The Phil DeGreg Trio has been a recognized performing group and mainstay of the jazz scene in southern Ohio since 1988. They are currently in residence at the Dee Felice Café in Covington, Kentucky every Sunday night since 2009. From 1991 to 2007 they accompanied many national and international jazz artists in at Cincinnati’s famous Blue Wisp Jazz Club.  They have received two of the Cincinnati Enquirer’s prestigious “Cammy” Awards and five CityBeat Cincinnati Entertainment Award nominations in the jazz category.

The trio performs in many styles ranging from jazz and Brazilian classics, to contemporary remakes of Beatles and Stevie Wonder music. In the Greater Cincinnati area, the Phil DeGreg Trio has performed in countless jazz concerts at Xavier University, CCM, the Public Library, on Fountain Square, and many churches, retirement communities and other venues. You can hear their recording of Harold Arlen’s “Come Rain or Come Shine” as the theme music for WVXU’s “Around Cincinnati” program every Sunday night. The current trio has been together for eleven years, and includes bassist Aaron Jacobs and drummer John Taylor, both highly in-demand players and on the faculty of CCM.

Aaron Jacobs is a very busy upright and electric bassist in Cincinnati, OH. He studied at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) where he graduated with a degree in jazz performance and is now adjunct professor. He plays all over the region in styles ranging from jazz, rock, latin, funk, to classical and musicals. He is a regular member of the Phil DeGreg Trio, Brasilia, John Zappa’s “Now Hear This”, Hickory Robot, and the Rick VanMatre Quintet.

John Taylor is a freelance drummer, composer, arranger, and adjunct professor in the Commercial Music Production program at CCM. John studied at Berklee College of Music and later earned a B.A. in Music Education from Wright State University. In addition to drums and percussion, he also plays piano, guitar, and electric bass and arranges for competitive high school marching bands and percussion groups throughout the Midwest. John maintains a busy performance calendar playing in a wide variety of Jazz, Pop, and World styles. He performs regularly the Phil DeGreg Trio, Brasilia, Puzzle of Light, and as leader of his own trio in Dayton.