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'What I Like About Jazz' Features Benny Green

Jazz pianist Benny Green

Benny Green has been playing jazz piano for decades, and has recorded with everyone from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers to the Ray Brown trio, as well as being part of George Wein's Jazz Futures band in the early 90s.

Tune in to "What i Like About Jazz" to hear a retrospective of Mr. Green's career, including early recordings with Ralph Moore, Green's trio with Christian McBride, Randy Johnston, Houston Person, Jazz Futures,  Blakey, Brown, and more. Listen online or on your radio Wednesday, September 30 from 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Benny Green will be playing a solo piano concert at the University of Montana on Wednesday, October 7, 2015, info and tickets available here.

For now, enjoy this clip of the Benny Green Trio live at the Cotton Club Japan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnUdlDAegzs

John Arvish is a public school teacher, as well as host and producer of What I Like About Jazz, Muse's Jukebox, and Blues on the Move. He lives with his wife Carrie, their dog Sunny and cat Pokey and a smorgasbord of good music, theater, art and food.
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