Gregg Karukas

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Gregg Karukas at the Java Jazz Festival 2008

Gregg Karukas (born May 18, 1961 in Baltimore ) is an American keyboardist and composer of smooth jazz .

Live and act

Gregg Karukas is originally from the Washington, DC area ; he already experimented with keyboards as a child. As a teenager he turned his passion for jazz into a profession. At 17, right out of high school, he began a five-year partnership with Tim Eyermann's East Coast Offering . In 1983 he moved to Los Angeles , where he soon worked with the Rippingtons , Ronnie Laws , Melissa Manchester , Patti Austin , Kenny G. and David Benoit . In later years he developed his own smooth jazz style ; his songs have been played on many American jazz radio stations.

Karukas has written several compositions with the Brazilian composer Dori Caymmi .

Discography (selection)

  • 1987 The Night Owl, Label: Optimism
  • 1990/1998 Key Witness, Label: Positive
  • 1992 Sound of Emotion, Label: Positive
  • 1993/1998 Summerhouse, Label: Positive
  • 1993 Home for the Holidays, Label: Fahrenheit
  • 1995 You'll Know It's Me, Label: Fahrenheit
  • 1998 Blue Touch, label: Polygram
  • 2000 Nightshift, label: N2K
  • 2002 Heatwave, Label: N-Coded / Warlock
  • 2004 Best of (Japanese Only), Label: MK Music
  • 2005 Looking Up, Label: Trippin 'N' Rhythm
  • 2009 GK, Label: Trippin 'N' Rhythm
  • 2014 Soul Secrets, Label: Nightowl

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography at www.allmusic.com (accessed December 19, 2009)
  2. ↑ GREGG KARUKAS BIO at www.karukas.com (accessed December 19, 2009)

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personal data
SURNAME Karukas, Gregg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American smooth jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore