Dave Green (musician)

Dave Green
Green during a concert of The ABC&D of Boogie Woogie in Herisau, Switzerland on 13 January 2010
Green during a concert of The ABC&D of Boogie Woogie in Herisau, Switzerland on 13 January 2010
Background information
Birth nameDavid John Green
Born (1942-03-05) 5 March 1942 (age 82)
Edgware, London, England, UK
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentDouble bass
Years active1960s–present

David John Green (born 5 March 1942) is an English jazz bassist.

Background

Green's first public performances were with his childhood friend Charlie Watts in the late 1950s.[1] While performing with Humphrey Lyttelton from 1963 to 1983, Green also played with the Don Rendell–Ian Carr band in the early 1960s, and went on to play with Stan Tracey. In the early 1980s, Green led his own group, Fingers, featuring Lol Coxhill, Bruce Turner and Michael Garrick.[2] Green regularly backed visiting American stars at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, including Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Roland Kirk[3] and Sonny Rollins. Green has also performed and recorded with Dave Newton, Didier Lockwood and Spike Robinson.

In 1991, Green was a founding member of Charlie Watts's quintet, together with Gerard Presencer, Peter King and Brian Lemon.[4]

Since 1998, Green has led a trio featuring Iain Dixon and Gene Calderazzo,[4] and since 2009, he has been a member of The ABC&D of Boogie Woogie, with Ben Waters, Axel Zwingenberger and Charlie Watts, performing at the Lincoln Center with Bob Seeley and Lila Ammons.[5]

Discography

As leader/co-leader

  • 1979: Fingers Remembers Mingus – Fingers[4]
  • 2001: Time Will Tell[4]
  • 2011: Turn Left at Monday[6]
  • 2012: The ABC&D of Boogie Woogie – live in Paris
  • 2022: Raise Four (Trio Records, recorded 2004)

As sideman

References

  1. ^ Eaton, Duncan (26 August 2021). "From jazz musician to rock and roll legend – remembering the late Charlie Watts". Daily Echo. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Dave Green: artist biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Oral history of jazz in Britain: Jazz bassist Dave Green interviewed by Andrew Simons" (audio). British Library. 20 May 1999. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Ian Carr; Digby Fairweather; Brian Priestley (2004). The Rough Guide to Jazz. Rough Guides. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-84353-256-9.
  5. ^ Tamarkin, Jeff (29 June 2012). "The ABC&D of Boogie Woogie at Lincoln Center, 6-28-12". JazzTimes. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  6. ^ Fordham, John (3 February 2011). "Dave Green: Turn Left at Monday – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
  7. ^ Richard Morton Jack. Labyrinth: British Jazz on Record, 1960-75 (2024), pp. 58-59
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Vladimir Bogdanov; Chris Woodstra; Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2002). All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music. Backbeat Books. p. 1334. ISBN 978-0-87930-717-2.Archived 2014-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "CDs reviewed in July 2011". Jazz Journal. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2016.