Greg Hatza

Greg Hatza is an American jazz organist born in 1948 in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Hatza started on piano at age five, and switched to organ at age fifteen. He played professionally from age sixteen, working for four years at Lenny Moore's club. He recorded two full-length albums for Coral Records in the late 1960s with guitarist Eric Gale and drummer Grady Tate, then switched to electric keyboards in the 1970s as the organ's popularity waned. He returned to playing the organ in the 1990s after hearing Joey DeFrancesco play, and recorded again as a leader with his ensemble The Greg Hatza ORGANization.

Discography

• The Wizardry of Greg Hatza (Coral Records, 1967)
• Organized Jazz (Coral, 1968)
• The Greg Hatza ORGANization (Palmetto Records, 1993)
• In My Pocket (Palmetto, 1996)
• Snake Eyes (Palmetto, 1997)
• To a New Place (I-Ching, 2001)

References

• Scott Yanow, Greg Hatza at Allmusic