Gregory Boyd

Gregory Boyd (USA) optræder med Amaze i en forrygende gospelkoncert. Amaze har tidligere turneret med bl.a. Lene Matthiesen Nørrelykke og er et af landets populæreste gospelnavne. Læs mere om Amaze hér.

Om Gregory Boyd

Whether performing with Ashish Khan the world's foremost Sarod Master or opening for Bob Dylan, or performing at New York's Lincoln Center, Gregory Boyd has always had one mission; to do things a little differently; a little off the beaten path. When Gregory Boyd decided to join the US Navy and perform in the US Navy Steel Drum Band, this ethic was truly put to the test. Deciding that the normal usage of performing Caribbean Steel Drums was not enough, Gregory Boyd set out to recreate the instrument and use it in as many different ways he possibly could, all the while singing and performing as many different musical styles as possible in order to gain a rich understanding of what the instrument can and will do.

Through the years Gregory Boyd has been called a Steel Drum Master an excellent singer and an exciting entertainer. A true visionary with an instrument that has only been created over the middle of the 20th century and mainly used in the Caribbean idiom. Boyd has lived for many years in New Orleans, Louisiana, a music vortex that provided him with the impetus to grow as a performer and to realize, take part in and to be initiated into some of the very foundations of American Music. Gregory Boyd has befriended many star Steel Pannists and musicians along the way: Othello Molineaux, Rudy Smith, Charles Neville, Cyril Neville, Charmaine Neville, Michael Ray, Dr. John and his own teacher and pan tuner, the father of Steel Drums Ellie Mannette.

Gregory Boyd has worked with Composer Richard Peaslee, with the critically acclaimed Modern Ballet Feu Follet touring and performing with The Elise Monte Dance Company in the USA and Europe. During this time Gregory Boyd along with choreographer Karen Schulda created Renverser Repertory Ballet in New Orleans where Gregory Boyd's first Classical works "3rd Contemplation", "Suite for Pan" and "Rajah" were set to modern ballet.

While living in Denmark EU, Gregory Boyd has performed with many known musicians, namely: Kim Menzer, Klaus Menzer, Butch Lacy, Pierre Dørge and has recorded with Jesper Bodilsen among others. Through these relations, Gregory Boyd has created a firm foundation whereby he can learn from the past all the while pushing toward what his steel drum influenced sound will become in the future.

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