Len Skeat

Len Skeat (born 9 February 1937) is an English jazz double-bassist and younger brother of Bill Skeat (saxophone player 1926-1999).[1][2]

Len Skeat
Birth nameLeonard Skeat
Born (1937-02-09) 9 February 1937
East London, UK
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsDouble Bass
Years active1960s-Present

Biography

He was born in east London, England, and worked with the Ted Heath band.[1] During the 1970s, he was in demand and almost resident at the Pizza Express Jazz Club[1] and Pizza on the Park Jazz Club (closed 2010) in London. He was a member of the band Velvet.[3]

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,[4] Dick Morrissey, Bill Watrous, and Randy Sandke. He was also a member of the Eddie Thompson Trio and Charly Antolini's Jazz Power.

Discography

With Charly Antolini

With Spike Robinson

  • 1984 Spike Robinson-Eddie Thompson Trip/At Chesters Volumes 1 & 2 (Hep)
  • 1986 In Town with Elaine Delmar (Hep)
  • 1987 The Gershwin Collection (Hep)

With Bill Watrous

  • 1982 Bill Watrous in London

References
  1. Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 400. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.
  2. Len Skeat Musical Biography www.jazzsteps.co.uk Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. Len Skeat Biography www.allmusic.com Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  4. Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; Priestley, Brian. The Rough Guide to Jazz (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-84353-256-9.
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