Benny Green

piano · 1963 · New York

Hard bop pianist born in New York in 1963 and raised in Berkeley, an alumnus of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, often compared to Bud Powell and Oscar Peterson. He joined Betty Carter's band in 1983 and has led his own trio since 1991.

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Styles

• Hard bop
• Neoclassicism, Young Lions

Landmark tracks

• Nice Pants (1994)
• The Place to Be (1994)
• Concertina (1994)

Sources

• Source

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