Greg Kupka was an electric violinist from Los Angeles, California.
Initially trained classically, he studied jazz and fusion from former Mahavishnu Orchestra violinist Jerry Goodman at the University of Southern California.
He has directed the Hoover High School Studio Jazz Orchestra and Jump Swing Band and performed at numerous Jazz Festivals and events, including the Montreux Jazz Festival (2000, 2003), the North Sea Jazz Festival (2000, 2002), the Monterey Jazz Festival[1] (1998, 2001), and the International Association of Jazz Educators Conferences in Anaheim, CA (1999),[2] New Orleans, LA (2000), and Long Beach, CA (2001).
He currently teaches violin and guitar, and still loves to dance.[3]