"Diamond’s music is the Music of Today. It evokes emotions and is packed with energy
of different types: breakneck, soothing, insistent, impassioned and wistful…"
-George Colligan
Greg Diamond is an acclaimed jazz guitarist and composer who has recently emerged as an innovator in Latin and contemporary jazz. Latin Jazz Network describes him as a “composer of great maturity and genius,” while Acoustic Guitar magazine praises his “deep harmonic language and unerring sense of groove.” Born in New York City to a musically inclined family of mixed Eastern European Jewish and Colombian heritage, Diamond draws inspiration from a rich tapestry of sounds. Throughout childhood, his father, a pianist and Juilliard alumnus, filled their home with the works of Bach, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff, while his mother often danced to the tropical rhythms of cumbia.
As a composer, Diamond possesses a keen ear for melody and storytelling, seamlessly blending sophisticated harmonies with infectious grooves. Over the years, he has released several critically acclaimed albums that showcase his artistic evolution and mastery of the jazz idiom. His distinctive syncopated approach to his instrument, combined with his innovative writing style, has established him as a true luminary in the jazz world and beyond.
Diamond has performed at numerous prestigious venues, including The Blue Note New York, Iridium, Joe’s Pub, Smalls, Zinc Bar, and Nublu, as well as at renowned jazz festivals such as the Madrid International Jazz Festival, Barranquijazz, Jimmy Glass Jazz Festival, Jazz Ahead Bremen, Medejazz Festival, Jazz Al Parque Festival, Teatro Libre Jazz Festival, UniAndes Jazz Festival, Nublu Jazz Festival, NCPA in Mumbai, and Plaza Mayor in Salamanca, Spain. Notably, he performed before jazz legend George Benson as a semifinalist in the 2007 Gibson International Jazz Guitar Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.
Diamond has collaborated with esteemed artists such as Seamus Blake, Steve Turre, John Benitez, Hector Martignon, Jose Armando Gola, Emilio Solla, Henry Cole, Stacy Dillard, Michael Philip Mossman, Antonio Hart, and Asha Puthli, among others.
He holds a Doctorate in Musical Arts (DMA) in Instrumental Jazz Performance from the University of Miami and is currently an adjunct professor of electric guitar in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters at Florida Atlantic University.