Bennie Green

Bennie Green ( born April 16, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, † March 23, 1977 in San Diego, California ) was an American jazz musician (trombone).

Green had at Trummy Young lessons and began in 1942 in the band of Earl Hines, where he soon made ​​known Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker bebop and its harmonic innovations. Earlier than JJ Johnson developed Green the game on the bebop trombone, which he designed with powerful sound natural swinging. After his military service in 1946 he returned to Hines. He worked for an engagement with Gene Ammons in the orchestra by Charlie Ventura. He also played with Sonny Stitt, Babs Gonzales, Coleman Hawkins, Miles Davis ( Miles Davis and Horns ) and Sarah Vaughan.

For initial recordings he put bands together with Eddie Lockjaw Davis and Art Blakey. In 1953, he played as part of the Jazz Composers Workshop with John Lewis, Charles Mingus and JJ Johnson, Kai Winding and Willie Dennis, laying the foundation for the " Four Trombones " sound. He also took up with Frank Wess, Candido, Buck Clayton, Charlie Rouse, Johnny Griffin and others. 1961 appeared under the title " Hornful of Soul" shots before he retired for health reasons. After 1968, he continued to be involved in the uptake and performance of the " Sacred Concerts" of Duke Ellington (1968 /69), then played regularly in hotel bands in Las Vegas, but occasionally came to gigs with Sonny Rollins, and at the Newport Jazz Festival or 1976 with Lionel Hampton back on the scene.

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External links and sources

  • Martin Kunzler, Jazz Encyclopedia, Vol 1, 2002. ISBN 3-499-16512-0, p 455
  • Jazz trombonist
  • American musician
  • Americans
  • Born in 1923
  • Died in 1977
  • Man
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