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Gregg Brennan is a composer, drummer, educator, bandleader and painter currently living in Toronto, Canada. He is a graduate of Berklee College of music and has studied with, among others, Bob Moses, Ian Froman, Skip Hadden and Joe Hunt. Gregg has recorded 3 albums with his own bands and has appeared on numerous other co-led and sideman outings. He is co-leader of the Toronto based independent artist consortium and label, Standback Records (www.standbackrecords.com) as well as a member of the International Association for Jazz Education.

For more information: www.greggbrennan.com

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Music:

Member Since: 9/3/2006
Band Website: greggbrennan.com
Band Members: Zentropa: Jason Hay, Tom Richards, David Dunlap, Michael Herring

SatSanG: Michael Keith, Jason Hay

Gregg Brennan AisÃ©iri: Patrice Barbanchon, Jonathan Kay, Avi Granite, Neal Davis

Viewfinder: Tom Richards, Avi Granite

Push Machine: Deiter Topaz, John Shrapnel

Jeff Perry Quartet: Jeff Perry, Steve Fekete, Jen Oberle

Influences: Music: Henri Texier, Michel Portal, Daniel Humair, Bojan Zulfikarpasic, Paul Bley, Joachim Kuhn, Jack DeJohnette, Elvin Jones, Paul Motian, Aldo Romano, Jon Christensen, Rita Marcotulli, Tony Rabeson, Eric Dolphy, John Lurie, Keith Jarrett, Edward Vesala, Tomasz Stanko, John Zorn, Susie Ibarra, Charles Mingus, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, William Parker, Peter Brotzmann, Albert Ayler, Tim Berne, Tommy Smith, Ian Froman, Bob Moses, Bill Frisell, Louis Sclavis, Roberto Gatto, Anthony Braxton, Tom Waits, Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark, Bjork, Joni Mitchell, Lemmy, The Supersuckers, Bartok, Debussy, Stravinsky and Shostakovich, to name only a few.

Art/Architecture: Monet, CÃ©zanne, Rembrandt, Rothko, Chagall, Pollock, Kandinsky, Klee, Matisse, Picasso, Mondrian, Gropius, Baumann, Guimard

Film: Godard, Truffaut, Lang, Besson, Malle, von Trier, Resnais, Herzog, Chabrol, Melville, Kurosawa

Literature: Hesse, Lovecraft, Hugo, T.S. Eliot, Yeats, Blake, Bukowski, Poe, Balzac, Joyce, Camus, Dostoyevsky, Easton Ellis, Behan,
Record Label: Standback Records (www.standbackrecords.com)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

ZENTROPA

As some of you know, I've had a new project in the works for a while, called Zentropa with Tom Richards, Michael Herring, David Dunlap and Jason Hay. We've played a couple shows at the Rex here ...
Posted by Gregg Brennan on Tue, 06 May 2008 09:50:00 PST

Questions and Answers

I've received a number of emails asking what stuff I was using on those sound clips so as reluctant as I often am to get into gear talk, what the hell? So, for those of you inquiring: On the li...
Posted by Gregg Brennan on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:04:00 PST

Sound Notes

Aiséiri- 'The Sentinel' and 'Wasteland Attire'composed by G.Brennan, copyright Espionage MediaRecorded at The Rex Hotel, 26 April 2006 by Dan Corbett. Look for an upcoming download album with mo...
Posted by Gregg Brennan on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:54:00 PST