Bennie Green

For similarly named people, see Benjamin Green.

Not to be confused with Benny Green (saxophonist) or Benny Green (pianist).

Bennie Green
Birth name	Bennie Green
Born	(1923-04-16)April 16, 1923
Origin	Chicago, Illinois
Died
Genres	Jazz
Instruments	Trombone
Associated acts	Charlie Ventura Earl Hines

Bennie Green (April 16, 1923 – March 23, 1977) was an American jazz trombonist.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Green worked in the orchestras of Earl Hines and Charlie Ventura, and recorded as bandleader through the 1950s and 1960s.

He died on March 23, 1977.

Discography

As leader

• 1951: Trombone by Three (Prestige)
• 1954: Benny Green (Jubilee)
• 1955: Bennie Green Blows His Horn (Prestige)
• 1955: Bennie Green Sextet (Prestige)
• 1955: Blow Your Horn (Decca)
• 1956: Bennie Green with Art Farmer (Prestige)
• 1956: Walking Down (Prestige)
• 1958: Back on the Scene (Blue Note)
• 1958: Soul Stirrin' (Blue Note)
• 1958: The Swingin'est (Vee-Jay)
• 1958: The 45 Session (Blue Note) (also released in Japan as Minor Revelation)
• 1959: Walkin' & Talkin' (Blue Note)
• 1960: Bennie Green (Bainbridge)
• 1960: Hornful of Soul (Bethlehem) (also released as Catwalk)
• 1960: Bennie Green Quintet Swings the Blues (Enrica)
• 1961: Glidin' Along (Jazzland)
• 1964: My Main Man (Argo) - with Sonny Stitt

As sideman

With George Benson

• The George Benson Cookbook (Columbia, 1967)

With Miles Davis

• Miles Davis and Horns (1956)

With Dizzy Gillespie

• A Portrait of Duke Ellington (Verve, 1960)

With Howard McGhee

• Dusty Blue (Bethlehem, 1960)

With Ike Quebec

• Easy Living (1962)

With Sonny Stitt

• Pow! (Prestige, 1965 [1967])

With Randy Weston

• Destry Rides Again (United Artists, 1959)