The Jimmy Greene Quartet: Live At Smalls

Jimmy Greene, tenor & soprano saxophones; Xavier Davis, piano; Ugonna Okegwo, bass; Greg Hutchinson, drums

Sense of Urgency (Greene) / Ugly Beauty (Thelonius Monk) / Soul Music (Greene) / Self Portrait # 1 (Greene) / Home (Greene) / Bloomfield (Greene)

Saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Jimmy Greene has emerged as a positive young presence in the creative music world. Tony Hall of Jazzwise Magazine calls Greene ". . .without doubt one of the most striking young tenors of recent years." Jim Macnie of the Village Voice said, "[Greene] is good for a couple of body chills every time you see him. He's got a big barrelhouse sound, and a way of negotiating changes that make academic moves seem natural."
As a composer, Greene has received several recent honors. He won the prestigious 2005 ASCAP / IAJE Commission in honor of Ornette Coleman. Greene was named a 2004 Winner of Chamber Music America's New Works: Creation and Presentation grant for jazz composition, and awarded a 2005 Artist Fellowship in Music Composition by the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. Over 30 of Greene's original compositions and arrangements have been recorded on the RCA Victor and Criss Cross labels.. In addition to his recordings and appearances as a leader, Greene appears on 55 albums as a sideman, and has performed and/or recorded in the bands of Horace Silver, Tom Harrell, Harry Connick, Jr., Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Barron, Lewis Nash, Steve Turre, and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band. Jimmy was named First Runner-Up in the prestigious 1996 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition, and was named on of the _25 Young Rising Stars in Jazz_ by DownBeat Magazine in 1999.
The Jimmy Greene Quartet "Live At Smalls" features a top-notch group of veteran New York players including Xavier Davis and Ugonna Okegwo (both of Tom Harrell's group) and drum legend Gregory Hutchinson. The set is a lively and engaging presentation of his original tunes and a gorgeous rendition of Thelonious Monk's "Ugly Beauty". Captured live at Smalls Jazz Club, this is a vibrant and affirming cd project.

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