Stan Greig

Stan Greig

born on 12/8/1930 in Joppa, Scotland, United Kingdom

died on 18/11/2012 in London, England, United Kingdom

Stan Greig

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Stanley Mackay Greig (born August 12, 1930, Joppa, d. November 18, 2012, London)[1] was a Scottish pianist, drummer, and bandleader.

Greig's father was a drummer and piano tuner. Greig played with Sandy Brown while still in high school in 1945, then played piano and drums with him from 1948 to 1954. He moved to London and played with Ken Colyer (195455), Humphrey Lyttelton (195557), and Bruce Turner (1957), then with the Fairweather-Brown All-Stars (led by Brown and Al Fairweather) in 1958-59. He played with Turner again briefly before becoming a member of Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band from 1960 to 1968.

After 1969 Greig made piano his primary instrument, leading his own small groups and playing boogie woogie and blues piano. He played with Dave Shepherd and Johnny Hawksworth as a sideman in the early 1970s, then formed the London Jazz Big Band in 1975. From 1977-80 he played with George Melly, then toured as a bandleader in Europe (198082). He worked again with Lyttelton from 1985 to 1995, and worked with Wally Fawkes later in the 1990s. The Stan Greig Trio played many gigs in and around London, with the Rolling Stones's Charlie Watts sometimes turning out on drums.

He died after suffering from Parkinson's disease.

References

  1. Peter Vacher, Stan Greig obituary | Music, The Guardian, November 23, 2012. URL accessed on 2012-11-24.
  • Fairweather/Kernfeld, "Stan Greig". Grove Jazz online.
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