Gisbert is an exeptionally talented young trumpeter whose exuberence is showcased on the Criss Cross label, and who plays frequently with many of today's popular jazz artists. He has also freelanced with the likes of vocalists Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme, Joe Williams, Sammy Davis Jr, and Tony Bennett. Greg was born to a mother that played the trumpet, and a father that played both the piano and the saxophone. When Greg was 10 years old, he got some of his first gigs playing drums with his dad. Later, in High School in 1981, while attending the Jamey Abersold Clinic, he played the trumpet in some dance bands. The next year, 1982, he was off to study at the Clark Terry Clinic, and in 1984 (after winning a Downbeat award for his High School performance) he left for the Berklee College of Music. From 1984 throughout the 90s, Greg played with people like Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Gary Burton, John-Fedchock, Maria Schneider, Toshiko Akiyoshi, the Mingus Epitaph, Frank Wess, Mickey Tucker, the Buck Clayton Big Band, and Clark Terry. A few of Greg's favorite trumpeters are Clark Terry, Tom Harrell and Tim Hagans. |
