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Greg Loughman

Greg Loughman started playing electric bass at age fifteen in the small town of Zanesville, OH. He obtained a Bachelor of Music in the field of jazz studies at Capital University, where he studied electric and upright bass with Doug Richeson (bassist for a number of years with Tony Bennet), Jeff Ciampa, and Lou Fischer. While in college, he worked his way into the Columbus, OH jazz scene. Upon graduation, he quickly rose to a prominent position as one of the top freelance jazz bassists in the Midwest. After spending a year in Montana, Greg moved to Boston, where he continues to pursue an active schedule of performing and recording. He has performed with musicians including Curtis Fuller, JoAnne Brackeen, Mark Murphy, Sheila Jordan, Judi Silvano, Kenwood Dennard, Greg Abate, Ray Santisi, Al Vega, Grammy-nominated pianist Phillip Aaberg, guitarist Mimi Fox, Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Carlos Malta, jazz violinist Christian Howes, singer Patti Page, actor/singer James Naughton, and the Jimmy Dorsey Big Band, among many others. His musical career has taken him on tours of Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, the Czech Republic, and Japan. Greg is also a faculty member at the University of Maine in Augusta and Bowdoin College, where he teaches private bass lessons.

Gear

approx. 80 yr. old German upright bass, 7/8 size, sloping shoulders, modified to be played left handed. GK MB 150 amp, Fishman Full Circle Pickup and Pro Platinum Preamp.

Mike Thompson: 6th Avenue

Read "6th Avenue" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
May 30, 2025

Composer and arranger Mike Thompson was in his mid-twenties when 6th Avenue, his debut album as leader of a big band, was recorded (in the mid-2020s) at Q Division Studios in Cambridge, Massachusetts, enlisting for the most part veteran Boston-area musicians whom Thompson had met and befriended while studying at the Berklee School of Music, from which he was graduated in 2021. Although Thompson names Bob Brookmeyer, Maria Schneider and Igor Stravinsky as role models, you would be ...

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Performance / Tour

Greg Loughman Trio Featuring Aubrey Johnson at Ryles (Boston) on August 4th

Source: Michael Ricci
July 27, 2009

As part of its ongoing Artist Showcase series, Ryles welcomes back the Greg Loughman Trio with special guest, 2008 Downbeat Student Music Awards' “Best Jazz Vocalist" Aubrey Johnson, Tuesday August 4, 8:30pm ($7 cover). Bassist Greg Loughman once again steps into the bandleader role for another appearance at Ryles. A year ago almost to the day, Loughman held a CD release party at Ryles of his current CD, Sinistral, which features original compositions and original settings of traditional standard jazz ...
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Recording

Bassist Greg Loughman Leads a New Trio with "Sinistral"

Source: All About Jazz
July 9, 2008

When journeyman bassist Greg Loughman decided to form his own trio and record a CD as a bandleader, it spawned a bit of an existential crisis. As a sideman, Loughman has garnered praise for his “deeply resonant soloing" (Paul Donnely, ejazz news), his “warm and woody tone" and “virtuosic playing in service to the fundamental groove" (David Horgan, Lively Times), as well as his “sparkling original compositions" (Don Zulaica, Alternate Music Press). He has performed in a wide variety of ...
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". . . The trio configuration was new to me. Of course I had witnessed the legendary work of Ray Santisi and the solid creativity of Bob Kaufman countless times but bassist Greg Loughman was (perhaps to my embarrassment) new to me. And so my first question when I caught the trio with Patricia Adams 1/1 at Ryles was, "How will Greg Loughman and Bob work together?" If they don't connect, the show is over. Well, they do connect and the four of them by now work with such confidence that they push the bassist off the ledge once in a while just for the fun of it, as in the case of a bass-vocal duo section or when the bass is called upon to play the intro to "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me" sans drums." - Stu Vandermark, Cadence Magazine, March 2006 “Loughman swings with something close to nonchalance... but can equally arrest the listener’s attention with his deeply resonant soloing.” - Paul Donnelly, jazz critic, ejazz news May 25, 2004