BUNKY GREEN

Hard Bop / Avant-Garde Jazz / Soul Jazz / RnB / Post Bop / Latin Jazz • United States
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American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator,

Born April 23, 1935, Milwaukee, WI

Died March 1, 2025, Jacksonville, FL.

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Bunky Green has long had his own sound, but unfortunately most of his recordings have gone long out of print as he has conducted a career as an educator (including a term as the president of the International Association of Jazz Educators). After playing locally, in 1960 he had a stint with Charles Mingus. That year, Green moved to Chicago where he played with Ira Sullivan, Andrew Hill, Louie Bellson, Yusef Lateef, and Sonny Stitt, among others. Originally strongly influenced by Charlie Parker, Green spent a period reassessing his style and studying, emerging with a much more distinctive sound. He recorded for Exodus (1960) and Argo (1964-1966), but his best work was his mid- to late-'70s recordings for Vanguard and a 1989 session for Delos. A self-described "inside/outside" player, Bunky Green has read more...
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BUNKY GREEN My Babe (aka Step High) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 My Babe (aka Step High)
Soul Jazz 1965
BUNKY GREEN Testifyin' Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Testifyin' Time
Hard Bop 1965
BUNKY GREEN Playin' for Keeps album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Playin' for Keeps
Hard Bop 1966
BUNKY GREEN The Latinization Of Bunky Green album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Latinization Of Bunky Green
Latin Jazz 1966
BUNKY GREEN Transformations album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
 Transformations
RnB 1977
BUNKY GREEN Visions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Visions
RnB 1978
BUNKY GREEN Places We've Never Been album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Places We've Never Been
Soul Jazz 1979
BUNKY GREEN Healing the Pain album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Healing the Pain
Avant-Garde Jazz 1989
BUNKY GREEN Another Place album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Another Place
Hard Bop 2006

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BUNKY GREEN The Salzau Quartet Live At Jazz Baltica album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 The Salzau Quartet Live At Jazz Baltica
Avant-Garde Jazz 2008
BUNKY GREEN Live At Jazzbaltica Salzau July 7, 2009 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Live At Jazzbaltica Salzau July 7, 2009
Post Bop 2019

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BUNKY GREEN Playin' For Keeps album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
 Playin' For Keeps
Hard Bop 2007

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