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American hard bop jazz pianist

Person · Open Library

Born
1927
Died
1998
Works
43

Top works

  • The reluctant art
  • The Mermaid Theatre's Cole
  • Wisden anthology 1940-1963
  • The Lord's companion
  • The Wisden papers 1969-1990

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Country
US
Active from
1989

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
62,803
Total plays
288,071

Tags

jazzpianojazz pianoinstrumentaljazz-piano

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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Benny+Green">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Green
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Occupation
jazz musician
Languages spoken
English language
Genre
jazz
Instrument
piano
Record label
Blue Note
Image
Benny Green (pianist).jpg
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date of birth
1963-04-04
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