Gregg Arthur

Gregg Arthur lives the music of the greatest era of American cool, when men always wore suits and had the impeccable manners to match.

Growing up on a property near Inverell, when not working the farm, he immersed himself in his father’s record collection, which included all the classic albums of Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Mel Torme, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald. Later, in Sydney, he enjoyed performing in musicals, and appeared as an extra with the Opera Australia Chorus singing Mozart, Lehár and Verdi, but it was obvious that his true passion lay elsewhere.

Gregg made his way to the United States, and with his matinee-idol looks, discovered that the way into the world’s toughest music scene was simple. He just started going to gigs featuring great musicians and whenever they were having a break he’d go up and start talking to them about music. Inevitably it would get him onstage singing with them.

While his reputation as a singer of rare ability grew steadily, these impromptu gigs with the legends of American music weren’t necessarily lucrative. Eventually, though, as his accolades from the masters multiplied, the opportunities began to arise on a more consistent basis, and he settled in Las Vegas, working with such luminaries as Vincent Falcone (musical director for Frank Sinatra), Gus Mancuso (musical director for Sarah Vaughan) and Bob Rosario (bandleader and arranger for Bobby Darin).

Now based back in Sydney, he continues to travel the world for months of every year as a true inheritor of the Sinatra legacy, performing the great standards and original arrangements with orchestras, big bands and quartets.

In Australia he has recorded with the legendary Tommy Tycho and his 50-piece orchestra, and given many intimate jazz performances with friends Steve Brien on guitar, Andrew Dickeson on drums, Craig Scott on bass, and Michael Hope on piano.

Click here to listen to Gregg (with Jim Pennell on guitar) singing "You With Me."