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MR. GREGORY PAGE / Press

“His music is a mixture of jazz, music from the twenties, heavy French romantic, blues and folk music - all translated into today. „I owe it to live a bit in the past. It’s somehow appeasing. Whereas the future is still uncertain, he says. „I frequently think: how can I turn my show more into black and white? That has to be possible nevertheless, with slightly correcting or 3D-glasses? The American singer Gregory Page (London, 1963) is true of recent developments. The distinctive song writer looks as a minstrel. Shabby chic outfit - second-hand package, tie, cap, thick glasses and a gentlemanly beard, guitar case in his hand. And a significant visiting card: `songwriter, astronaut, full-time dreamer'. A mild poser he is, he is eccentric, his open attitude is authentic.”

Amanda Kuyper - Fulltime dreamer

“Currently swinging through the country in big band style, London-born, US-based crooner Gregory Page comes armed with a new album of unashamedly retrospective big band swing. Rather than plundering the oldies as most of his peers do when approaching this genre, Page has taken the time and considerable effort to write his own set of yesteryear style compositions and record them with a massive complement of musicians, including jazz luminary Bob Magnusson and the Brad Steinwehe Jazz Orchestra. Page & company have nailed the tone of the era they were aiming at - an indisputable bullseye. The pianos tinkle, the violins sigh, the horns swell, the rhythms swing with grace. And Page's songs sound like they could have been written seventy years ago.”

Martin Jones - Rhythms Magazine, Australia

“Gregory Page is a masterful lyricist who makes beautiful music. His voice is like Chet Baker. His music – a mixture of jazz, music from the 1920s and a certain folklore translated into the 21st Century, – always contains a trace of melancholy. A careful observer of everyday realities, he fashions his songs with sensitivity and humour, revealing a great craftsmanship.”

“Doctor Jazz Magazine (autumn '13 NL) ~ "Mr. Page's voice does remind one of that of Chet Bakers & he combines that gift with writing the most wonderful lyrics. It is hard to put one music label on the multi-talented Gregory Page, so we will not even try this. He is the type of person who has an unique style, as if he stepped into a time machine in the '20s and has arrived in the present time. As of a young age Gregory was inspired by his grandfathers gramophone records, it formed the basis on which he developed his own sound: a mixture of jazz and music of the beginning of the 20th century which is translated to the present. Gregory Page has the gift to observe life and to capture this in a realistic, sensitive though humorous way in his lyrics. He is truly in his element performing live. Everyone who has seen him perform on stage can confirm this: the man has truckloads of charisma. His performance is far more than just a trip down memory lane. Entertaining, heart warming, moving and”

“Comme le portrait sépia d'un Paris rêvé par ce Londonien, ce disque est un hommage au jazz et à la douceur de vivre dans la Ville-lumière. Love Made Me Drunk est un album au fort accent français, mais dans la bouche d'un Anglais, Avec sa vision originale de Paris, Gregory Page nous emmène en voyage. Un voyage dans le temps qui commence sur des ballades jazz sur fond d'accordéon, avec "Bon voyage mon chéri", ôde à la douceur de vivre à la française. Rapidement le disque s'éloigne pour nous emmener dans son univers jazz et swing. Gregory Page n'était pas forcément destiné à jeter son dévolu sur le jazz, le groupe de sa mère – The Beatchicks — avait ouvert deux concerts des Beatles en août 1965. Mais finalement Gregory Page propose un disque original, comme s'il avait délocalisé Montmartre dans son joli univers jazz.”