Welcome to Greg Germann music.com
I’m excited to be launching a new project called THE MYG JAZZ Trio!! It is a jazz trio featuring wonderful musicians Mason O’Donnell on bass Yu Chen Sheng on piano and myself Greg Germann on drums I hope we can play at a venue, party or event near you sometime soon!! Please email MYGJazztrio@gmail.com for bookings! In the meantime please enjoy the video above and the music!! Thanks for stopping by and please look around as much as you like!!
Jazz drumming transcription playlist
While on the National tour of Aladdin in my spare time I transcribed a different drum solo or song a week or so! I did a little over 50 transcriptions on this playlist! I hope you enjoy learning them or just checking them out!!
Recently I gave a masterclass at KSU!!
Here are some videos from that class!! I call it Tales from a twenty year career in music! Its lots of advice and things I wish I had known before leaving school! But expreience is usually the best teacher, so here is me discussing much of the things i’ve learned along the way! Thanks for watching!!!
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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!!!
Amazon ( if time please leave a review too!)
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)