Bob Greene

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Bob Greene (actually Robert Stern Greenstein , born September 4, 1922 , † October 13, 2013 in Amagansett , NY) was an American author and jazz pianist who dedicated himself to the work of Jelly Roll Morton .

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Bob Greene was the son of a textile industrialist and grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan . He graduated from Columbia University in 1943 and then began working on radio and television documentaries, earning him two Writers Guild Awards in 1957 and 1962 . In 1964 he wrote for Voice of America ; from 1954 to 1962 he taught at Columbia University, where he earned a Master of Arts in theater studies in 1958 .

Greene got to know Morton's music as early as the 1940s. In 1969 he played concerts with Morton's music in New Orleans; In 1973 he performed his version of Red Hot Peppers at New York's Lincoln Center as part of the New York Newport Jazz Festival . In the 1970s and 80s, Greene toured the United States and Europe with his concert program The World of Jelly Roll Morton, both as a soloist and as a band leader , among others. a. with Johnny Williams . He also appeared on the soundtrack of the Louis Malle film Pretty Baby (1978).

After Tom Lord , he was involved in 53 recording sessions between 1950 and 2010, including a. with Sidney De Paris , Johnny Wiggs , Johnny Smith , Ernie Carson , Jimmy McPartland , Zutty Singleton , Don Ewell , Albert Nicholas , Leon Redbone and Louis Cottrell .

Discographic notes

  • Bob Greene and His International New Orleans Jazz Band (Fat Cat's Jazz, 1968)
  • Jelly Roll Revisited: Bob Greene and The Peruna Jazz Band (Fat Cat's Jazz, 1972)
  • Bob Greene Orchestra Concert (Philharmonic Hall, New York, NY Jul 4, 1973 Early Show) (1973)
  • The World of Jelly Roll Morton (RCA, 1974)
  • Pretty Baby (film soundtrack) (ABC, 1977)
  • Bob Greene's World of Jelly Roll Morton (GHB, 1982)
  • St. Peter Street Strutters ( Delmark Records , 2009)
  • Bob Greene, Bobby Gordon , Howard Alden Trio: All I Ask Is Love (GHB, 2010)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obituary in The New York Times
  2. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
  3. ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 25, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Greene, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Greenstein, Robert Stern
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician and author
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1922
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 2013
Place of death Amagansett , New York (State)