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Greg Masters

Greg Masters is becoming an in-demand drummer on the Philadelphia jazz scene. He’s been performing professionally since 2015 and has continued to gig both as a leader and a side man since. As a leader, Greg leads the “Greg Masters Trio” as well as his two other projects “The Artini Project” and the “Quarter to Five Quartet” and is the drummer for "The Organization" and the Larry Price Quintet. Greg has played in notable venues such as Chris' Jazz Cafe, South Kitchen Jazz Parlor, and The Barnes Foundation. He has also performed in many festivals such as Center City Jazz Festival and Perkasie’s Summer Concert Series. 

For the Artists: Critical Writing, Volume 2

by Greg Masters
August 13, 2014

Miles Davis: The Complete On the Corner Sessions Sony-Legacy Music, October 2007 “There is no architecture and no build-up. Just a vivid, uninterrupted succession of colors, rhythms and moods." —Arnold Schoenberg, describing his Five Pieces for Orchestra in a letter to Richard Strauss, 1909, quoted in The Rest is Noise, Alex Ross ...

We Want Miles: A Series of Reinventions

by Greg Masters
June 23, 2010

We Want Miles: Miles Davis vs. Jazz Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Montreal Through August 29, 2010 Treasures await fans of Miles Davis up in Montreal, Canada: Photos, letters, film clips, paintings, instruments, wardrobe and enough information on wall placards to bring visitors on the full journey through ...

The Complete On The Corner Sessions

by John Kelman
November 28, 2007

Much has been written about what is perhaps trumpeter Miles Davis' most controversial album, On The Corner (Columbia, 1972). Already shaken from the electric onslaught of Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1969), A Tribute To Jack Johnson (Columbia, 1970), and a series of live or, in the case of Live-Evil (Columbia, 1970), largely live releases, it was the ...

The Complete On The Corner Sessions

by Greg Masters
October 31, 2007

“There is no architecture and no build-up. Just a vivid, uninterrupted succession of colors, rhythms and moods." --Arnold Schoenberg describing his Five Pieces For Orchestra in a letter to Richard Strauss, 1909, quoted in The Rest Is Noise, Alex Ross (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007) The music that trumpeter Miles Davis forged in the first ...

Miles Davis: The Cellar Door Sessions 1970

by Greg Masters
December 20, 2005

For devotees of Miles Davis's so-called “electric period," the full release of the music recorded live in December 1970 at the Washington, DC club The Cellar Door has long been something of a holy grail. A healthy sampling was released in 1971 on Live-Evil providing evidence that more of this sound existed. The possibility that more ...