After exhibiting great potential as a young pianist during his teens on the San Francisco jazz scene, Benny Green, long regarded as one of the most promising wunderkinds of jazz piano, spent his ...

A former member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Green has been a fixture in American jazz since the late 1980s, recording as a leader for the Blue Note, Telarc and Sunnyside labels. The conservatory ...

When pianist Benny Green agreed to come to KPLU's Seattle studios for a solo piano performance, he was on tour with his band paying tribute to the music of Thelonious Monk. So it seemed logical to ...

Benny Green is a hard swinging and intense modern jazz pianist built from the hard bop mold. Influenced by Bud Powell, Phineas Newborn and Oscar Peterson, his solos are both technically challenging ...

Pianist Benny Green will play a July 31 concert at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music to launch the conservatory's new partnership with the Manty Ellis Community Foundation. A former member of Art ...