Academic biography

Greg Felton is a pianist, improviser, composer and educator from Dublin, Ireland.

‘Good Friday’ the debut album of the jazz piano trio, Origin Story, was named the jazz album of 2020 by the Irish Times. He is a fulltime jazz tutor in DCU where he specialises in composition, rhythm studies and advanced harmony and jazz piano

He holds an MA in composition from Waterford Institute of Technology and an AGSM in Jazz Performance from Newpark Music Centre/ Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He studied South Indian classical rhythm and melody in Chennai with Dr. K.S.S. Subramaniam and Trichur Narendran in 2006, creative improvisation in Banff with Vijay Iyer, Greg Osby and Dave Douglas in 2005 and advanced harmony and composition in Pennsylvania with Dave Liebman in 2004.

Past and present bands include Origin Story (co-composer), Michael Buckley’s Ebb & Flow, Greg Felton Quartet, White Rocket (co-composer), Ronan Guilfoyle’s Always Know, Mappa Mundi and Evidence, Louis Stewart Quintet, Mike Nielsen Quartet and Mel Mercier’s Pulsus and MÓNCKK. He has performed in many countries worldwide including India, USA, Mexico, Italy, Canada, Greece, France, Macedonia, UK and Scotland as well numerous jazz festivals around Ireland.

‘An incredible force for good in Irish jazz’ - BBC Radio Ulster

‘One of the Irish jazz scene’s most original piano players’ - The Irish Times

On Origin Story: One of the freshest voices in Irish jazz and a must-hear for anyone who wants to know where the piano trio is headed in the 21st century. - The Irish Times