Jeff Alan Greenway is a singer/songwriter, keyboard player and arranger from Toronto, Canada.
His original music has been influenced by and compared to artists such as Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Jamie Cullum, early Billy Joel and Elton John. Fusing elements of jazz and folk with pop and rock, his songs feature both unique melodic & rhythmic piano styles and passionate vocals.
Lyrically, Jeff speaks from both the heart and the psyche. While relationships are always a favorite topic, he also likes to analyze the differences and similarities in human experience, particularly in love, loss and the search for personal identity.
He is a graduate from the Humber College jazz program in Toronto, and has recorded and performed with many different Canadian artists, including Kobe James (with Tony "Leh-Lo" Rabalao and Tom McKay) and independent artists Nate Daniels, Marcus Walker, Di Thomas, Rehan Dalal, Steve Otis Gunn, and Amy Pitt.
He has worked in the studio with such producers/engineers as Mark Zubek (Blaise Pascal, Crash Test Dummies) and Jeremy Darby (former live engineer for U2, Pink Floyd and Prince), and has played live at many venues in Toronto including the Free Times Cafe, C'est What, Lee’s Palace and the Rivoli.
His talents have been recognized with a FACTOR Canada New Talent Award, a profile on "The Scene" on Rogers Cable, and two honorable mentions in the UNISONG international songwriting contest.
He was also chosen as a finalist for Open Stage 2010 in New York and will be performing in front of a live studio audience competing for a $10,000 grand prize.
Jeff is currently working on his first full-length CD as an independent artist, to be released in 2010.
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