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Hi there, and thanks for visiting me at gregloughman.com!
I'm a freelance acoustic and (sometimes) electric bassist in the Boston area. For more detailed information about myself, I invite you to check out my bio, which includes some press clippings and now features a special expanded version for those of you who can't get enough gossip about yours truly. I currently play with a number of different (predominantly jazz-oriented) ensembles in the Boston area; I humbly invite you to check out some of my more or less recent recordings and videos, including select sound clips available for your downloading pleasure. And if you'd like to catch me 'in flagrante musicto,' so to speak, please check out my schedule to find out where and when I'll be showing up next. I have a CD with my trio, which I'm calling Sinistral (both the CD and the trio). You can buy it (and my old CD) at CDBaby.com. Have fun clicking around the site, and feel free to drop me a line to say hi, or to hire me for a gig... or a concert... or a world tour...
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"Greg Loughman is a bassist located in the
Boston area. Sinistral is the second album he’s released
under his own name. (His first was the quintet date, A Month Of
Sundays.) This trio session is a feature for not only Loughman’s
bass playing but also his compositional skills. Six of the eight
tracks are originals and what’s interesting about them is that they
are not bass-centric. I’m not sure these tunes were originally
composed with a piano trio in mind but they are excellent vehicles
for the format. And I’m not sure how long Loughman, pianist Aho, and
drummer Connors have been playing together but this sounds like a
group very familiar with the material. They handle it with just the
right amount of looseness and precision from the loping gait of the
opener, "Northwest Passage," to the brooding title track with its
wide dynamic range. There’s even an interesting reharmonized version
of "Take The A Train." Most attractive piece here has to be the
ballad, "Ricany," whose theme mainly consists of a repeated motif
delicately rendered by Aho over a gentle flow from the rhythm
section. Quite nice. Everything here is rendered with an eye on the
composition and with a strong sense of trio interplay. Sinistral
is a solid mainstream modern piano trio date." Robert Iannapollo, Cadence Magazine, 2009 "Loughman plays arco con brio on "Ellipse" with sublime
authority. His pizzicato playing—especially on "Green Dolphin Street"—is superb too. Connors excels as well.
Both musicians are full participants in this memorable musical
adventure with John Funkhouser.” "Loughman delivers not only the bass foundation for the pieces rhythms, but also over and over again intriguing, melodic, cleanly stated solos. If [he wasn't] teaching in Augusta, Maine... [he] no doubt would be continuing to develop a solid reputation in New York." Bill Donaldson, Cadence Magazine, 2011 (review of John Funkhouser's CD, Time)
". . . The trio configuration was
new to me. Of course I had witnessed the legendary work of Ray
Santisi and the solid creativity of Bob Kaufman countless times but
bassist Greg Loughman was (perhaps to my embarrassment) new to me.
And so my first question when I caught the trio with Patricia Adams
1/1 at Ryles was, "How will Greg Loughman and Bob work
together?" If they don't connect, the show is over.
Well, they do connect and the four of them by now work with such
confidence that they push the bassist off the ledge once in a while
just for the fun of it, as in the case of a bass-vocal duo section
or when the bass is called upon to play the intro to "Do
Nothing Till You Hear From Me" sans drums."
“Loughman swings with something close to
nonchalance... but can equally arrest the listener’s attention with
his deeply resonant soloing.”
“Greg Loughman is a fine bassist and
composer. His bass tone is warm and woody...[and he] provide[s]
virtuosic playing in service to the fundamental groove of each tune.
Run out and by this CD...you won’t regret it." “Bassist Greg Loughman's debut is a
charming and sultry sojourn into Latin jazz. From Eric "The
Fish" Paton's first timbale riffs on "Descarga" to Kris
Keith's florid flute solo on the albums closer, "Khadsin,"
you're transported back to the world of Getz-meets-Jobim and
sangria...This is Greg's baby, he wrote all the tunes, but his playing
is supremely unselfish-- not once do you stop and think, "Oh,
this is the bass player's album," ..if you're looking to relax to
a well-crafted Latin-jazz album, this is definitely worth checking
out.” w/the Yoko Miwa trio
"Some of the greatest
treasures are hidden in plain sight, and that’s
certainly true of the Yoko Miwa Trio. Accessible for the
price of a drink at two or three
Boston
nightspots every week, the trio is a model of musical
telepathy and subtle but stunning chops."
- Kevin R. Convey, Boston Globe, 2007 “Young mainstream piano trio aim for clean sound, delicate balance, inconspicuous beauty.” -Tom Hull, the Village Voice, 2005
w/the Mike DiBari trio
"Swinging out of Boston again, Mike DiBari continues
his hard swinging style, this time in a trio setting,
where he oh-so-comfortably mixes jazz and blues. The opener, "Follow Your Bliss," is a light
swing that shows how easily DiBari navigates changes
without losing his innate sense of swing. As in several
of these tunes, bassist Greg Loughman shines, and Mike
and drummer Mike Connors trade fours to take the song
home. "The Hero's Journey" has a cool statement of
melody and playing from Mike that gets a little outside
but holds beautifully. "Moon and Turtle" is a moody
ballad that features some of the nicest playing.
"Notion of Love" is a jaunty, swinging blues where
DiBari starts with single-note lines that turn into a
harmonic workout with chords that play off the melody.
"Into the Blue" is an uptown blues guaranteed to make
your finger snap; DiBari's playing swings while
remaining bluesy and soulful. John Heidt, Vintage Guitar Magazine,
2007
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