Jazz Articles about Greg Duncan

About Greg Duncan

Album Review

Trumpeter Greg Duncan moved from Chicago to Philadelphia in 2020, and the change of environment brought about more than an altered geography. It gave Duncan the chance to forge some creative partnerships with two new ensembles, both of which are found on Sound Duality. The first, a conventional quartet, utilizes the talents of pianist Tim Brey, bassist Sam Harris, and drummer Anwar Marshall, while the other is an organ trio, with Marshall maintaining the drum duties alongside Duncan and organist ...

Album Review

Greg Duncan & The Individuation Quintet: Unification

Read "Unification" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
June 26, 2017

Jazz musicians derive inspiration from all kinds of sources--but there probably aren't many who are inclined to build an entire series of songs around concepts connected to Jungian psychology. Trumpeter and composer Greg Duncan is quite earnest in this endeavor, however, and on this release he gives musical expression to a number of aspects of Carl Jung's theory of “individuation": the process by which human beings must unify the conscious and subconscious aspects of the self (hence the title of ...

Album Review

Greg Duncan & The Individuation Quintet: Unification

Read "Unification" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
June 12, 2017

Let's start at the dénouement. Trumpeter Greg Duncan and his Individuation Quintet close their premier release with “Say Hey," a composition Branford Marsalis wrote for director Spike Lee's 1990 film Mo' Better Blues. The conclusion is a fitting genesis for Duncan's declaration. Just like fellow trumpeter Nate Wooley's refashioning of brother Wynton Marsalis' music on (Dance To) The Early Music (Clean Feed, 2015), Duncan has chosen to launch from what was probably the career apex of a previous generation. Duncan's ...

Album Review

Greg Duncan: Chicago, Barcelona Connections

Read "Chicago, Barcelona Connections" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
November 14, 2012

Trumpeter Greg Duncan's Chicago, Barcelona Connections is a spicy dish with duende to spare, but it's not to be mistaken for generic Latin jazz; this is flamenco jazz in a fairly pure form. The Chicago-based horn man experienced his flamenco awakening during a stay in Spain between 2009 and 2010, and the music on Chicago, Barcelona Connections can be seen as an outgrowth of that sojourn. While Duncan rightly acknowledges the work that piano giant Chick Corea ...