Greg Jacobs was born in London, UK, and grew up in San Rafael, California. He started playing classical piano at 6 years old and was largely self-taught. In middle school and high school, Greg starting playing piano assiduously and listening to a wide variety of music, introduced to Jazz by recordings of Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis. Greg studied classical and jazz piano privately with Gini Wilson as a teenager and first started performing at private events with a jazz combo at 14 years old. He moved to San Francisco in 2007 to attend San Francisco State University, earning Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Physiology and Spanish while continuing to perform with his own group at private events and with the SFSU Jazz combos directed by Andrew Speight. In 2013, Greg started working full-time as a jazz pianist performing at private events and local venues, and teaching private lessons. During this time, while frequently performing at private events and weddings, and working as a reliable sideman in numerous bands, Greg has led his own duo, trio, and quartet at numerous venues for regular weekly residencies. Greg has performed at the SFJAZZ Miner Auditorium, Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Blue Note Napa, Black Cat, Dawn Club, Mr. Tipple’s Jazz Club, Club Deluxe, The Guild Theater, Bird and Beckett, Presidio Theatre, and a plethora of other local venues, either with his own group or with ensembles led by musicians such as Marcus Shelby, Denise Perrier, Gerald Beckett, Andrew Dixon and Daniel Herrera, Noah Frank, Niel Levonius, Danny Brown, Chris Amberger, Mete Tasin, Charles Thomas, and many more. Greg has developed a versatile voice as a pianist that incorporates his virtuosic technique with his study and love of a variety of musical styles from swing, bebop, blues, and hard bop, to Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, funk, classical, and the avant-garde. Greg has also been the musical director and pianist at a local church since 2020, maintains a studio of about 7 – 10 private piano students, has been the pianist-conductor or pianist for numerous musical theater productions, and played Fender Rhodes on Sueños Jazz Quintet’s 2017 release, “Shots Fired.”