Benny Green
Bernard "Benny" Green (born December 9, 1927 in Leeds , Yorkshire , England , † June 22, 1998 in London ) was a British jazz musician ( saxophone ), radio presenter and author .
Benny Green grew up in Marylebone, north London , and became interested in music and literature from an early age. He learned to play the saxophone and joined Ronnie Scott's jazz band in 1953 .
From 1955 he was a regular guest at the BBC - radio . He worked as an author and presenter for documentary programs on stage, film and jazz. For many years he had his own show on Sunday afternoons playing jazz and railing against rock and rock 'n' roll . The latter was all the more remarkable Himself rock 'n' roll music was played: He was in the late 1950s to Harry Robinson Chapel Lord Rockingham's XI , which in Jack Goods television music show Oh Boy! Accompanied pop musicians like Marty Wilde or Cliff Richard and had a number one hit himself ( Hoots Mon , 1958).
Benny Green died of cancer at the age of 70 at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
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| SURNAME | Green, Benny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Green, Bernard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British jazz musician, radio host and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 9, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leeds |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 22, 1998 |
| Place of death | London |