Jazz Articles about Greg Osby

About Greg Osby

Album Review

Dorota Piotrowska & Sound Circle feat. Greg Osby: Voices of Human Consciousness

Read "Voices of Human Consciousness" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
May 15, 2026

La quarantaduenne batterista polacca Dorota Piotrowska riunisce in questo ambizioso album un supergruppo in cui spicca il sax alto di Greg Osby, accanto ad altri strumentisti tutti di livello dal buono in su, che --ciascuno con le proprie specificità--contribuiscono alla riuscita del lavoro, composito, articolato, fra episodi più squisitamente jazzistici e altri in cui i luoghi di provenienza dei musicisti coinvolti (in totale si toccano Stati Uniti, Polonia, Libano, Cuba e Norvegia) assumono il giusto peso. Nel complesso ...

Radio & Podcasts

Greg Osby on Minimalism and the Evolution of Modern Jazz

by Steven Roby
February 7, 2026

From St. Louis to the World Stage: Greg Osby shares how growing up surrounded by live music in St. Louis bars and his mother's record distribution job shaped his non-biased appreciation for all genres of music. The “Mad Clown Music" Revelation: A candid conversation with his sister led Osby to completely rethink his compositional approach, resulting in his 2023 album Minimalism. Playlist Greg Osby “Minimalism" from Minimalism (Inner Circle Music) 00:00 Greg Osby “Thank You for ...

Live Review

Greg Osby at SFJAZZ Center

by Harry S. Pariser
February 6, 2026

Greg Osby SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, CA February 1, 2026 Alto jazz saxophonist Greg Osby has an impressive résumé. A St. Louis, Missouri native, Osby finished his studies at Howard University and the Berklee College of Music before moving to New York City in 1982. Since then he has performed and recorded with a number of legendary musicians, including pianists Jaki Byard, Muhal Richard Abrams, Andrew Hill, and John Abercrombie. He was also a member ...

My Favourite Things

Greg Osby e il Questionario di Proust

by Paolo Peviani
November 15, 2023

Il tratto principale della mia musica La mia musica è una chiara rappresentazione dei miei interessi e delle mie priorità . La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me Nei musicisti cerco dedizione e integrità. Prediligo anche i giovani musicisti che hanno spiccate capacità di memorizzare musica originale. Come musicista, il momento in cui sono stato più felice Ogni volta che ho ricevuto una chiamata da uno dei miei eroi musicali, ...

Album Review

Benjamin Boone: Caught in the Rhythm

Read "Caught in the Rhythm" reviewed by Paul Rauch

by Paul Rauch
September 28, 2023

The connection between poetry and jazz music is a delicate one. It has been documented so infrequently, in performance and recordings, that one still conjures the flicker of an image of Jack Kerouac reading in some dark Greenwich Village cafe with Steve Allen or Zoot Sims, surrounded by beret-wearing, cappuccino-sipping beatniks. The work of Fresno-based saxophonist Benjamin Boone has assisted in widening that view through four albums recorded for the Origin Records label, including the fourth, Caught in the Rhythm ...

Album Review

Arbenz / Krijger / Osby: Conversation #9: Targeted

Read "Conversation #9: Targeted" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
March 22, 2023

This mind-bending album skewers any notion that modern-day organ trios are all unimaginative bores churning out reheated cliches lifted from Blue Note and Prestige albums of the 1950s and '60s. With that stereotype in mind, one would hesitate to apply the term “organ trio" to the collaborative group on Targeted. But its instigator, the Swiss drummer Florian Arbenz, uses the description in his liner notes when introducing Hammond organist Arno Krijger. Arbenz actually calls the band a ...

Album Review

Tyshawn Sorey Trio +1 (with Greg Osby): The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism

Read "The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism" reviewed by Troy Dostert

by Troy Dostert
December 13, 2022

Even for a musician who thrives on unsettling expectations, Tyshawn Sorey's Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music, 2022) caught a lot of listeners by surprise. The inimitable drummer's recordings have long occupied that amorphous space between avant-garde jazz and contemporary classical music, and “accessibility" has rarely been the term of choice for his creative output. But utilizing a trio format including pianist Aaron Diehl and bassist Matt Brewer, the album offered six remarkable renderings of classic jazz repertoire, including such time-worn standards as ...