Stanley Mackay Greig (12 August 1930 in Joppa – 18 November 2012 in London) was a Scottish pianist, drummer, and bandleader. Greig's father was a drummer and piano tuner. Greig played with Sandy Brown while still in high school in 1945, then played piano and drums with him from 1948 to 1954. He moved to London and played with

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(1954–55),

Humphrey Lyttelton Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (23 May 1921 – 25 April 2008), also known as Humph, was an English jazz musician and broadcaster from the Lyttelton family. Having taught himself the trumpet at school, Lyttelton became a professional ...

(1955–57), and Bruce Turner (1957), then with the Fairweather-Brown All-Stars (led by Brown and

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) in 1958-59. He played with Turner again briefly before becoming a member of

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's Paramount Jazz Band from 1960 to 1968. After 1969 Greig made piano his primary instrument, leading his own small groups and playing

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and blues piano. He played with

Dave Shepherd David Joseph Shepherd (7 February 1929 – 15 December 2016) was an English jazz clarinettist and bandleader. Biography Shepherd was born in Walthamstow, London, England, to Cecilia (nee Sadgrove), a machinist, and Joseph Shepherd, a semi-profe ...

and

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as a sideman in the early 1970s, then formed the London Jazz Big Band in 1975. From 1977-80 he played with

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, then toured as a bandleader in Europe (1980–82). He worked again with Lyttelton from 1985 to 1995, and worked with

Wally Fawkes Walter Ernest Fawkes (born 21 June 1924) is a British-Canadian jazz clarinetist and satirical cartoonist. As a cartoonist, he usually worked under the name "Trog" until failing eyesight forced him to retire in 2005 at the age of 81. Early hist ...

later in the 1990s. The Stan Greig Trio played many gigs in and around London, with the

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sometimes turning out on drums. He died on 18 November 2012 after suffering from

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References

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