University of Southern California

Gregg Field

 

field Concord Records Recording Artist Gregg Field is one of the most versatile and highly sought-after drummers, producers and educators in music today and has been voted into Modern Drummer magazine's readers’ poll five times. World class musicians and singers alike, a veritable who’s who of the music world, including Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, John Williams, Ray Charles, Count Basie, Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Barry Manilow, Stevie Wonder, P. Diddy, Brian Wilson, Adam Sandler, Johnny Mathis, and Patti Austin are among his collaborators.

Not only a highly respected musician, Gregg is also an in-demand record producer and is a partner at Concord Music Group. Concord swept the 2005 Grammy Awards with the triple-platinum Album of the Year, the Ray Charles release Genius Loves Company. Gregg has recently completed production work on the follow up to Genius Loves Company titled Ray Sings / Basie Swings.

Gregg’s film and television credits include: Beyond the Sea, White Chicks, A Hot Time in Harlem-70 Years at the Apollo Theater, Eight Crazy Nights, Ghost Ship, The Score, The Kennedy Center Honors, The Grammy Hall of Fame Awards, Frank Sinatra, The Man and His Music, Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show, A Carnegie Hall Tribute to Count Basie, Basie and Bennett Together Again, and the Sinatra video release, The Sinatra Reprise Collection Vol. III.

Gregg is a Recording Academy Governor and Alternate Trustee (Grammys), chairman of the Grammy Producers committee as well as serving on the Grammy Jazz Screening Committee. He is on the board and faculty of the Henry Mancini Institute at UCLA and has served on the faculty of the University of Southern California since 1983.

Gregg is an artist representative and clinician for Yamaha Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth Drumsticks, Remo and Digidesign.