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Drummer Benny Greb will be sitting in with the Late Night, 8G band starting Monday evening Nov. 7th – 10th.
Benny Greb is a prolific German drummer, singer and clinician. He started playing the drums at age six and began taking lessons at age twelve. He plays a large variety of music and can be seen playing rock with Stoppok and The Ron Spielman Trio, jazz with The Benny Greb Brass Band and Sabri Tulug Tirpan, funk with Jerobeam, fusion with the NDR Big Band on their Frank Zappa Project, with 3erGezimmeR and Wayne Krantz, and acoustic punk with Strom & Wasser. He has also performed at the Modern Drummer Festival 2010 and at many clinics and drum festivals around the world. Greb is endorsed by Sonor Drums and has his signature snare, Remo Drum Heads, Vic Firth, and by Meinl Percussion. He developed with Meinl a signature line of Byzance Vintage Series cymbals including the “Sand Ride” and “Sand Hats,” both known for their sandblasted finishes. In 2012, Meinl introduced new “Sand Crash” and “Sand Crash/Ride” cymbals to the Byzance Vintage lineup. Furthermore, Benny has a set of trash hats that he uses on the right side of his kit.
In 2009, Greb released his Hudson Music DVD “The Language of Drumming”. In 2015, he released his DVD “The Art And Science Of Groove”.
