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Currently I’m going around North America playing drums on the tour of the broadway show Aladdin!!!
While I’m on tour I’ve been doing a series of transcriptions to help me develop more traditional jazz vacabulary! Keep checking in because my goal is to have about 30 to 40 transcriptions finished and uploaded to youtube by the end of the tour! Feel free to subscribe to my youtube, comment, or click like if you enjoy these transcriptions and if they help you! Below is a link to the the transcription playlist! I hope these help you on your musical journey!! If these help you and you want a lesson to dive deeper into these transcriptions or what I can teach you, please reach out to greggermann@gmail.com for more info! In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the transcriptions and learn lots from them!!!! Thanks for visiting and for watching the videos!!
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All’s Well that’s Ed Blackwell.
All that’s well that’s Blackwell is a tribute to masterful drummer Ed Blackwell! It’s a drum solo that I wrote that was inspired by Ed Blackwell’s drumming!
Recently, I heard a song that he played on called “Dakar dance” played by Karl Berger, Dave Holland and Ed Blackwell! Dakar dance has a driving African rhythm but also at the same time was very melodic on the drums! I wanted to incorporate melodic element into my playing as well so I wrote this piece called “ All that’s Well that’s Ed Blackwell”.
In my piece it’s more of a driving triplet motif where the hi hat changes while the Tom Tom’s create a trancelike vibe
This video was created at a recent gig of mine at Rockwood music hall and performed by myself Greg Germann on drums as a prelude to my song Bli-Fi
Performed live at Rockwood music hall june 28th
Greg Germann. Solo drums .
Greg Germann is a musician who composes and plays drums in NYC!
New album is out now and available everywhere!!!
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From Origin Arts
https://originarts.com/recordings/recording.php?TitleID=82823
"Greg Germann's new offering, Tales of Time, showcases his formidable talents as a player, composer, and arranger. The music blends layers of complexity with singable melodies. Greg's artistic vision shines through tying all of the tracks together, and proving that modern jazz, pop, swing, songwriting, and even film music can all coexist and create something beautiful, unique and long-lasting. With this new recording, Greg steps into the New York jazz scene with confidence and exuberance.”
Jeb Patton
(pianist for Jimmy Heath, Charles McPherson)
“Greg is one of my favorite drummers I’ve had in my band. He has a driving percolating groove that’s all his own. He responds and interacts with what he’s hearing and that is one of my favorite qualities in a drummer”
Eric Person
Upcoming Shows TBD
New Album Out NOW!!!
With 11 Original tunes by Greg Germann, this album combines aspects of jazz and his film scoring. Each song tells a different story and many of the songs have not only different time signatures but also influences from different eras of music.
It’s been released by Origin records!
( link TBD)