- Benny Green( Benny Green (pianist) )【 2 albums 13 lyrics 】
- Benny Green (born April 4, 1963) is an American hard bop jazz pianist who was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. He has been compared to Bud Powell and Oscar Peterson in style and counts them as influences.
Biography
Green was born in New York City. He grew up in Berkeley, California, and studied classical piano from the age of seven. He also had an interest in jazz from an early point, as his father was a jazz tenor saxophone player. Benny Green was 'discovered' by Faye Carroll, and while still in his teens worked in a quintet led by Eddie Henderson. Green attended Berkeley High School, and participated in the school's jazz ensemble. In the later years of his high school career, he had a weekly trio gig at Yoshi's, which marked his entrance to the world of professional jazz. After high school he spent time in San Francisco, but became more successful on his return to New York.
Green joined Betty Carter's band in April, 1983, and since 1991 he has led his own trio. He has recorded for Blue Note Records, Telarc, and Criss Cross Jazz.
Green frequently teaches in workshops across the United States, such as Jazz Camp West in California, and Centrum/Jazz Port Townsend in Washington. He currently resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is on faculty at the University of Michigan.
Discography
As leader
In This Direction (Criss Cross, 1988)
Prelude (Criss Cross, 1988)
Lineage (Blue Note, 1990)
Greens (Blue Note, 1991)
That's Right! (Blue Note, 1992)
Testifyin'!: Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note, 1992)
Place to Be (Blue Note, 1994)
Kaleidoscope (Blue Note, 1997)
Oscar and Benny (Telarc, 1998)
These Are Soulful Days (Blue Note, 1999)
Naturally (Telarc, 2000)
Green's Blues (Telarc, 2001)
Jazz at the Bistro (Telarc, 2003)
Bluebird (Telarc, 2004)
Source (Jazz Legacy, 2011)
Magic Beans (Sunnyside, 2013)
Happiness! Live at Kuumbwa (Sunnyside, 2017) - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
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Source
2011
1.Blue Minor (Provided)
2.Way 'Cross Town (Provided)
3.I Waited For You (Provided)
4.Little T (Provided)
5.Cool Green (Provided)6.Tempus Fugit (Provided)
7.Park Avenue Petite (Provided)
8.Chant (Provided)
9.Born To Be Blue (Provided)
10.Opus De Funk (Provided) -
Miscellaneous
1.You Don't Know What Love Is
2.Nice Work If You Can Get It3.My Body
【Correction of errors in the album information】