I think I've written you before, a little over ayear ago. Greyboy is a
DJ out of San Diego, CA.. He typically spins a variety of samples over
funky hip-hop beats. Jazz, and various other samplings tend to be his
staple, crossing acid-jazz and trip hop. He can be caught spinning quite
a few discs at tthe Green Circle, here in San Diego, a jazz dive,
typically a few nights a week. The Green Circle has been closed for a
number of weeks due to remodeling and he is currently touring in support
of his latest release "Land of the Lost" on Ubiquity. A must hear!
As for the Greyboy All-Stars, this is a band, which records under his
label Greyboy Records in San Diego. They are lead by sax great, Karl
Denson. They share the name "Greyboy" but definitely play all the way
live "groove-jazz." If live instruments are what you seek, you will not
be disappointed. They have a release titled "West Coast Boogaloo" on
Greyboy Records. I can email you distributor info later, since I don't
readily have it available. I recommend you check out the Greyboy
Hompage. I am trying to summate an entire novel in a sentence, and doing
a very poor job! If I can mail you a sample of their songs, both Greyboy
and the Greyboy All-stars, please email me at: jbas@ucsd,edu
Good luck,
jp.
On Sat, 9 Mar 1996, Jim Ayson wrote:
> Ok, after all the talk here about Greyboy and the Greyboy All-Stars, I did
> some hunting and was able to find a CD of their 1993 Ubiquity album
> "Freestylin'" (with Harold Todd on sax and flute & Marc Antoine on guitar).
> Lemme tell ya, it was NOT easy to find this in Manila so I was lucky to find
> this (anyone from Ubiquity out there - who are your Philippine distributors??)
>
> Anyone have their impressions of this album - it would be interesting to
> hear of them. My impression was the album was an ok collection of sax and
> guitar jams over sampled rhythm loops - but I was expecting to hear more
> live drums and bass (though there were some live percussion, bass, and drums
> one or two cuts). The tunes were basically one or two chord vamps, not very
> many changes. But did it groove? absolutely.
>
> I suppose I can get more info from their home page - but would like to hear
> the answers from here as well. Ok, the question I get after listening to
> this is... who or what is GREYBOY??? Is it a person, a musician, a band, a
> label, a production outfit (this album is recorded, produced, and mixed by
> Greyboy). Info on the CD itself is skimpy - There is no booklet, no liner
> notes except credits, so .... ??
>
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