Gregg Karukas - Holiday Jazz and more
Gregg Karukas - piano
John Leftwich - upright bass
Joel Taylor - drums
Charlean Carmon - vocals
Soulful, funky, and melodic: the essential qualities that have defined Grammy winning keyboardist/composer/producer Gregg Karukas' 13 solo CD's over a three decade career, with many #1 radio hits, both sophisticated and accessible. Gregg brings an intimate, unplugged jazz piano trio concert experience to complement his international touring; Holiday Jazz and More with special guest vocalist Charlean Carmon (Stevie Wonder, John Legend), playing some of his best known songs along with Brazilian and jazz classics.
A prolific, genre-crossing veteran of the Contemporary Jazz scene, Gregg was a founding member of The Rippingtons (Moonlighting) in 1986, and has toured with Larry Carlton, Boney James, Dave Koz (Both Boney James and Dave Koz were members of Gregg's early bands, and decades later Gregg became musical director and featured artist on The Dave Koz Music Cruises), Sergio Mendes, Dori Caymmi, Ricardo Silveira, Peter White, Rick Braun, Shelby Flint, Melissa Manchester, Alphonse Mouzon, Brenda Russell and Jeffrey Osborne. Originally from Bowie, MD, Gregg has lived in the Los Angeles area since 1982.