Greg Osby
Greg Osby ( born August 3, 1960 in St. Louis, Missouri ) is an American jazz alto saxophonist -.
Training and first years as a sideman
Osby was trained in clarinet, flute and alto saxophone as a child. His professional music career began in 1975. Starting in 1978, he studied at Howard University, and from 1980 to 1983 at the Berklee College of Music. He then worked in New York City, among others with musicians such as Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie, Andrew Hill, Muhal Richard Abrams, Jim Hall and Jaki Byard. In 1985 he became a member of Jack DeJohnettes group Special Edition.
My albums
M-Base, funk, fusion and rap
In 1987, Osbys first album with the German label JMT. He was one of the first years and aesthetically to the M -Base collective, which was co-founded by his fellow saxophonist Steve Coleman and the soon- musicians such as Gary Thomas and Cassandra Wilson should come. With his move to Blue Note, he took a first change of style, and took with Man -Talk for Moderns Vol X to conditions of fusion and funk album, with the 3D Lifestyles from a rather rap than jazz followed specific album. Black Book eventually gave an indication of the later following albums, jazz took in contrast to the previous two albums alongside the other main element, in this case, the hip-hop, again an equivalent position.
Osby himself took claim for themselves the Jazz during this time to have never left, electronic and hip-hop had been just another sound environment.
Turning to the acoustic jazz
With Art Forum is Osby turned completely to the acoustic jazz without sacrificing modern elements, and has since remained at this. On the subsequent Further Ado, he led Jason Moran in the scene, which should be with his debut self to a known Blue Note musician in 1999. The 1998's Banned in New York is an official bootleg that was recorded directly to DAT. He was entrusted by Blue Note with a project Subsequently, in which he the Blue Note young musician Stefon Harris, Jason Moran and Mark Shim proteges: The album was released in 2000 under the name of New Directions. The Invisible Hand went the opposite way here Osby played with masters like Andrew Hill and Jim Hall. In Symbols of Light (A Solution) a string quartet was involved; it represents their previous studio album ( following the publication originated two years earlier ) with Jason Moran as a band member dar. Inner Circle, again more experimental work, which was created in 1999, was published by Osby until 2002, since when he concerns regarding the inclusion of had audience. With St. Louis Shoes Osby brought out a designed as a tribute to the city of his childhood work in which he sometimes completely rearranged jazz classics. After the live album Public with bassist Matthew Brewer and drummer Jeff Watts, he took in 2005 on the album Channel Three, in which he on a keyboard instrument again broke new ground with the waiver.