About gregg august

Bassist and composer Gregg August spans the classical, avant-garde, jazz and Latin jazz worlds making him one of the most versatile musicians on the scene today. As a jazz bassist Gregg is a member of the JD Allen Trio, as well as Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, with whom he’s won 5 Grammy awards. Gregg’s “Dialogues on Race” currently has a Grammy nomination in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble category.

In August of 2020 Gregg released his fourth CD of his own original music, Dialogues on Race (on his record label Iacuessa Records). It received a GRAMMY nomination in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble category. An extended suite for a 12-piece large jazz ensemble, plus 3 vocalists, strings and narrator, deals with the subject of race relations in the United States. He also utilizes poems to create a musical conversation that is intended to help bring awareness and foster understanding on issues of race.

Gregg has performed and/or recorded with The New York Philharmonic, Steve Reich, The Bang on a Can All Stars, Alarm Will Sound, as well as Ornette Coleman, Chick Corea, Branford Marsalis and Ray Barretto. Gregg was on the Downbeat Magazine Critics’ Rising Star Poll in 2017, 2015 and 2013.