Benny Green Catalog

1988 (age 25)

Benny Green Quintet - Prelude   Criss Cross Jazz (Du) Criss 1036   1988

Terence Blanchard, trumpet; Javon Jackson, tenor sax; Benny Green, piano; Peter Washington, bass; Tony Reedus, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 22, 1988

Take The Coltrane
The Girl Next Door
Peresina
Certainly
The Song Is You
Debo's Delight

** also released on Criss Cross Jazz (Du) Criss 1036 CD in 1988.

Benny Green Quintet - Prelude   Criss Cross Jazz (Du) Criss 1036 CD   1988

same session.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 22, 1988

Countdown

** originally released on Criss Cross Jazz (Du) Criss 1036 in 1988 + 1 bonus track.

Benny Green Trio - In This Direction   Criss Cross Jazz (Du) Criss 1038   1989

Benny Green, piano; Buster Williams, bass; Lewis Nash, drums.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 29, 1988, and January 2, 1989

The Fruit
What Is There To Say
Dealin' With A Feelin'
I'll Keep Loving You
Trinkle Tinkle
Air Dancing
Toku-Do

** also released on Criss Cross Jazz (Du) Criss 1038 CD in 1989.

Benny Green Trio - In This Direction   Criss Cross Jazz (Du) Criss 1038 CD   1989

same session.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 29, 1988, and January 2, 1989

To Wisdom, The Price

** originally released on Criss Cross Jazz (Du) Criss 1038 in 1989 + 1 bonus track.

1990

Benny Green - Lineage   Blue Note CDP 7 93670 2   1990

Benny Green, piano; Ray Drummond, bass; Victor Lewis, drums.

A&R Studios, NYC, January 30, 1990

(tk.2)Dat Dere
(tk.1)See See Rider
(tk.4)Debo's Waltz
(tk.3)Levitation
(tk.1)Trust

Benny Green, piano.

A&R Studios, NYC, January 31, 1990

(tk.4)I'll Wait And Pray
Ask Me Now
(tk.5)If Ever I Would Leave You
(tk.8)Glass Enclosure

Benny Green, piano; Ray Drummond, bass; Victor Lewis, drums.

A&R Studios, NYC, February 1, 1990

(tk.2)Phoebe's Samba
-Crazy
(tk.3)Lil' Darlin'

Various Artists - Yule Struttin' (A Blue Note Christmas)   Blue Note CDP 7 94857 2

Benny Green, piano.

A&R Studios, NYC, January 31, 1990

(tk.4)Silent Night

same personnel.

Jim Anderson's home studio, Brooklyn, NY, July 29, 1990

A Merrier Christmas

1991

The Benny Green Trio - Greens   Blue Note CDP 7 96485 2   1991

Benny Green, piano; Christian McBride, bass; Carl Allen, drums.

The Power Station, NYC, March 4 and 5, 1991

Greens
Bish Bash
Captain Hook
You Don't Know What Love Is
Time After Time
Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Decidedly
Soon
Cute
I See Your Face Before Mine
Second Time Around
Shiny Stockings

The Benny Green Trio Live At The Village Vanguard - Testifyin'!   Blue Note CDP 7 98171 2   1992

same personnel.

Village Vanguard, NYC, November, 1991

Introduction
Don't Be 'Shamed
Humphrey
Bu's March
Beutiful Moons Ago
Testifyin'
Carl's Blues
Down By The Riverside
I Should Care
The Sheik Of Araby
McThing
Billy Boy

1992

The Benny Green Trio - That's Right!   Blue Note CDP 0777 7 84467 2 9   1993

Benny Green, piano; Christian McBride, bass; Carl Allen, drums.

The Power Station, NYC, December 21, 22 and 23, 1992

Wiggin'
Ain't She Sweet
That's Right
Something I Dreamed Last Night
Celia
Hoagie Meat
Cupcake
Just A Tadd
Glad To Be Unhappy
Me And My Baby

1993 (age 30)

The Benny Green Trio - Blue Notes   Somethin' Else (J) TOCJ-5553   1993

Benny Green, piano; Christian McBride, bass; Carl Allen, drums.

The Power Station, NYC, April 16 and 17, 1993

The Sidewinder
Tokyo Blues
Cool Struttin'
Song For My Father
Watermelon Man
The Preacher
Softly, As In The Morning Sunrise
Moanin'
Doodlin'
Blues March

** also released on Somethin' Else (J) TOCJ-68043 in 1999.

1994

Benny Green - The Place To Be   Blue Note CDP 7243 8 29268 2 5   1994

Benny Green, piano; Christian McBride, bass #1-3,5-8,10,12; Kenny Washington, drums #1-3,5-7,10,12; with Byron Stripling, trumpet #1,3,5; Delfayo Marsalis, trombone #1,3,5; John Clark, French horn #1,3,5; Herb Besson, tuba #1,3,5; Jerry Dodgion, flute, alto flute, alto sax #1,3,5; Gary Smulyan, baritone sax #1,3,5; Bob Belden, Benny Green, horn orchestrator #1,3,5.

Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 22 and 23, 1994

1.Nice Pants
2.Playmate
3.I Want To Talk About You
4.The Place To Be
5.I Felt That
6.Pensativa
7.One Of Another Kind
8.Which Came First?
9.Noreen's Nocturne
10.Concertina
11.The Gravy Waltz
12.The Folks Who Live On The Hill

1996

Benny Green - Kaleidoscope   Blue Note CDP 7243 8 52037 2 5   1997

Antonio Hart, alto sax #1,2,7,9; Stanley Turrentine, tenor sax #5,8; Benny Green, piano; Russell Malone, guitar #1-3,5-7,9; Ron Carter, bass #1-7,9; Lewis Nash, drums #1-3,5,7,9.

Clinton Recording Studios, NYC, June 5 and 6, 1996

1.Kaleidoscope (take 1)
2.Thursday's Lullaby
3.The Sexy Mexy
4.Patience
5.Central Park South
6.My Girl Bill
7.Apricot
8.You're My Melody
9.Kaleidoscope (take 2)

1997

Oscar Peterson, Benny Green - Oscar And Benny   Telarc CD-83406   1998

Benny Green, Oscar Peterson, piano; with Ray Brown, bass; Gregory Hutchinson, drums.

Manta Eastern Sound, Toronto, Canada, September 10 and 11, 1997

For All We Know
When Lights Are Low
Yours Is My Heart Alone
Here's That Rainy Day
The More I See You
Limehouse Blues
Easy Does It
Someday My Prince Will Come
Scrapple From The Apple
Jitterbug Waltz
Barbara's Blues

Benny Green - Funky!   Somethin' Else (J) TOCJ-5592   1998

Benny Green, piano; Ben Wolfe, bass; Karriem Riggins, drums.

NYC, September, 1997

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
'Dis Here
Golden Earrings
Work Song
Alfie's Theme
The In Crowd
Five Spot After Dark
Cubano Chant
Sugar
Alligator Boogaloo

1999

Benny Green - These Are Soulful Days   Blue Note 7243 4 99527 2 0   1999

Benny Green, piano; Russell Malone, guitar; Christian McBride, bass.

Avatar Studios, NYC, January 16 and 17, 1999

Virgo
Bellarosa
Summer Nights
Punjab
These Are Soulful Days
Ernie's Tune
Hocus-Pocus
Come On Home

2000

Benny Green - Naturally   Telarc CD-83498   2000

Benny Green, piano; Russell Malone, guitar #2-5,7,8; Christian McBride, bass #2-5,7,8.

Clinton Recording Studio B, NYC, January 16 and 17, 2000

1.Love You Madly
2.Naturally
3.Pittsburgh Brethen
4.Captain Hook
5.Grooveyard
6.Learnin'The Blues
7.Russelln'
8.Beg Your Parlan
9.Lester Left Town

Various Artists - A Jazz Piano Christmas From NPR   NPR Classics 0013

Benny Green, piano; and others.

broadcast, live on National Public Radio, circa 2000

What Child Is This

2001

Benny Green - Green's Blues   Telarc CD-83539   2001

Benny Green, piano.

Ambient Recording Studio, Stamford, CT, January 22-24, 2001

I've Heard That Song Before
I Wish You Love
Someone To Watch Over Me
You Make Me Feel So Young
Just You, Just Me
Green's Blues
Green Eyes
Misty
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Ain't Misbehavin'
It Don't Mean A Thing
I Got It Bad

Kenny Barron, Bill Charlap, Benny Green, Fred Hersch, Marian McPartland, George Shearing - The Richard Rodgers Centennial Jazz Piano Album   Broadway Cares BC 1001   2001

same personnel.

Stamford, CT, May-July, 2001

The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
Manhattan

2002

Benny Green, Russell Malone - Jazz At The Bistro   Telarc CD-83560   2003

Benny Green, piano; Russell Malone, guitar.

Jazz At The Bistro, St. Louis, MO, June 28 and 29, 2002

Ask Me Now
Tale Of The Fingers
A Bientot
Sing
When Lights Are Low
Wabash
Killing Me Softly / How Deep Is Your Love?
The Intimacy Of The Blues
Moment's Notice / Lazy Bird
Love Letters
Russell's Introduction
Quiet Girl
Benny's Introduction
Hand-Told Stories
The Intimacy Of The Blues (alternate take)

2003 (age 40)

Benny Green & Russell Malone - Bluebird   Telarc CD-83604   2004

Benny Green, piano; Russell Malone, guitar.

NYC, November 16 and 17, 2003

Reunion Blues
It's Alright With Me
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
Who Can I Turn To
Love For Sale
Flowers For Emmett Till
Bluebirld
Feel Like Makin' Love
Passport
Moonglow
Where Is The Love
Wheatland

2010

Benny Green - Source   Jazz Legacy Productions JLP 1001014   2011

Benny Green, piano; Peter Washington, bass; Kenny Washington, drums.

Alleycat Studio, South Orange, NJ, November-December, 2010

Blue Minor
Way 'Cross Town
I Waited For You
Little T
Cool Green
Tempus Fugi
Park Avenue Petite
Chant
Born To Be Blue
Opus De Funk

2012

Benny Green - Magic Beans   Sunnyside SSC 1338   2013

Benny Green, piano; Peter Washington, bass; Kenny Washington, drums.

Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, April 23 and 24, 2012

Benny's Crib
Kenny Drew
Flying Saucer
Jackie McLean
Vanished
Harold Land
Magic Beans
Paraphrase
La Portuguesa
Further Away