I've been on the road this summer in the US, touring with my friend Jimmy Herring. Check out some clips on Youtube or even better, buy the CD!
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Posts by Greg Osby
Jimmy Herring Band
My picture is in a new frame...
Check out my new label www.innercirclemusic.net. Jazz and "other".
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Listen closely
I just finished doing a 2 week visiting artist residency in Boston at the Berklee College of Music. Apart from doing lectues and masterclasses on a broad variety of subjects, I was also obligated to sit in on selected classes, chime in and to give my points of view as much as possible. One of the classes that I attended was the History of African American Music, taught by my friend, Dr. Bill Banfi
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Wade in the Water. Listen deeper and you might just learn something...
I just finished doing a 2 week visiting artist residency in Boston at the Berklee College of Music. Apart from doing lectues and masterclasses on a broad variety of subjects, I was also obligated to sit in on selected classes, chime in and to give my points of view as much as possible. One of the classes that I attended was the History of African American Music, taught by my friend, Dr. Bill Banf
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Late comer
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Artist:
"Come As You Are". I have to admit that I slept on Nirvana when they were hot. I was somewhat aware of them but my priorities at that time had me focused on other things. I dug Soundgarden and some of the other bands coming out of that school but didn't actually get hip to Nirvana until a couple of years ago when on a flight in Europe somewhere, one of the younger cats in my band gave me his iPod
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This takes me back...
Yeah, "Protect Ya Neck". I remember exactly where I was when I first heard this. I was in Battery Studios with Ali Shaheed Muhammad in NY in 1993. He was producing some tracks for me at the time and told me to "Check this out, G. This is the illest shit happening now". I responded most to the diversity of approaches and how unique everyone sounded, even though they had some obvious influences.Meth
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Bye Bye Baby
Gary Thomas. One of my best friends and one of the most original musical thinkers on the planet. I love to hear these old tunes shredded to pieces like this.
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