From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gregg Karukas
Gregg Karukas
Gregg Karukas Discography
titles years labels
The Night Owl 1987 Optimism
Key Witness 1990, 1998 Positive
Sound of Emotion 1992, 1998 Positive
Summerhouse 1993, 1998 Positive
Home for the Holidays 1993 Fahrenheit
You’ll Know It’s Me 1995 Fahrenheit
Blue Touch 1998 i.e./Poly-
gram
Nightshift 2000 N2K
Heatwave 2002 N-Coded/
Warlock
Gregg Karukas (Best of, 2004 MK Music
Japanese Only)
Looking Up 2005 Trippin ’N’
Rhythm
GK 2009 Trippin ’N’
Java Jazz Festival 2008 Rhythm
Background information
Origin Washington D.C. References
Genres Smooth jazz • Gregg Karukas bio, Yahoo! Music.
• Gregg Karukas on MusicMatch Guide.
Occupations Musician, songwriter
Instruments Piano, keyboards, External links
Website www.Karukas.com • Gregg Karukas’ home page
Persondata
Gregg Karukas is a smooth jazz keyboardist and pianist,
originally from the Washington, D.C.-Maryland area. He Name Karukas, Gregg
experimented with keyboards as a child, but it was not Alternative names
until his teens that he pursued music professionally. Short description
Gradually, he developed a melodic and soulful style of
Date of birth
music that made him a mainstay on smooth jazz and ra-
dio circuit.[citation needed] Place of birth
Karukas is known to write music that evokes strong Date of death
emotions. Two of his best-known singles, "Girl in the Place of death
Red Dress" and "Nightshift", reflect a style familiar to
his fans. Karukas has collaborated with Brazilian com-
poser Dori Caymmi and Ricardo Silveira on several pro-
jects. With eleven solo albums and many sessions and
tours with prominent jazz artists, Gregg Karukas has es-
tablished himself as one of the leading musicians of the
format.[citation needed] He has a wife named Yvonne and
two sons named Stevie and Alex who are musicians.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gregg Karukas
Categories:
• American jazz pianists
• Smooth jazz pianists
• Living people
• Keyboardist stubs
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