Stan Greig obituary

Brilliant blues pianist, drummer and founder of the London Jazz Big Band in 1975The jazz pianist – and occasional drummer – Stan Greig, who has died aged 82 after suffering from Parkinson's disease, performed with such leading lights of British traditional and mainstream jazz as Sandy Brown, Ken Colyer, Humphrey Lyttelton and George Melly. He was renowned for his conviviality, his brilliant blues and boogie piano playing, and his professional skills as a piano tuner.Greig was born in the Edi...

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