Events
GREG JOHNSON BIG BAND
707 Marina Vista,
Martinez
“Jazz & Funk”
Dr. Greg Johnson is quickly becoming recognized as a luminary
figure in the Jazz community.
Equally at home in multiple musical genres, Greg has developed a
unique musical style that combines Jazz, Classical and Popular
music.
As a saxophonist, Greg has appeared in concert and on mainstream
recordings with Jazz greats Curtis Fuller, Billy Taylor, Dick
Oatts, Alan Pasqua, Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer and many more.
He has appeared on stage with with Pop and Rock acts such as
Saint Motel, Robin Thicke and Barry Manilow at some of the
biggest festivals and venues in the world.
As a composer, Greg’s music has been heard and performed around
the country and the world in both Jazz and Classical contexts in
small group, big band and symphonic formats.
Having lived in Los Angeles for the past five years, Greg is now
the Director of Jazz Studies at the Marin School of the Arts in
the San Francisco Bay Area.