BENNY GREEN
Benny Green was born in New York in 1963 but was raised in Berkeley, California. He began classical piano studies at the age of seven. In 1993 Oscar Peterson chose Benny as the first recipient of the City of Toronto's Glen Gould International Protégé Prize in Music. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Benny Green: Solo PIanoThe art of constructing a solo recording is the ultimate challenge for most musicians. Pianist Benny Green believes that the challenge provides the ultimate inspiration, as he is free to take the music in whatever direction he chooses. Over his career, Green has solidified himself as one of jazz musics premier piano stylists.
, Oscar Peterson, and Art Blakey, with whom he played as a member of the legendary Jazz Messengers. When you say hes got it all, youve said it all. That is the most concise summation of the genius of pianist Benny Green.
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