EUGENE GREY is an internationally traveled and acclaimed Jamaican born guitarist, arranger, composer, and music educator. According to Rootz Reggae & Kulcha magazine, “Eugene Grey is yet another of the many genius guitarists of world class status that Jamaica has produced” playing professionally from the age of 14. Eugene has toured worldwide as lead guitarist with such artists as Grammy Award winners Burning Spear and Toots and the Maytals, Sly and Robbie as well as Culture, Fab 5, and the internationally acclaimed Kid Creole and the Coconuts. Other artists Eugene has performed with include Max Romeo whom he toured with for the first time in Europe, Horace Andy, Big Youth, The Harlem Renaissance Orchestra, America’s Singing Poet Steve DePass, West Africa’s Abdou M’Boup and Vieux Diop, Tony Cafresi and His Latin Orchestra, The Wailers, and The Skatalites.
His official solo debut release Timeless (Greyphone) in 2002 and his 2004 release Shades of Grey (Greyphone) were nominated for a Reggaesoca Music Award. In May 2019, while in Ghana West Africa, Eugene had the official release of Straight Ahead and Beyond (Greyphone), a 2 CD set. One CD Straight Ahead comprised of straight ahead Jazz and the other CD, Beyond comprised of an eclectic mix of original compositions.
