Bennie Green
- MatchBennie Green
- 100%Freddie Redd
- 88%Al Grey
- 86%Leo Parker
- 78%Howard McGhee
- 77%Frank Rosolino
- 70%Harold Land
- 70%Slide Hampton
- 63%Al Haig
- 57%Sonny Red
- 50%Eddie Costa
Biography
16 April 1923, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 23 March 1977, San Diego, California, USA. After playing locally for a while during his teenage years, trombonist Green joined the bebop-orientated Earl Fatha Hines band in 1942. He continued to be associated with Hines until the early 50s, his spells with the band being interrupted by military service and periods working with Charlie Ventura, the band co-led by Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt and the small groups he led himself. In the late 60s... Read more