"My latest book, "Hip Licks for Saxophone" features 168 licks in 12 keys and is available at: www.gregfishmanjazzstudios.com"
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- First Name
- Greg
- I am here for:
- Educational Purposes, Meet Players, Networking
- Employment Status
- Self-Employed
- Occupation:
- Tenor Saxophonist, Educator, Author, Clinician
- Employer:
- Self
- About Me:
- Saxophonist and flutist Greg Fishman is an accomplished performer, recording artist, author, teacher and clinician. Born in Chicago in 1967, he began playing professionally at age fourteen. Greg graduated from DePaul University in Chicago with a degree in Jazz Performance, and earned a Masters Degree in Jazz Pedagogy from Northwestern University. He is among the foremost experts on the music of Stan Getz and is the author of three Getz transcription books published by Hal Leonard. His self-published books, Jazz Saxophone Etudes, Jazz Saxophone Duets, and Jazz Trumpet Duets are in circulation world- wide and have been endorsed by top educators and jazz performers, including Michael Brecker, Jerry Coker and Phil Woods.
Greg is a contributing author of jazz theory articles for Jazz Improv magazine, JAZZed, Chicago Jazz Magazine, IAJE Jazz Educators Journal, and was featured on the cover of Saxophone Journal, for whom he also writes. He is the author of the liner notes for the Verve reissue of the Getz recording The Steamer.
- Musical Background & Experience:
- Greg has toured and performed worldwide with his own group, and with such artists as The Woody Herman Band, Louis Bellson, Phil Woods, Slide Hampton, Conte Candoli, Lou Levy, Clark Terry, Jackie and Roy, Dick Hyman, David "Fathead" Newman, Benny Green, Randy Cannon, Don Menza, Ira Sullivan, Judy Roberts, Jeremy Monteiro, Jimmy Heath, Lou Donaldson, HarryAllen, Jeff Hamilton, Eddie Higgins, Carl Fontana, Marian McPartland and Benny Golson.
Greg is the co-founder, along with Brazilian guitarist/vocalist, Paulinho Garcia, of the award- winning duo, "Two for Brazil.” They perform worldwide, and have recorded five CDs. Greg’s additional discography features jazz releases in the U.S., Singapore, and Japan.
In addition to clubs and concerts in the U.S., Greg has been featured at the Concord-Fujitsu jazz festival in Japan, the NorthSea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands, and in numerous concerts in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, China and Israel.
Greg teaches jazz master classes and college workshops nationally and internationally, and is on the faculty of the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshop.
When not on tour, Greg is based in the Chicago and Phoenix areas where he performs locally and teaches at Greg Fishman Jazz Studios.
“...His solos are shrewdly conceived yet delivered with apparent ease and elegance. He develops harmonies that sometimes startle the ear as he forges lines that take unexpected twists and turns...”
—Chicago Tribune
“Greg Fishman dares to explorenew musical heights. Everylesson in Greg’sbooks is a must for all musicians, and this latest book is no exception. Greg, you’ve done a beautiful, musical thing again!”
—James Moody
- Website:
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- http://gregfishmanjazzstudios.com
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