Origin Ukraine Years active 1995–present | Name Yuri Katz Role Music Producer | |
Occupation(s) Musician, music producer Genres Hip hop music, Rhythm and blues, Jazz, New-age music | ||
Yuri Katz, (also credited as Yurri Katz and Yuri Kattz) is a Ukraine-born American musician, arranger, and music producer.
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Katz worked on different recording projects by Grammy nominated bassist Nathan East (horns arranger), DJ Felli Fel, Jamie Kennedy and Stu Stone (engineer, mixing), Grammy nominated artist - songwriter Howard McCrary,, rappers Chamillionaire, Ya Boy, and BooSkills, Latvian pop star Laima Vaikule, and others.
Born on July 15, 1973 to a musician mother and photographer father. After graduating music school as a woodwinds player Katz studied jazz and arranging at Gnessin State Musical College.
In 1999, Katz formed an electronica band named Access Denied with composer-keyboardist Anatoly Stolboff. They released a world music New Age album titled Intermesh.