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Greg Osby at The Falcon
Courtesy of Sally Lynch | Posted on July 13, 2016
Where
The Falcon
1348 Rte 9w
Marlboro, NY
Map
845-236-7970
When
Sun, July 31, 2016
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Greg Osby
saxophoneAbout
http://www.gregosby.com/Greg Osby
Recording artist, saxophonist and composer Greg Osby has recorded and toured with Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie, Jack DeJohnette, Andrew Hill, Muhal Richard Abrams, Jim Hall and Jaki Byard. He has performed with Dr. Billy Taylor's "Jazz at the Kennedy Center", broadcast on NPR. Mr. Osby is a four time winner of the prestigious Jazz Journalists Award and is a recent recipient of the Doris Duke Foundation award for composers. Osby has been a Blue Note records recording artist since 1990.
In addition to his performance schedule, Osby devotes a generous amount of his time to educational activities. He was an adjunct faculty member in the jazz program at The Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland from 2000 to 2003, a faculty member of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and the New School in New York and has hosted clinics and lectures at some of the most prestigious music conservatories in the world. In November 2003, Osby brought his group to a Harvard University residency for a week of clinics and performances, including a commissioned new work, premiered at the closing concert. ...