Gregory Jacobs is a man known far and wide, by many names. There are few music lovers who can’t recite at least one verse by his alter egos Shock G or the immortal Humpty Hump. A true renaissance man beyond digital underground’s notoriety, Shock G would also perform, produce, and create visual art under aliases including Rackadelic, Stayin’ Busy Productions and more. However in 2016, at the suggestion of his longtime manager and business partner Atron Gregory, a lesser-known moniker, “The Piano Man” took his first steps into the spotlight. The sessions, not unlike the legendary recordings of Bluesman Robert Johnson, took place in a hotel room with nothing but a piano and an engineer to capture the magic. These would be the last formal recordings by this brilliant musician before his passing in April 2021. When TNT Recordings launched Solo Piano Group during the first lockdown of 2020, Shock G saw a place for “The Piano Man” to be a part of it. Mixing sophisticated Ellington-tinged jazz with his trademark joyful hip-hop sensibility, it is with great honor that we present Solo Piano Group featuring digital underground’s Shock G, The Piano Man. FOCUS TRACK: The third single from The Piano Man, “Willow Weep For Me” is a showcase of Shock G’s pianistic dexterity, evoking the nostalgic atmosphere of hotel piano bars where he was notorious for holding impromptu performances. Recorded by artists ranging from Frank Sinatra to Nina Simone, “Willow We For Me”, was written in 1932 by Ann Ronell, an artist who like Shock G was an innovator and outlier among her peers. GENRE: Jazz, Neo Classical, Solo Piano, Instrumental, Mood Music, Ambience, Relaxation SIMILAR ARTISTS: Herbie Hancock, Kiefer, Robert Glasper, Thelonius Monk, Duke Ellington