Greg Beslile-Chi
Biography Greg Beslile-Chi
Gregg Belisle- Chi
is a guitarist and composer living in Seattle, Washington.
He has maintained a busy career in music performing and recording with various Jazz, Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock, Folk, and Chamber Ensembles. He is a regular member of Jim Knapp’s Scrape Orchestra, Andy Clausen’s Shutter and Split Stream Big Band, and performs duo with vocalist Chelsea Crabtree.
He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Cornish College of the Arts where he studied with guitarists Dave Peterson and Michael Nicollela, multi-instrumentalist Jay Thomas, and composer Jim Knapp. Beginning in Fall 2014 he will be enrolled in the Masters Program at the University of Washington School of Music under the direction of Cuong Vu and Ted Poor.
He has performed with Bill Frisell, Eyvind Kang, Wayne Horvitz, Tom Varner, Bob Sheppard, and Jay Clayton.
Gregg is currently composing music for solo guitar and duo (with Chelsea Crabtree) for his debut record, expected to be released late 2014. He can also be heard on Scrape’s Approaching Vyonnes(Original Classical, 2013) Honey Noble’s self-titled album (self released, 2013) Tomten’s Wednesday’s Children (FlatField Records, 2012), and Annabel Lee’s Lone Bodies(self-released, 2012).
