John Greaves

British (Welsh) bassist, pianist, singer and composer, born February 23, 1950 in Prestatyn, Wales, UK.

Played double-bass and bass guitar in school band for two years and was with "the Ray Irving Showband" from 1964 to 1968. Found little musical stimulation at Cambridge until meeting [a=Henry Cow] in the autumn of 1969. After leaving Henry Cow in March 1976, he embarked in a solo career (songwriter, singer, pianist, bassist), often in collaboration with [a=Peter Blegvad].

In parallel to his solo works, he is also keen to participate to group projects, playing mostly totally improvised music. In the last years he formed a duo with Italian singer/multi-instrumentalist [a=Annie Barbazza], also he toured Italy with his own band featuring [a=King Crimson] members [a=Mel Collins] and [a=Jakko Jakszyk], [a=Annie Barbazza], [a=Régïs Boulard] and [a=Annie Whitehead].