| Len Skeat | |
| Background: | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth Name: | Leonard Skeat |
| Birth Date: | 1937 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | East London, England |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Occupation: | Musician |
| 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