Benny Green

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The Lew Tabackin Quartet Don Braden Quintet Benny Green Quintet Don Braden Sextet The Benny Green Trio The Jazz Futures Ensemble Jim Snidero Quartet Jay Leonhart Trio Trio Supreme KBS Trio Monky Kobayashi & N.Y. Be Bop Benny Green Sextet Kind Of Blue Project

ex Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Ray Brown Trio, Bobby Watson & Horizon, Mingus Dynasty, John Swana Quintet, Jim Snidero Quintet, Jack Walrath & The Masters Of Suspense

Born April 4 1963, NYC, New York and raised in Berkeley, CA.
Jazz keyboardist, saxophonist, composer and engineer.

NOTE! Not to be confused with British liner notes author & saxophonist Benny Green or US trombonist Bennie Green.

ALBUMS

2023, CD, Album, Sunnyside

2020, CD, Album, Sunnyside,

Jim Snidero Feat. Benny Green, Steve Nelson, Kevin Haynes, Peter Washington, Dennis Irwin, Billy Hart, Tony Reedus

2019, CD, Comp, Red Records (15), GEDI Gruppo Editoriale

2018, CD, Album, Sunnyside

Happiness! Live At Kuumbwa

2017, CD, Album, Sunnyside

Live In Santa Cruz!

2015, CD, Album, Sunnyside

2013, CD, Album, Sunnyside

2011, CD, Album, Jazz Legacy Productions,

Bop/Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz

The December 2nd Quartet Featuring Dominick Farinacci With Special Guest: Benny Green

2010, CD, Album, DIG, Vega Records (11),

Bop/Ballad/Vocal

Tiger Onitsuka With Benny Green & Buster Williams

A Time In New York

2008, CD, Album + DVD-V, Album, Columbia Music Entertainment

WDR Big Band Köln Conducted By John Clayton Featuring Dianne Reeves, Ray Brown, Jeff Hamilton, Benny Green

The World Of Duke Ellington Vol.2

Mark Murphy Featuring Benny Green

2004, CD, Album, Ltd, Millenium Recordings (2)

Benny Green & Russell Malone

Benny Green & Russell Malone

Jazz At The Bistro

Bop/Post Bop/Swing

These Are Soulful Days

Oscar Peterson And Benny Green

Oscar Peterson With Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Benny Green, Roy Hargrove, Shirley Horn, Milt Jackson, The Manhattan Transfer, Lewis Nash, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Clark Terry, Stanley Turrentine

A Tribute To Oscar Peterson (Live At The Town Hall)

Etta Jones With Benny Green

My Gentleman Friend

1996, CD, Album, Muse Records

Ray Brown . Benny Green, Ahmad Jamal, Geoff Keezer, Dado Moroni, Oscar Peterson, Lewis Nash

Some Of My Best Friends Are... The Piano Players

The Place To Be

Joe Van Enkhuizen & Benny Green

The Ellington Legacy

1993, CD, Album, September (3)

Jack Walrath And The Masters Of Suspense*, Larry Coryell, Benny Green, Anthony Cox, Ronnie Burrage

Out Of The Tradition

James Morrison, Ray Brown With Benny Green & Jeff Hamilton

Jim Snidero Quintet with Brian Lynch, Benny Green, Peter Washington, Jeff "Tain" Watts

Ray Brown Trio - Ray Brown, Benny Green, Gregory Hutchinson

Live At Scullers

The Benny Green Trio

2012, CD, Album, Ltd, T-TOC RECORDS,

What Am I Here For

2010, CD, Album, T-TOC RECORDS

Bassics. The Best Of Ray Brown Trio. 1977-2000

Jay Leonhart Trio

Fly Me To The Moon-Tribute To Ray Brown

Live At Scullers

Some Of My Best Friends Are...The Sax Players

The Lew Tabackin Quartet

What A Little Moonlight Can Do

Don't Get Sassy

The Blue Testament Blue Note Plays The Good Book

1993, CD, Comp, Blue Note, Blue Note,

Contemporary Jazz/Bop/Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Vocal

Don Braden Sextet

1993, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz,

Jim Snidero Quintet

1993, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz,

The Benny Green Trio

The Benny Green Trio

The Lew Tabackin Quartet

I'll Be Seeing You

John Swana Quintet

Introducing John Swana

1991, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz

The Benny Green Trio

The Next Generation

Don Braden Quintet

The Time Is Now

Bobby Watson & Horizon

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

I Get A Kick Out Of Bu

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Art Blakey & Jazz Messengers

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

70 Years Anniversary - Special Edition Vol.1

Jim Snidero Quintet

Benny Green Quintet

Monky Kobayashi & N.Y. Be Bop

Jim Snidero Quartet

While Your Here

CD, Album, Red Record, Red Record,

Benny Green Sextet

Tribute To Art Blakey

2xCDr, Unofficial, Jazztime (3), Jazztime (3)

Kind Of Blue Project

CD, Unofficial, Megadisc (2),

Live At Scullers

Don't Get Sassy

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

2 Bands During The Show

APPEARANCES +

100 Gold Fingers - Piano Playhouse 2005

2024, 2xCD, Album, Ltd, Ultra-Vybe, Solid Records (6)

Solo In Barcelona

2023, CD, Album, Storyville,

Seven Steps To Heaven

100 Gold Fingers / Piano Playhouse 2005

2022, 2xCD, Album, Solid Records (6), All Art, Ultra-Vybe

2021, CD, Album, Dot Time Records,

Dixieland/Hard Bop

A Time For Love: The Oscar Peterson Quartet - Live In Helsinki, 1987

Monty Alexander

Love You Madly: Live At Bubba's

Oscar, With Love

The Red Garland Trio

Swingin' On The Korner: Live at Keystone Korner

2010, 6xFile, FLAC, EP, Gypsypop Records

Clarinetwork - Live At The Village Vanguard

2010, CD, Album, Dig, Anzic Records

Vocal/Ballad/Cool Jazz/Swing

Bop/Swing/Afro-Cuban Jazz

2009, CD, Album, H2O Records (5),

WDR Big Band Köln

The World Of Duke Ellington Box

2008, 3xCD, Album, Comp, BHM Productions

Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars

Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival

Beyond Good And Evil

2006, CD, Dig, Connotation (3),

Helen Sung Trio

2006, CD, Album, Fresh Sound New Talent

Between Friends

2006, CD, Album, Azica

Blue Note Plays Prince

Jazz-Funk/Cool Jazz

Joe Finn Quartet

2005, CDr, Album, Joe Finn Projects

Up On The Roof: The Best of Kennedy Center Jazz On JazzSet, Vol. 1

2004, CD, Album, Kennedy Center Jazz Recordings

Walk On - The Final Ray Brown Trio Recording

Cool Jazz/Latin Jazz/Vocal

Sublime-Honoring The Music Of Hank Jones

Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Russell Malone

Ray Brown Monty Alexander Russell Malone

Classic Jazz: The Eighties

Fujitsu Presents 100 Gold Fingers - Piano Playhouse 2001

2001, 2xHDCD, Album, Leafage Jazz

The Richard Rodgers Centennial Jazz Piano Album

2001, CD, Album, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Cole Porter Songbook

2001, CD, Album, Novus J, BMG Music

Ed Thigpen's Trio Supreme*

A Time For Love

New York, New York: The City In Song

2000, CD, Comp, Blue Note,

Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Vocal/Big Band/Swing/Musical

Swing Is The Thing

I Am The Walrath

1999, CD, Comp, 32 Jazz,

Hard Bop/Post Bop

Jazz At Midnight

1999, 5xCD, Comp + Box, Comp, Disky,

Bossa Nova/East Coast Blues/Big Band/Vocal

The Complete Landmark Recordings

1999, 2xCD, Comp, 32 Jazz

Jazz For Those Peaceful Moments

Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Ballad

Blue Note Plays Gershwin

A Little Houston On The Side

Jazz For A Lazy Day

Ann Hampton Callaway

Magic World (The Ultimate ACT World Jazz Collection III)

1998, CD, Comp, ACT (4), ACT (4),

Fusion/Contemporary Jazz/Latin Jazz

Kiyoshi Koyama / A History Of Blue Note On Records

1998, CD, Comp, Mono, Promo, Smplr, Blue Note,

Bop/Bossa Nova/Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz/Hard Bop/Modal/Post Bop/Ragtime/Soul-Jazz

Steel City Soul

1998, CD, Comp, RM, 32 Jazz,

Shades Of Blue: A Bob Belden Project

1998, LP, Somethin' Else

1998, CD, Mons Records,

Tim Hagans & Marcus Printup

Hubsongs - The Music Of Freddie Hubbard

Post Bop/Hard Bop

Super Test CD - Classical, Jazz And Special Effects

1997, CD, Comp, Audiophile Sound, Telarc Digital,

Surround Sounds 2

1997, CD, Multichannel, Telarc

A Minor Scramble

1997, CD, Album, Jen Bay Records

Jan Zirk Quartet

Basin Street Blues

1997, CD, Album, Imogena Records,

Ray Brown With John Clayton & Christian McBride

Yule Be Boppin'

Vocal/Bop/Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Holiday

Jazz Celebration: A Tribute To Carl Jefferson

1996, 4xCD + Box, Album, Concord Jazz,

Bop/Swing/Post Bop/Vocal/Ballad/Bossa Nova/Latin Jazz

All For You (A Dedication To The Nat King Cole Trio)

Contemporary Jazz

Karrin Allyson / The Scott Hamilton Quintet / The Concord Jazz Festival All-Stars

Fujitsu-Concord 27th Jazz Festival

Kristin Korb With The Ray Brown Trio

Introducing Kristin Korb

Gazebo Blend - Starbucks Cool Notes Of Summer

1995, CD, Comp, Promo, Blue Note,

It's A Wonderful World

1995, CD, Album, Mons Records,

I See Your Face Before Me

1995, CD, Album, Concord Jazz

1995, CD, Album, Muse Records,

Ray Brown Trio Featuring Ulf Wakenius

Seven Steps To Heaven

Burnin' In The Woodhouse

Contemporary Jazz/Vocal

Jazz After Hours

1994, CD, Album, Muse Records

The Lion And His Pride

1994, CD, Album, Muse Records,

Bop/Hard Bop/Bossa Nova/Soul-Jazz/Latin Jazz

Who It Is You Are

John Pizzarelli

Swing/Soul-Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

Santa's Bag - An All-Star Jazz Christmas

Verve's Grammy Winners

Blue Moon (Blue Note, The Night And The Music)

When Doves Cry: The Music Of Prince

This Is Christmas

The Ray Brown Trio*

Bassface - Live At Kuumbwa

Live In Concert

Cecil Brooks III

Hangin' With Smooth

1992, CD, Album, Muse Records,

1992, CD, Comp, Audio (2),

Acoustic/Field Recording/Contemporary Jazz/Classical

1992, CD, Album, Muse Records

Reverse The Charges

1992, CD, Album, Muse Records,

1992, CD, Single, Intuition Records

Freddie Hubbard

Live At Fat Tuesday's

The Gershwin Songbook - 'S Wonderful

Bop/Latin Jazz/Big Band/Swing/Cool Jazz

Blue Piano Volume Two

James Morrison, Ray Brown

1991, CD, Album, Antilles,

Contemporary Jazz

29th Street Saxophone Quartet

1991, CD, Album, Antilles,

Bop/Post Bop/Latin Jazz/Bossa Nova/Jazz-Funk/Vocal

George Kawaguchi & All Stars

1991, CD, Album, King Record Co. Ltd

The Bob Belden Ensemble

Straight To My Heart: The Bob Belden Ensemble Performs The Music Of Sting

Contemporary Jazz

A Message From Monk

The Little Tiger

Amani A.W.-Murray*

Amani A. W.-Murray

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*

1990, CD, Album, Jazz Zounds,

Hard Bop/Post Bop/Bop

Yule Struttin' - A Blue Note Christmas

1990, Cass, Album, Comp, Club, CRC, Blue Note

Contemporary Jazz

Yule Struttin': A Blue Note Christmas

Hard Bop/Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening/Holiday

Freddie Hubbard

Topsy - Standard Book

Arnett Cobb, Jimmy Heath, Joe Henderson

You Go To My Head

1989, CD, Album, Bellaphon, Jazz City,

Benny Green Trio* Featuring Buster Williams & Lewis Nash

In This Direction

Look What I Got

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers*

Peter Apfelbaum With Berkeley Arts Company & The Hieroglyphics Ensemble*

1979, LP, Album, Jewish Matador

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Historically Speaking - The Duke

1960, LP, Album, Mono, Parlophone

Collective Cuts

CD, Album, Horn Blower Productions

Gilbey's Gin The Flavor Of Jazz

Cass, Comp, CEMA Special Markets

Benny Golson & Curtis Fuller Quintet

Legend Of Jazz Club

CD, Album, M&I Jazz

Red Prysock Et Son Orchestre*

Jazziz - Summer 2020 - Summer Fusion

2020, CD, Comp, Jazziz

2020, 22xFile, FLAC, Album, 24-, Not On Label (Palladium (16) Self-released)

Fahrt Ins Blaue II - Groovin' In The Spirit Of Jazz

Blue Note Covers Vol.2

2014, CD, Comp, Smplr, Pap, Universal Music

Best Of Bar Jazz

2011, CD, Comp, EMI

A Blue Note Christmas Vol.1 & 2

2009, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Mono, Blue Note,

Bop/Post Bop/Big Band/Swing/Vocal/Cool Jazz/Holiday

Breathe: The Relaxing Jazz Piano

2007, CD, Album, Telarc,

Fujitsu Presents 100 Gold Fingers Piano Playhouse Part 9

2007, CD, Ltd, Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.

Various – Breathe: The Relaxing Jazz Guitar

2007, CD, Album, Telarc

A New York Christmas

2006, CD, Comp, Metropolitan Museum Of Art

Best Jazz Piano Standards 100

2006, 6xCD, Comp, Blue Note,

The Best Of Jazz Piano

2005, CD, Comp, Blue Note

Superсборка (#12'04)

2004, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Sni, Play Magazine,

Pop Rock/Synth-pop/Folk Rock/Reggae/Ballad/Vocal/Post Rock/Space Rock/Alternative Rock/Indie Pop/Country/House/Breaks/Downtempo/Ambient/Breakbeat/IDM/Progressive House/Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Jazz-Funk/Modern Electric Blues/Hip Hop/Ragga HipHop/Gospel/Hard Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Instrumental/New Age/Nu Metal/Experimental/Industrial/Power Metal/Symphonic Rock/Heavy Metal/Death Metal/Prog Rock/Gothic Metal/Speed Metal/Surf

Barjazz 2 Edition

2004, 2xCD, Comp, EMI

Jazziz Magazine On-Disc - April 2003 Traditions In Transition (Vol. 1)

2003, CD, Comp, Promo, Jazziz,

Contemporary Jazz

I Heard It On NPR

2003, 3xCD, Comp, HDC + Box, EMI Music Special Markets, EMI Music Special Markets, EMI Music Special Markets, Blue Note, Blue Note, Blue Note,

Mistletoe And Merriment

2003, CD, Comp, Dig, Hear Music, Hear Music,

Jazz History, Volume 4: The New Era 1969-Now

2003, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Blue Note,

Contemporary Jazz

I Heard It On NPR: Jazz For Blue Nights

2002, HDCD, NPR Classics,

Telarc Celebrating 25 Years: The Jazz Collection

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Promo, Telarc Jazz

Lounge It (Midnight Blue)

2001, CD, Comp, EMI Plus

Telarc Jazz In-Store Sampler 2001

2001, CD, Album, Promo, Smplr, Telarc International Corporation,

A Jazz Christmas

2001, CD, Comp, Blue Note

Mellow Tone (The Mellowest Jazz Ballads)

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Disky,

A Jazz Piano Christmas

2000, HDCD, Album, NPR Classics,

Bop/Swing/Cool Jazz/Post Bop/Latin Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Holiday

The Best Live Jazz - On The - Web

Big Band/Instrumental/Vocal/Bop/Post Bop

A Taste Of Blue Note 99

1999, CD, Comp, Blue Note,

Acid Jazz/Future Jazz/Hard Bop

Blue Note / Sampler 1999

1999, CD, Comp, Promo, Blue Note, Capitol Records,

Contemporary Jazz/Fusion

60 Blue Note Years 1939 / 1999

1998, 14xCD, Comp + Box, Blue Note,

The Blue Note Years: The New Era 1975 - 1998

Jazziz Magazine On-Disc - April 1997

1997, CD, Comp, Promo, Jazziz,

Contemporary Jazz

Blue Note Festival '97

1997, CD, Comp, RM, Blue Note,

Festival International de Jazz De Montreal 1997

1997, CD, Comp, Blue Note, EMI Canada

Jazz For The Holidays

1997, CD, Comp, EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets

Little Brown Bag

1997, CD, Comp, EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets

Starbucks Winterludes - Cool Holiday Notes, Seasonal Jazz and Popular Favorites

1995, CD, Comp, Starbucks Coffee,

Rising Stars Of Jazz - Breakthrough!

Contemporary Jazz/Latin Jazz/Cool Jazz

CDPRO Vol #25 (October 1994)

1994, CD, Comp, Promo, EMI Music Canada,

Soft Rock/Country/Folk/Aboriginal/Reggae-Pop/Pop Rock/Shoegaze/Blues Rock/Dance-pop/Cool Jazz/MPB/Contemporary Jazz

Linn HiFi - Music For Life

1994, CD, Comp, EMI ITALIANA S.p.A.,

Vocal/Modern/Romantic/Opera/Classical

Top Audio 1994 - Linn Hi-Fi

1994, CD, Comp, Blue Note,

Blues Christmas

1993, CD, Comp, CEMA Special Markets

Blue Note Club Special Sampler Vol.3

1993, CD, Mini, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Sna, Blue Note, Toshiba EMI,

Contemporary Jazz/Vocal

Gilbey's Gin - The Flavor Of Jazz

1992, CD, Comp, CEMA Special Markets

Critics' Choice

Last Chance To Groove

1991, CD, Comp, Mono, Premier Jazz, Premier Jazz,

New Recordings Of Blue Note

1991, CD, Comp, Promo, Blue Note,

Yule Struttin' (A Blue Note Christmas)

1990, Cass, Comp, Blue Note,

Yule Struttin': A Blue Note Christmas

Bop/Post Bop/Big Band/Swing/Vocal/Cool Jazz/Holiday

In The Mellow-Wood Mood Volume 4

1976, LP, Comp, Promo, Bethlehem Records

Live...Toronto May '93

2016, CD, Album, Unofficial, Hi Hat

All For You (A Dedication To The Nat King Cole Trio)

The Art Of Jazz - Blue Note Plays Gershwin

2002, CD, Comp, Unofficial, Blue Note,

Freddie Hubbard

Topsy - Standard Book

2004' Jazz Piano 20

CD, Comp, Unofficial, Pump Music

Kenny Barron & Benny Green

Internationales Jazz Festival 2018

2xCDr, Unofficial, Jazztime (3), Jazztime (3)

27th Internationale Jazzwoche 1996 Burghausen Germany

DVDr, DVD-V, Unofficial, Not On Label

Ray Brown . Benny Green, Ahmad Jamal, Geoff Keezer, Dado Moroni, Oscar Peterson, Lewis Nash

Some Of My Best Friends Are... The Piano Players

Ray Brown, Monty Alexander, Russell Malone

Ray Brown Monty Alexander Russell Malone

Ray Brown With John Clayton & Christian McBride

Kristin Korb With The Ray Brown Trio

Introducing Kristin Korb

Vocal/Bop/Swing/Bossa Nova