Greg Gisbert

Gregory Lyle Gisbert (b. February 2, 1966, Mobile, Alabama) is an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.

Gisberg played drums with his father as a child. He moved with his family to Denver in 1979 and attended the Berklee College of Music in 1984-85. Following this he worked with Buddy Rich (1985-86), Woody Herman's band under Frank Tiberi's direction (1987-89), John Fedchock and Maria Schneider, Gary Burton (1989), Lew Anderson (1989) and Toshiko Akiyoshi (1989 and subsequently). In the 1990s he played with Mingus Epitaph (1990-92), Frank Wess, Clark Terry, Mickey Tucker and Buck Clayton (1991), Danny D'Imperio (1991) Norman Simmons (1992), John Hicks (1992), Fedchock and Schneider again, and with the Convergence quintet. From 1994 to 1997 he worked with Joe Roccisano, and recorded with Chuck Bergeron, Loren Schoenberg and Ken Peplowski. He accompanied Carol Sloane and Susannah McCorkle in large ensembles in 1996. He has recorded three albums under his own name for Criss Cross Jazz.

Discography as leader

*"Harcology" (Criss Cross Jazz, 1992)
*Gisbert and Gunther, "Big Lunage" (Capri Records, 1993)
*"On Second Thought" (Criss Cross, 1996)
*"Court Jester" (Criss Cross, 1999)

References

*Gary W. Kennedy, "Greg Gisbert". "Grove Jazz" online.