Greg Chako - Integration (2022)

In a pro career spanning 35 years and five countries, Cincinnati-born jazz guitarist Greg Chako has released ten albums and been the subject of a documentary called, “An American Cat in the Lion City.” His most prolific period to-date as a recording and performance artist occurred while he lived in the Far East for 17 years, where he evolved into a masterful, expressive composer with rich story telling abilities. His varied arrangements and 50 recorded original compositions merge Mainstream, Hard Bop, Latin & World instrumental music. His music has spent time on the Jazzweek, College Radio Charts and RMR Jazz Charts, including multiple Top Ten spots, and has consistently received critical acclaim from the Jazz community.

Recently Chako was signed by New Jersey label Raining Music which is a jazz subsidiary of Mint 400 Records. For a large part of the streaming era of music most of Chako’s catalog remained unavailable. On April 8th, 2022 Raining Music begins re-releasing Chako’s full catalog along with new albums that are being recorded at this very moment. The first album up is Integration, which originally was released as 2 volumes which are now collected into one release.