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 he was 12, Charles Hamilton saw Louis Armstrong on television—he thinks on The Ed Sullivan Show. That pivotal performance inspired him to tell his mother he wanted to play trumpet. It’s worked ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you’re looking for live music, there’s no shortage of shows in the Fox Valley in the week ahead. From jazz musician Benny Green to Ants Marching, a tribute to the Dave Matthews Band, you’re sure to ...

The Napa Valley Jazz Society is returning to the stage of Blue Note Napa with a solo piano performance by perennial favorite Benny Green. “An Afternoon of Solo Piano Jazz” is scheduled for Sunday, ...

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 ...