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Take Five With Greg Chako
by AAJ Staff
Meet Greg Chako: USA born, Greg distinguished himself early on as an exceptional guitarist by placing second in the American Guild of Music Competition at age 11. After receiving formal education at Berklee Collage of Music in Boston, he began performing and promoting jazz, including appearances with leading artists. He has overcome many obstacles ...
Where We Find Ourselves
By Greg Chako
Label: CPB
Released: 2006
Track listing: Voyage Down; Wave of Love; Winter Solstice; Takachan; Love Goes Fourth;
Creators of Life;
April Wind; It
Two's Company, Three's A Crowd Jazz Duets
By Greg Chako
Label: CPB
Released: 2006
Track listing: The Days Of Wine And Roses; I Could Write A Book; Estate; Almost Like Being In Love; Portrait of Jenny; Mean To Me; Some Other Spring; I Wish You Love; Autumn Leaves; In My Solitude; You're My Everything; If; Who Can I Turn To?; So Many Stars; Time After Time; Take The "A" Train.
Greg Chako: Two's Company, Three's A Crowd Jazz Duets
by Michael P. Gladstone
Having lived and worked in Singapore and Japan, guitarist/composer/entrepreneur Greg Chako takes this occasion to provide us with a series of duets with vocalist Andrea Hopkins and pianists Hiroshi Tanaka and Homei Matsumoto. When Chako arrived in Japan in 2004, he found a steady guitar/piano duo gig at the famed Imperial Hotel--the first time he worked ...
Greg Chako: Where We Find Ourselves
by Michael P. Gladstone
Guitarist Greg Chako has led quite an interesting life. In addition to being a musician and composer, Chako has been a business entrepreneur both within and outside of the music industry. His life experience has led him to travel widely and explore different cultures.After three years of study at the Berklee School of Music, ...
Greg Chako: Where We Find Ourselves
by Jim Santella
With his sextet of jazz improvisers and program of original tunes, guitarist Greg Chako stretches out with a smooth session of aural impressions. Warmth, inner passion and heartfelt charm pervade his writing, which addresses matters of the heart.The ensemble casts a varied shadow that's dominated by the sound of saxophone, trombone, guitar and a ...
Greg Chako: Integration,Integration II
by Stephen Koch
One big question that comes up every now and then is “what direction is jazz going?" The answer you get depends on who you ask. Guitarist Greg Chako is a forward thinker and this two disc set presents his vision, serving as a musical road map. The combination of Chako's acoustic guitar with horns, ...
