Len Skeat | |
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![]() Len Skeat at Upwell Jazz Club, 2020 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Leonard Skeat |
Born | East London, England | 9 February 1937
Died | 9 March 2021 | (aged 84)
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Double bass |
Years active | 1960s–2021 |
Leonard Skeat (9 February 1937 – 9 March 2021) was a British [1] jazz double-bassist, and the younger brother of Bill Skeat, a saxophone player (1926–1999). [2] [3]
He was born in East End of London, and worked with the Ted Heath band. [2] During the 1970s, he was in demand and almost resident at the Pizza Express Jazz Club, [2] and Pizza on the Park Jazz Club (closed 2010) in London. He was a member of the band, Velvet. [4]
Skeat recorded with Mel Tormé, Ben Webster, Billy Eckstine, Lionel Hampton, Scott Hamilton, Helen Merrill, Lou Rawls, Harry Edison, Denny Wright, Digby Fairweather, Spike Robinson, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Stéphane Grappelli, [5] Dick Morrissey, Bill Watrous, and Randy Sandke. He was also a member of the Eddie Thompson Trio and Charly Antolini's Jazz Power.
With Charly Antolini
With Bud Freeman
With Spike Robinson
With Bill Watrous
Len Skeat | |
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![]() Len Skeat at Upwell Jazz Club, 2020 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Leonard Skeat |
Born | East London, England | 9 February 1937
Died | 9 March 2021 | (aged 84)
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Double bass |
Years active | 1960s–2021 |
Leonard Skeat (9 February 1937 – 9 March 2021) was a British [1] jazz double-bassist, and the younger brother of Bill Skeat, a saxophone player (1926–1999). [2] [3]
He was born in East End of London, and worked with the Ted Heath band. [2] During the 1970s, he was in demand and almost resident at the Pizza Express Jazz Club, [2] and Pizza on the Park Jazz Club (closed 2010) in London. He was a member of the band, Velvet. [4]
Skeat recorded with Mel Tormé, Ben Webster, Billy Eckstine, Lionel Hampton, Scott Hamilton, Helen Merrill, Lou Rawls, Harry Edison, Denny Wright, Digby Fairweather, Spike Robinson, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Stéphane Grappelli, [5] Dick Morrissey, Bill Watrous, and Randy Sandke. He was also a member of the Eddie Thompson Trio and Charly Antolini's Jazz Power.
With Charly Antolini
With Bud Freeman
With Spike Robinson
With Bill Watrous