Bennie Green
Encyclopedia
Bennie Green was an American
jazz
trombonist
.
Born in Chicago
, Illinois
, Green worked in the orchestra
s of Earl Hines
and Charlie Ventura
, and recorded as bandleader
through the 1950s and 1960s.
With Ike Quebec
United States
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jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
trombonist
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
.
Born in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
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, Green worked in the orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
s of Earl Hines
Earl Hines
Earl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl "Fatha" Hines, was an American jazz pianist. Hines was one of the most influential figures in the development of modern jazz piano and, according to one source, is "one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of jazz".-Early...
and Charlie Ventura
Charlie Ventura
Charlie Ventura was a tenor saxophonist and bandleader.Ventura was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He had his first successes working with Gene Krupa. In 1945 he won the Down Beat readers' poll in the tenor saxophone division...
, and recorded as bandleader
Bandleader
A bandleader is the leader of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music....
through the 1950s and 1960s.
As leader
- 1951: Trombone by Three (PrestigePrestige RecordsPrestige Records was a jazz record label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock. The company was located at 203 South Washington Avenue in Bergenfield, New Jersey, and recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz musicians of the day, sometimes issuing them under the names of several...
) - 1954: Benny Green (Jubilee)
- 1955: Bennie Green Blows His HornBennie Green Blows His HornBennie Green Blows His Horn is an album by American trombonist Bennie Green recorded in 1955 and released on the Prestige label.-Reception:...
(Prestige) - 1955: Bennie Green Sextet (Prestige)
- 1955: Blow Your Horn (Decca)
- 1956: Bennie Green with Art FarmerBennie Green with Art FarmerBennie Green with Art Farmer is an album by American trombonist Bennie Green with trumpeter Art Farmer recorded in 1956 and released on the Prestige label.-Reception:...
(Prestige) - 1956: Walking DownWalking DownWalking Down is an album by American trombonist Bennie Green recorded in 1956 and released on the Prestige label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and stated "The solos are colorful if occasionally stumbling, and the arrangements of the four standards and...
(Prestige) - 1958: Back on the SceneBack on the SceneBack on the Scene is an album by American trombonist Bennie Green recorded in 1958 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 3 stars and stated "It's evident from the opening pair of Latin-flavored performances that Back on the...
(Blue NoteBlue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...
) - 1958: Soul Stirrin'Soul Stirrin'Soul Stirrin' is an album by American trombonist Bennie Green recorded in 1958 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Soul Stirrin' is an invigorating, exciting date from trombonist Bennie Green,...
(Blue Note) - 1958: The Swingin'estThe Swingin'estThe Swingin'est is an album by American trombonist Bennie Green and saxophonist Gene Ammons recorded in 1958 and released on the Vee-Jay label.-Reception:...
(Vee-JayVee-Jay RecordsVee-Jay Records is a record label founded in the 1950s, specializing in blues, jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll. It was owned and operated by African Americans.-History:...
) - 1958: The 45 SessionThe 45 SessionThe 45 Session is an album by American trombonist Bennie Green recorded in 1958 but first released on the Japanese Blue Note label in 1975 as Minor Revelation...
(Blue Note) (also released in Japan as Minor Revelation) - 1959: Walkin' & Talkin'Walkin' & Talkin'Walkin' & Talkin' is an album by American trombonist Bennie Green recorded in 1959 and released on the Blue Note label. It was issued on CD only in Japan, in 2004.-Reception:...
(Blue Note) - 1960: Bennie Green (Bainbridge)
- 1960: Hornful of SoulHornful of SoulHornful of Soul is an album by American trombonist Bennie Green recorded in 1960 and released on the Bethlehem label.-Reception:...
(BethlehemBethlehem RecordsBethlehem Records was a record label based in New York and Hollywood founded by Gus Wildi in 1953. It was bought by King Records in the early 1960s....
) (also released as Catwalk) - 1960: Bennie Green Quintet Swings the Blues (Enrica)
- 1961: Glidin' AlongGlidin' AlongGlidin' Along is an album by American trombonist Bennie Green recorded in 1961 and released on the Jazzland label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.-Track listing:# "African Dream" - 5:45# "Sweet Sucker" - 8:00...
(Jazzland)
As sideman
With Miles DavisMiles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
- Miles Davis and Horns (1956)
With Ike Quebec
Ike Quebec
Ike Quebec was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. His surname is pronounced KYOO-bek.Critic Alex Henderson wrote, "Though he was never an innovator, Quebec had a big, breathy sound that was distinctive and easily recognizable, and he was quite consistent when it came to down-home blues, sexy...
- Easy LivingEasy Living (Ike Quebec album)Easy Living is an album by American saxophonist Ike Quebec recorded in 1962 but not released on the Blue Note label until 1987. The album collects all the material recorded in Januaury 1962, five tracks from which were released in 1981 as Congo Lament....
(1962)