in 1987, he became a lecturer in the jazz studies division at the university of cincinnati – college-conservatory of music (ccm) and wrote a textbook, "jazz keyboard harmony"(1994). in addition to his lecturing, degreg recorded a series of albums in the 1990s with musicians joe labarbera, tim ries, don braden, drew gress, and randy johnston. in addition, he has performed concerts with j. j. johnson ("live in concert", 2007). since 1991, degreg has been a professor of jazz studies at the university of cincinnati.