Greg Goebel

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TICKETS $25 | ALL AGES From straight ahead jazz, funk and pop, to the avant garde, Greg Goebel is considered one of the Northwest's first call pianists. Praised by critics for "manifesting his ideas with the immediacy and sureness of a master craftsman" (Jazz Times) and as "a force that is stretching known boundaries and moving the music into new territory" (Larry Koonse), pianist Greg Goebel shows himself as firmly rooted in tradition while simultaneously proving to be a unique voice among a new generation. “Greg has personally done more to elevate the performance level of our students than any other person, graduate or undergraduate, who has attended the University of Oregon in at least the last fifteen years,” said the school upon his graduation. Since school, Goebel has recorded and toured extensively in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America, and Asia. Touring, recording and co-producing with singer Gino Vannelli for over 10 years, his contributions can be heard on the CD, The Best and Beyond,the DVD, Live in L.A., as well as the most recent Wilderness Road. A long time member of David Friesen's Circle 3 Trio, his work can be heard on Friesen’s 2009 CD, Five