www.philharmonic-association.org - Triangle Youth Philharmonic Jazz Ensemble