Bennie Green

Bennie Green (April 16, 1923 – March 23, 1977) was an American jazz trombonist.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Green worked in the orchestras of Earl Hines and Charlie Ventura, and recorded as bandleader through the 1950s and 1960s.^[1] According to critic Scott Yanow of Allmusic, Green's style straddled swing music and soul, making him one of few trombonists of the 1950s and '60s uninfluenced by the pioneering sound of J.J. Johnson.

Green relocated to Las Vegas where he played in hotel bands for the last decade of his career, though he made occasional appearances at jazz festivals. He died on March 23, 1977.

Discography

As leader

• 1951: Trombone by Three (Prestige)
• 1954: Benny Green (Jubilee)
• 1955: Bennie Green Blows His Horn (Prestige)
• 1955: Bennie Green Sextet (Prestige)
• 1955: Blow Your Horn (Decca)
• 1956: Bennie Green with Art Farmer (Prestige)
• 1956: Walking Down (Prestige)
• 1958: Back on the Scene (Blue Note)
• 1958: Soul Stirrin' (Blue Note)
• 1958: The Swingin'est (Vee-Jay)
• 1958: The 45 Session (Blue Note) (also released in Japan as Minor Revelation)
• 1959: Walkin' & Talkin' (Blue Note)
• 1960: Bennie Green (Bainbridge)
• 1960: Hornful of Soul (Bethlehem) (also released as Catwalk)
• 1960: Bennie Green Quintet Swings the Blues (Enrica)
• 1961: Glidin' Along (Jazzland)
• 1964: My Main Man (Argo) with Sonny Stitt
• 1958-1962: Mosaic Select 3 CDs Blue Note recordings (Mosaic 2003)

As sideman

With George Benson

• The George Benson Cookbook (Columbia, 1967)

With Miles Davis

• Miles Davis and Horns (1956)

With Dizzy Gillespie

• A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Verve, 1960)

With Howard McGhee

• Dusty Blue (Bethlehem, 1960)

With Ike Quebec

• Easy Living (1962)
• Congo Lament recorded 1962 (Blue Note 1980)

With Sonny Stitt

• Pow! (Prestige, 1965 [1967])

'With Various Artists

• Newport In New York '72 volume 2

With Randy Weston

• Destry Rides Again (United Artists, 1959)

References