Greg Maker

Gregory "Greg" Maker (born around 1950 in Clairton , Allegheny County , Pennsylvania ) is an American jazz musician ( double bass , electric bass , tuba ).

Live and act

Maker worked as a bass player in New York from the early 1970s a. a. with the Composer's Workshop Ensemble around Warren Smith (album (We've Been) Around , 1973, among others with Jack Jeffers , Howard Johnson , George Barrow , Herb Bushler and Omar Clay ), also with Lonnie Liston Smith (as electric bassist), Sam Rivers ( Crystals , 1974), Billy Harper and Chris Hinze . In the 80s he also took part in the recordings of Dave Hubbard and the World Bass Violin Ensemble ( Bassically Yours ( Black Saint ), with bassists Bob Cunningham , Brian Smith , Fred Hopkins , Phil Bowler , Rick Rozie and Rufus Reid ). From 1979 to 1987 he was also a theater musician (tuba, double bass) on Broadway in New York in the musicals Eubie !, Much Ado about Nothing, Honky Tonk Nights, Cyrano de Bergerac and Stardust . Recordings were made in 2000 with the Ken Simon Quartet ( Another Side ( CIMP ), with Jorge Sylvester , Barry Altschul ) and in 2007 with trombonist Janice Robinson . In the field of jazz, he was involved in 13 recording sessions between 1973 and 2000.

personal data
SURNAME	Maker, Greg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Maker, Gregory
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH	Clairton , Allegheny County , Pennsylvania