[2][3] He was born in East End of London, and worked with the Ted Heath band.

[2] During the 1970s, he was in demand and almost resident at the Pizza Express Jazz Club,[2] and Pizza on the Park Jazz Club (closed 2010) in London.

[4] Skeat recorded with Mel Tormé, Ben Webster, Billy Eckstine, Lionel Hampton, Scott Hamilton, Helen Merrill, Lou Rawls, Harry Edison, Denny Wright, Digby Fairweather, Spike Robinson, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Stéphane Grappelli,[5] Dick Morrissey, Bill Watrous, and Randy Sandke.

He was also a member of the Eddie Thompson Trio and Charly Antolini's Jazz Power.

With Charly Antolini With Bud Freeman With Spike Robinson With Bill Watrous