Chris Geith is an American composer and arranger of
contemporary jazz and
New Age
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music. His band, The Chris Geith Group, signed with
Jive Records
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in Asia in 2001. The band has been no. 1 in the contemporary jazz, Jazz Fusion, and Contemporary Urban/ R&B charts on
MP3.com. In 1995
Keyboard Magazine
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awarded him the top spot for his composition "Sunrise Hunter" at their 20th Anniversary Keyboard Competition. His music can be heard on
The Weather Channel
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,
Music Choice
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cable,
Sirius XM radio
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, and on a number of different national TV shows including
VH1
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(Behind The Music); Inside Fame,
PBS
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(
Hometime);
Discovery Health (Berman & Berman For Women Only);
Speed Channel
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(
Autoline Detroit
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Autoline in LA
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,
My Classic Car
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);
Animal Planet
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- (
That's My Baby);
Super Station (
Famous Homes & Hideaways), and on TV and radio commercials for clients like Toyota, IBM, Supermodel.com and others.
Discography
*''Prime Time'' (2006)
* ''Timeless World'' (2008)
* '' Island Of A Thousand Dreams'' (2010)
* ''Chasing Rainbows'' (2014)
See also
The Weather Channel Presents: Smooth Jazz II''The Weather Channel Launches A Second Smooth Jazz Compilation''
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* List of jazz arrangers
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References
External links
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Interview
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Composers for piano
American jazz composers
American male jazz composers
Smooth jazz pianists
Male pianists
21st-century pianists
21st-century American male musicians