EDUCATION

Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, MD 1971

B.A., Major – Jazz Composition, Minor – Classical Piano

Towson State University, Towson, Maryland 1977

M.A.Ed., Major – Jazz Composition

Studied under Ustad Hamid Hossain – Indian Classical Music 1974 – 1995

Studied under Liang Shan Tang – Chinese Classical Music 1990 – 2000

PERFORMANCES AND INTERVIEWS*

Radio:

• All Indian Radio, Delhi, India
• WCVT, Towson State University, Towson, MD
• WJHU, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• WEAA, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
• Hybrid Jazz, Blog Talk Radio

Television:

• Mike Douglas Show, Philadelphia, PA
• Public Broadcasting System, Baltimore, MD
• WJZ-TV, Baltimore, MD
• Catonsville Community College, Catonsville, MD

Concerts/Performances:

• African American Festival, Baltimore, MD
• American Embassy and various venues, Bangladesh, Calcutta and Delhi, India
• An die Musik, Baltimore, MD
• Arena Players, Baltimore, MD
• Artscape, Baltimore, MD
• Baltimore County African American Cultural Festival, Towson, MD
• Baltimore Inner Harbor Star Spangled Spectacular, Baltimore, MD
• Baltimore Inner Harbor Summer Concert Series
• Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore, MD
• Berks Jazz Festival, Reading, PA
• Boordy Vineyards, Hydes, MD
• Blues Alley, Washington DC
• Blue Note Jazz Club, New York, NY
• Blue Note Jazz Club, Fukuoka, Japan
• Caton Castle, Baltimore, MD
• Catonsville Community College Spring Festival, Catonsville, MD
• Charles Village Festival, Baltimore, MD
• Chinese Cultural Center, Washington, DC
• Columbia Lakefront Concert Series, Columbia, MD
• East Meets West Indian Music, Toronto, Canada
• Elk Run Vineyard and Winery Spring Jazz Fest, Mount Airy, MD
• Eubie Blake Jazz Festival, Baltimore, MD
• Fiore Winery of MD, Pylesville, MD
• Haven Lounge, Baltimore, MD
• Kawasaki Art and Music Theatre, Kawasaki, Japan
• Jazz on the Hill Concert Series, British Gorda, Virgin Islands
• Johns Hopkins Spring Festival, Baltimore, MD
• Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, MD
• Linganore Winecellars, Mt. Airy, MD
• Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, Rockville, MD
• Mt. Washington Village Festival, Baltimore, MD
• Oregon Ridge Summer Concert Series, Baltimore, MD
• Phaze10 Restaurant, Baltimore, MD
• Smithsonian Gardens, Washington, DC
• St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands
• St. Petersburg, Russia
• Theater Project, Baltimore, MD
• Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival, Rehoboth Beach, DE
• Romolo Chocolates Music Series, Erie, PA
• San Remo Music Festival, San Remo, Italy
• UMBC Spring Festival, Baltimore, MD
• Wine in the Woods, Columbia, MD

*Listing is representative of appearances and not meant to be all-inclusive.

MUSICAL GROUPS

• The Greg Hatza ORGANization – Jazz Organ Quartet
• The Baltimore Blues Brothers – Blues Organ Trio
• Jazz in the Sanctuary Band – Gospel Jazz
• Melodic Intersect – Indian/World Fusion
• Moon August- Contemporary Jazz Fusion – selected as the #1 Jazz Group at the First Jazz Quest held at the Eubie Blake Festival in Baltimore. Awarded the title of “Cultural Ambassadors” for Baltimore City in 1999, traveling to Kawasaki, Japan for the 20th anniversary celebration of the Kawasaki/Baltimore Sister City Exchange program.
• Shanghai West – Chinese/Jazz Fusion

DISCOGRAPHY

• Early Solo
• The Wizardry of Greg Hatza (Coral Records)
• Organized Jazz (Coral Records)
• Moon August
• Just Another Gig (Bushido Records) 1979
• Feelin’ Free (Bushido Records) 1983
• Potion (Syntax Records) 1989
• Hard Times (AIM Records) 1992
• Best of Moon August (Ashley Records) 1999
• The Greg Hatza ORGANization
• The Greg Hatza ORGANization (Palmetto Records) 1995
• In My Pocket (Palmetto Records) 1996
• Snake Eyes (Palmetto Records) 1998
• To A New Place (I-Ching Records) 2001
• Jazz In the Sanctuary Band
• Jazz in the Sanctuary (2011)

Recordings with other Performers

• Brian Kooken A Minor Thing 2014
• Can’t Loose with the Blues  2007
• Melodic Intersect Inner Vision 2014
• Michael Raitzyk Organic Trio 2011
• Peter Fraize Organic Matter 2010

MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENTS

• Grady Tate Eric Gale Jimmy Smith Groove Holmes
• Philly Joe Jones Woody Shaw Dave Samuels Eddie Lockjaw Davis
• Eddie Arnold Sonny Stitt Eddie Daniels James Moody
• Freddy Hubbard Frankie Scott  Roland Kirk Les McCann
• Kenny Burrell Al Grey David Liebman Ustad Hamid Hossain
• Pearl Pan Liang Shan Tang John Scofield John Abercombie
• Dennis Chambers Bob Devoe Paul Bollenback Ralph LaLama
• Sheryl Bailey Eric Alexander Dave Stryker Jim Snydero
• Don Braden
• Stan Kenton Orchestra
• Columbia Jazz Ensemble
• Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
• Towson State Jazz Ensemble