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Greg Duncan

Greg Duncan

After graduating from Washington State University, jazz trumpet player Greg Duncan started his career in the music industry. He has toured all over North America playing on cruise ships and in Broadway musicals. In 2001 he earned his Masters Degree in Music from the well respected University of North Texas. In 2002/2003 he toured the United States and Japan with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and was a featured composer/arranger as well as featured soloist. His writing also appeared on the Washington State University Jazz Big Band recording of 2003. Duncan currently resides in Chicago where he plays with his own jazz quintet in addition to many other bands

Sound Duality

By Greg Duncan

Label: New Origins Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Grounded; Fear Blues; Obsequious; Jean Marie; Seems So Long; As; Stuck; They Find You; Granted; If Our Hearts Could Only See.

Greg Duncan: Sound Duality

by Troy Dostert
July 27, 2022

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, ...

Greg Duncan

Unification

By Greg Duncan

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2017
Track listing: Intro. To The Subconscious; Out On A Limb; Constellated; Anima; Red’s Song; Shadow Side; Path Of Light And Darkness; Thinking Light; Say Hey.

Greg Duncan & The Individuation Quintet: Unification

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 ...

Greg Duncan & The Individuation Quintet: Unification

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 ...

David Neves: Progress Report

by Dan McClenaghan
September 10, 2014

At twenty-five years of age, Boston-based trumpeter David Neves can't be expected to boast a big recorded with/played with resume. But he can boast a first rate education--Berklee and the New England Conservatory. And with his Progress Report, a marvelous debut as leader, Neves blows way beyond expectations for a new kid on the block.

Chicago, Barcelona Connections

By Greg Duncan

Label: New Origins Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: De Camino; Procedencia; La Tumbona; Poinciana; Correveidile/Run And Go Tell; Straighten Up; Reality Versus Myth; Romance Anonimo; Spanish Life.