Gregg Field

Gregg Field (born February 21, 1956)[1] is an American record producer and musician, who has worked with many well-known artists.[2] He is a recipient of multiple Grammy[3] and Emmy awards.[4]

Gregg Field
Born (1956-02-21) February 21, 1956
Castro Valley, California, US
Genres
  • Jazz
  • others
Occupation(s)
  • Music producer
  • Musician

Early life

Field was born in Castro Valley, California, United States.[5]

Career

Field is a music producer, musician, educator and author.[2] As of 2021, he is the Governor of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Recording Academy.[6]

Drumming career

Beginning at the age of 19, Field toured and played for Ray Charles, Harry James, Mel Torme, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra.[1] Field played on his first Grammy-winning album Warm Breeze with Count Basie (1982),[1] was Frank Sinatra's last drummer from 1991 to 1995. He recorded Sinatra's multi-platinum Duets/Duets II.[7]

As a Los Angeles session musician, Field has also recorded with Barbra Streisand, Michael Buble, Placido Domingo, John Legend, Seal, Barry Manilow, Natalie Cole, Gloria Estefan, Alejandro Fernandez, Arturo Sandoval[7] George Benson, Il Volo, Jason Mraz, Bette Midler, Ray Charles, Vanessa Williams, Ella Fitzgerald,  Ledisi, Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Dave Koz, Dean Martin, Shelby Lynne, Anne Murray, Johnny Mathis, Matthew Morrison, Patti Austin, Monica Mancini, Al Jarreau, Shelly Berg, Bob Florence, Tom Scott, and Sharleen Spiteri. In 2000, Field released his debut solo CD, The Art of Swing.[8][9]

Music producer and music director

Field has produced recordings with John Williams, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Placido Domingo, Ariana Grande, Arturo Sandoval, Josh Groban, Alejandro Sanz, Anna-Frid Lyngstad (Abba), Ray Charles, Andra Day, Diane Warren, Ledisi, Mark O'Connor, The London Symphony, Juan Luis Guerra, Prince Royce, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Brian Wilson, Jackson Browne, Jose Serebrier, The Big Phat Band, Al Jarraeu, Cassandra Wilson, Jonathan Antoine, Vicente Amigo, Patti Austin, The Count Basie Orchestra, Monica Mancini, David Alan Grier, Tom Scott, Nancy Wilson, Take 6, Lizz Wright, Shelly Berg, Clint Holmes, Germán Lopez, The Mighty-Mighty, Valeria Lynch, Patricia Sosa, Barbara Padilla, Afro-Blue.

In 2018, Field received the Emmy for "Outstanding Music Direction” for the PBS special “The Library of Congress-Gershwin Prize” honoring Tony Bennett.[10]

Academic career

As of 2021, Field was the Chairman of the USC Thornton Music School Board of Councilors.[11]

Author

Field is a Vanity Fair magazine contributor.[12]

Personal life

Field lives in Los Angeles and is married to the singer Monica Mancini.[13]

Selected credits

Selected credits for Gregg Field:[14]

Live concerts and TV recordings

Television

Field was featured in the 2020 HBO Documentary The Apollo, the Count Basie documentary Count Basie-Through His Eyes, and the Ella Fitzgerald documentary Just One of Those Things.

Awards and nominations

Grammy and Emmy awards

Field has won or been nominated in 10 Grammy and Latin Grammy categories, including:

For his album Cannon Reloaded, Field received the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album nomination.

YearAwardCategoryCreditStatus
2003Grammy AwardBest Jazz Vocalproducer and engineerNominated
2005Grammy AwardBest Traditional Pop VocalproducerNominated
2005Grammy AwardBest Pop Collaboration by a Duo or GroupproducerNominated
2008Grammy AwardBest Contemporary Jazz Album nominationNominated
2010Latin Grammy AwardBest Jazz Albumproducer and engineerWon
2010Latin Grammy AwardProducer of the YearWon
2012Latin Grammy AwardProducer of the YearNominated
2012Latin Grammy AwardBest Latin Jazz Albumproducer and engineerWon
2012Latin Grammy AwardBest Tango AlbumproducerWon
2012Latin Grammy AwardBest Engineered AlbumengineerWon
2013Grammy AwardBest Large Ensembleproducer and engineerWon
2013Grammy AwardBest Instrumental ArrangementproducerNominated
2014Grammy AwardBest Instrumental Arrangementproducer[15]Nominated
2015Grammy AwardBest Large Ensembleproducer and engineerWon
2015Grammy AwardBest Instrumental CompositionproducerNominated
2015Grammy AwardBest Instrumental ArrangementproducerNominated
2015Grammy AwardBest Instrumental Accompanying a VocalproducerNominated
2016Grammy AwardBest Bluegrass Album[16]producer and engineerWon
2018Grammy AwardBest Instrumental or Vocal Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalarranger and producerNominated
2018Grammy AwardBest Instrumental or Vocal Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalproducer[17][18]Nominated
2018Emmy AwardOutstanding Music Direction[19]Tony Bennett: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular SongWon
2019Grammy AwardBest Large Ensembleproducer and engineer[20]Nominated

Others

Field has been voted into the Modern Drummer magazine Reader's Poll five times.[21][22][23][24]

1n 2009, Field received the Idyllwild Arts Foundation Life in Arts award.

In 2015, Field received the USC Thornton School of Music The Brandon Mehrle Special Commendation Award.

In 2019, Field was invited to deliver the commencement address at the U.S.C. Thornton Music School

References
  1. Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 856. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. "Gregg Field: Nominations and awards". Los Angeles Times.
  3. "Listening To Ella Fitzgerald's 'Lost Berlin Tapes'". Grammy.com. October 1, 2020.
  4. "The complete list of nominees and winners for the 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards". Los Angeles Times.
  5. "Gregg Field". Emmys.com.
  6. "Los Angeles Board". Grammy.com. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  7. "Gregg Field | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  8. "Gregg Field | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  9. Berg, Chuck. "Gregg Field: The Art of Swing". JazzTimes.com.
  10. "Tony Bennett: The Library Of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song". Emmys.com. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  11. "Gregg Field | USC Thornton School of Music". Music.usc.edu.
  12. Field, Gregg. "Frank Sinatra's Concert Drummer Tells the Story of His Final Concert". Vanityfair.com.
  13. "A Collaboration Of Love And Music". jamartistsgroup.com. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  14. "Gregg Field". IMDb.com.
  15. "Winners & Nominees". GRAMMY.com. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
  16. "Winners & Nominees". Grammy.com. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  17. "Gregg Field". Grammy.com. November 19, 2019.
  18. "Grammys 2018 Winners: The Complete List". Billboard.com.
  19. "Emmys: The nominees and winners for Outstanding Music Direction". Los Angeles Times.
  20. "Multi-Award Winning Producer Gregg Field Tracked Two Grammy-Nominated Albums at United Recording | United Recording Studios". Unitedrecordingstudios.com. July 14, 2019.
  21. Modern Drummer, page 35
  22. Modern Drummer, pages 93, 123
  23. Modern Drummer, page 74
  24. Modern Drummer, page 59
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