Performance Dates

12/21/2023

Currently working on compositions and recording projects in 2024.

Electronic project, Ablaze Records, Voices 1 - for piano and electronics - Spring 2024
- Release Date November 29, 2024
Classical project, C1. - Summer 2024
- Release Date Summer 2025
Jazz project, M1. - Fall 2024, Spring 2025
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12/28/2022

Currently working on compositions and recording projects for 2023.

Classical/Jazz Orchestral project - Palette of Bley - 2023

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News

Nov 29, 2024

Electronic Masters, Vol. 10 digital release 11-29-2024 | Voices 1 - for piano and electronics

Nov 29, 2024

Voices 1 - for piano and electronics has been digitally released 11-29-2024 on Ablaze Records Electronic Masters Vol. 10.

PrestoMusic - Electronic Masters Vol. 10 | Voices 1 - for piano and electronics

Nov 29, 2024

Sep 25, 2024

Classical Project C.1 | Crowdfunding Open

Sep 25, 2024

For those interested in crowdfunding our classical project C.1 | Baroque music for soprano saxophone and piano, please proceed with the following:

Sep 25, 2024

Mar 23, 2024

Composition Award | Voices 1 - for piano and electronics | Electronic Masters, Vol. 10

Mar 23, 2024

Voices 1 - for piano and electronics received a composition award from ABLAZE records for inclusion in their Electronic Masters Vol. 10 disc.

Mar 23, 2024

Mar 22, 2024

Host and Juror | Silverstein Global Clarinet Contest 2024

Mar 22, 2024

A pleasure to work with the Silverstein Pro Team as host and juror for the sixth consecutive annual Silverstein Global Clarinet Contest 2024.

Mar 22, 2024

Dec 23, 2023

Spotify 2023 | Standards, Vol. 1 CD

Dec 23, 2023

Spotify statistics for Standards, Vol. 1 CD gwsfoutwinds records for 2023 are displayed in a concise image of categories and numbers.

Dec 23, 2023

Nov 26, 2023

Archive Los Angeles - Profile Article AAJ 20 Years, Pleiadian Call | Music for Trio

Nov 26, 2023

A twenty year cycle has passed since Max Babi penned the profile article A Casual Stroll Down the Free Jazz / Avant Garde Avenue inspired by the release of Pleiadian Call | Music for Trio .

Nov 26, 2023

Sep 25, 2023

Composition for Orchestra "Palette of Bley" 2023

Sep 25, 2023

The work is a point of departure using inspiration from several of Carla Bley’s works.

Sep 25, 2023

Sabbatical Spring 2021

Sep 25, 2023

I received a Sabbatical for spring 2021 issued by Benedictine College.

This was the first sabbatical granted…

Sep 25, 2023

Mar 23, 2023

Host and Juror | Silverstein Global Clarinet Contest 2023

Mar 23, 2023

A pleasure to work with the Silverstein Pro Team as host and juror for the fifth annual Silverstein Global Clarinet Contest 2023.

Over the past several years…

Mar 23, 2023

Mar 2, 2023

Music as Practice - 3

Mar 2, 2023

Music as practice is a way of collaborating with the unseen ….

Mar 2, 2023

Voices 1 - for piano and electronics | Ablaze Records 2024

Award winning composition Voices 1 - for piano and electronics is included on the Ablaze Records release Electronic Masters Vol. 10.

Release date November 29, 2024.

Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2012 | Winner "Best Jazz"

The Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2012 walking the carpet. Received “Best Jazz” composition award for “Maia,” on the Trane of Thought CD gwsfourwinds records.

2013 CMJ Top 50 Jazz Albums | Trane of Thought - gwsfourwinds records

Trane of Thought 2013 CMJ Top 50 Jazz Album

Chris Greco | Trane of Thought CMJ Jazz Chart Top 10

Trane of Thought peaks in top 10 on CMJ Charts.

Standards, Vol. 1 | Liner Notes 2014

Liner notes from Standards, Vol. 1 CD | gwsfourwinds records

"Merope" | Nomination Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2011

“Merope” Nomination Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2011 for Best Jazz (flute). Trane of Thought CD.

Standards Vol, 1 | "Highly Recommended" 2014

Review Standards Vol, 1 CDe “Highly Recommended.”

Chris Greco - Saxophone Recital

Saxophone Recital in Los Angeles.

Chris Greco - saxophones

Bryan Pezzone - piano

CMJ #1363 Standards, Vol. 1

Peaking at #8 on the CMJ charts.

A Study: Steven Stucky's Notturno | Christopher J. Greco

Doctoral Paper UCLA | A Study: An Interpretation and Analysis of a Late Twentieth Century Work for Saxophone and Piano.

ICA International Clarinet Festival 2016 | Christopher Greco, Michele Zukovsky

ICA ClarinetFest 2016, spending a minute with Michele Zukovsky Los Angeles Philharmonic first chair clarinetist

"Maia" | Winner "Best Jazz" Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2012

“Maia” wins “Best Jazz” Hollywood Music in Media 2012.

Maia (soprano saxophone) is on the Trane of Thought CD.

Chris Greco | Standards, Vol. 1 - CMJ Jazz Chart Top 10

Standards, Vol. i peaks in top 10 on CMJ charts.

Trane of Thought | Jazz Times Review 2013 - "blazes unique path"

Trane of Thought JazzTimes Review 2013.

Counterstream Radio Playlist 2014-15 | Chris Greco Music

Music Theory III Class 2017 | Dr. Greco

Teaching ear training exercises in Music Theory III from the keyboard, Dr. Christopher Greco 2017.

Standards, Vol. 1 Top Ten Albums

Chris Greco - Standards, Vol. 1 | Top Ten Albums

"The Open Door" Honorable Mention Finalist 2014 | International Song Competition

“The Open Door” (Pleiadian Call / Music for Trio - clarinet) receives Honorable Mention Finalist International Song Competition 2014.

Chris Greco Boston Public Library 2000 | Inner sleeve of Pleiadian Call /Music for Trio

This photo was taken in front of the doors at Boston Public Library 2000. It’s included in the sleeve of Pleiadian Call / Music for Trio CD.

Counterstream Radio Playlist 2016 | Chris Greco Music

Counterstream Radio Playlist 2016, CGM.

gwsfourwinds records | founded Los Angeles 1995

Independent label founded 1995 in Los Angeles by multi-instrumentalist and composer Chris Greco, the label reflects directions in modern jazz.

Los Angeles Triptych | gwsfourwinds recordings

Here are recordings representing my interests with different points of departure in jazz-based music during a wonderfully fruitful period in Los Angeles.

The result was the Los Angeles triptych of gwsfourwinds recordings: Trane of Thought, Standards, Vol. 1, and Pleiadian Call / Music for Trio.

Chris Greco - Saxophone Recital

Saxophone Recital in Los Angeles.

Chris Greco - saxophone

Bryan Pezzone - piano

"Oliver" Semi-Finalist | International Song Competition 2013

Composition “Oliver” Semi-Finalist in the International Song Competition 2013. Available on the Trane of Thought CD - gwsfourwinds records.

ICA International Clarinet Festival 2016 | Christopher Greco, Stephan Vermeersch

ICA ClarinetFest 2016, spending a minute with Stephan Vermeersch Belgian clarinetist

Chamber Music Class 2016 | Dr. Greco

Teaching chamber music repertoire for clarinet and flute duo. Dr. Christopher Greco, 2016. In addition to music theory, orchestration, composition, and woodwind applied studies, I led chamber music winds and mixed instruments for my first 10 years at BC.

Counterstream Radio Playlist 2015-16 | Chris Greco Music

Counterstream Radio playlist 2015-16 | Chris Greco Music.

Saxophone Recital | Los Angeles

Saxophone Recital & Trio with Flute, and Piano | Kansas

Saxophone Recital and Trio Recital works with saxophone, flute, and piano. Christopher Greco with Bryan Pezzone (Piano) and Krystal Heib (flute), Benedictine College September 27, 2011. Works by Koechlin, J.S. Bach, Sauget, and Dubois. Local Review.

Chris Greco - Silverstein Artist

Los Angeles Times Feature | An Evolving Style - versatile saxophonist says he's intent on refining his art

Feature Article, Los Angeles Times 1997. “An Evolving Style, versatile saxophonist Chris Greco say’s he’s intent on refining his art.”

"Oliver" Finalist HMMAwards 2013 - Best Jazz

“Oliver” Finalist HMMAwards 2013 - Best Jazz.

“Oliver” from Trane of Thought CD

Chris Greco, Artist Endorser - Selmer Paris Saxophones

Chris Greco - composer, reeds, flute

Chris Greco - composer, woodwinds

Drawing of Chris Greco | 1991

Joshua Triliegi from 1990’s Los Angeles created this drawing after attending a Friday night gig at one of our regular Los Angeles club dates, circa 1991.

Saxophone Recital | Los Angeles

Saxophone Recital | Los Angeles.