Greg Osby | |
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![]() Osby performing in 2008 | |
Background information | |
Born | St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | August 3, 1960
Genres | Free jazz, free funk, M-Base |
Occupation(s) | Musician, record label owner |
Instrument | Saxophone |
Years active | 1980–present |
Labels | JMT, Blue Note, Inner Circle Music |
Website | www |
Greg Osby (born August 3, 1960[1]) is an American saxophonist and composer.
Biography
[edit]Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Osby studied at Howard University, then at the Berklee College of Music.[1] He moved to New York City in 1982, where he played with Jaki Byard, Jim Hall, Muhal Richard Abrams, Andrew Hill, Jack DeJohnette, Dizzy Gillespie, and Herbie Hancock.[2] In 1985, he joined DeJohnette's group Special Edition.[2] With Geri Allen, Steve Coleman, Gary Thomas, and Cassandra Wilson, he was a founding member of the M-Base Collective.[3]
Osby began recording albums under his own name for JMT Records in the mid-1980s, then signed with Blue Note in 1989.[2] In 2007, he formed his own label, Inner Circle Music.[2] He gave exposure to young pianist Jason Moran,[4] who appeared on most of Osby's 1990s albums, including Further Ado, Zero, Banned in New York and Symbols of Light, a double quartet featuring the addition of a string quartet to the band.[5]
He has also played with Phil Lesh and Friends, and he has toured with the Dead, a reincarnation of the Grateful Dead.[6] He received the Playboy Magazine Jazz Artist of the Year award for 2004 and 2009.[7]
Nate Chinen, writing for The New York Times, called Osby "a mentor and a pacesetter, one of the sturdier bridges between jazz generations," and stated that he has "a keen, focused tone on alto saxophone and a hummingbird's phrasing, an equilibrium of hover and flutter."[8]
Discography
[edit]As leader
[edit]Recording date | Title | Label | Year released | Notes |
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1987-05, 1987-06 |
Greg Osby and Sound Theatre | JMT | 1987 | |
1988-05 | Mindgames | JMT | 1988 | |
1989-07 | Season of Renewal | JMT | 1989 | |
1990-10, 1990-11 |
Man-Talk for Moderns Vol. X | Blue Note | 1991 | |
1993? | 3-D Lifestyles | Blue Note | 1993 | |
1995? | Black Book | Blue Note | 1995 | |
1996? | Art Forum | Blue Note | 1996 | |
1997? | Further Ado | Blue Note | 1997 | |
1997-12 | Banned in New York | Blue Note | 1998 | Live |
1998-01 | Zero | Blue Note | 1998 | |
1998-12 | Friendly Fire | Blue Note | 1999 | with Joe Lovano, Jason Moran, Cameron Brown, Idriss Muhammad |
1999-04 | Inner Circle | Blue Note | 2002 | with Stefon Harris, Jason Moran, Tarus Mateen, Eric Harland |
1999-05 | New Directions | Blue Note | 2000 | with Stefon Harris, Jason Moran, Mark Shim |
1999-09 | The Invisible Hand | Blue Note | 2000 | with Gary Thomas, Andrew Hill, Jim Hall, Scott Colley, Terri Lyne Carrington |
2001-01 | Symbols of Light (A Solution) | Blue Note | 2001 | with Jason Moran, Scott Colley, Marlon Browden, Nioka Workman, Judith Insell, Marlene Rice, Christian Howes |
2003-01 | St. Louis Shoes | Blue Note | 2003 | |
2004-01 | Public | Blue Note | 2004 | Live |
2005-02 | Channel Three | Blue Note | 2005 | with Jeff "Tain" Watts, Matt Brewer |
2008-08 | 9 Levels | Inner Circle Music | 2008 | |
2023-10 | Minimalism | Inner Circle Music | 2023 | with Tal Cohen, João Barradas, Nimrod Speaks, Adam Arruda, Viktorija Pilatovic, Alessandra Diodati |
As sideman
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With Franco Ambrosetti
With Uri Caine
With Gary Thomas
With Andrew Hill
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With others
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (1999). "Osby, Greg". The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 508.
- ^ a b c d "Greg Osby: Biography". All About Jazz. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Greg Osby". AllMusic. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
- ^ Chinen, Nate (2019). Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century. Vintage Books. pp. 106–108.
- ^ Lyles, Ronald (April 6, 2011). "Greg Osby Discography". JazzDiscography.com. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ Varga, George (October 24, 2014). "Sax Great Greg Osby Transcends the Dead". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ Fripp, Matt (January 21, 2022). "Interview with American Saxophone Great Greg Osby". JazzFuel. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ Chinen, Nate (August 4, 2010). "Bridging Jazz Generations Without Nostalgia". New York Times. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Greg Osby – official site
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