Gregory Chen

Gregory Chen is a New York pianist who specializes in the early twentieth-century jazz idiom, drawing on the stride and swing traditions. He earned a degree in Jazz and Improvised Music at the Conservatoire a Rayonnement Regional de Paris before moving to New York as a Fulbright Scholar to complete a Master in Jazz Performance at CUNY Queens College. He leads the Gregory Chen Quartet, featuring Felix Lemerle on guitar, Kevin Hsieh on bass, and Ben Zweig on drums. Chen is a steady presence on the New York scene, performing at rooms such as Smalls and Mezzrow and appearing as a sideman in Aaron Johnson's Boplicity.