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Greg Skaff Releases Instrumental Jazz CD "East Harlem Skyline"
New York, NY-February 9, 2009 - Greg Skaff brings the harmony of life and expertise to every song he creates. Just as they were on his previous release on Zoho Music, Ellington Boulevard, the spirits of guitar and organ trios of the past are honored with the new release East Harlem Skyline. Skaff creates a bevy ...
Greg Skaff: East Harlem Skyline
by Woodrow Wilkins
The organ-led trio has long been a fascination for guitarist Greg Skaff--especially when a guitar is involved. So it follows that he borrows from the playbooks of guitarists like George Benson and Wes Montgomery, and organists like Jimmy Smith and Don Patterson.East Harlem Skyline brings Skaff together with Hammond B-3 organists George Colligan and ...
Ellington Boulevard
By Greg Skaff
Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2004
Track listing: Baku; Rambler; Super 80; Blues for Mr. T; Delphia; Inception; Poundcake; Isfahan; Highway 54.
Greg Skaff: Ellington Boulevard
by John Kelman
Recording studios can be cold and uninviting places. Without the ambience of a live room and an eager audience, some artists are challenged to capture the fire and the energy that results from the feedback of a receptive group of listeners. As wonderful as many studio recordings are, they don't always succeed in portraying what the ...
Blues for Mr. T
By Greg Skaff
Label: Khaeon World Music
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Baku (Skaff) - 6:22
2. Rambler (Skaff) - 7:31
3. Super 80 (Skaff) - 6:06
4. Blues for Mr. T (Skaff) - 7:11
5. Delphia (Hubbard) - 6:27
6. Inception (Tyner) - 9:13
7. Poundcake (Skaff) - 7:15
8. Isfahan (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 6:45
9. Highway (Skaff) - 7:34
Greg Skaff: Blues for Mr. T
by C. Michael Bailey
This year has seen an organ renaissance. Organ jazz had its genesis in Fred Longshaw, who performed with a reed organ on the 1925 Bessie Smith recording of "St. Louis Blues." Fats Waller was a pipe organ virtuoso. Count Basie introduced the organ into swing music, giving way to Wild Bill Davis, who predicted Jimmy Smith ...
Greg Skaff: Blues For Mr. T
by David A. Orthmann
Greg Skaff’s second disc as a leader charts an impressive course between the familiar, agreeable parameters of soul-jazz and a more open ended, blowing-based approach. The guitarist, Hammond B-3 organist Mike LeDonne, and drummer Joe Farnsworth (all of whom frequently play in various bands at Smoke, a club in New York City that serves as a ...
Greg Skaff: Blues for Mr. T
by Elliott Simon
There seems to be an increased appetite among jazz fans of late for the inherent soulful funkiness of a Hammond B3 organ/guitar trio. With Manhattan's club Smoke holding B3 nights each Tuesday, this genre that peaked during the ‘60s and ‘70s is back in a big way. From the first cut on guitarist Greg Skaff's Blues ...
