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Saxophonist and composer Chris Greene was born in Evanston, IL. He spent his formative years in the award-winning Evanston High School Wind and Jazz Ensembles. As a teenager he began to play professionally with many local pop/rock and jazz bands. Greene eventually went to Bloomington, IN to attend the prestigious Indiana University Jazz Studies program and studied with renowned professor and cellist David Baker. Greene returned to Chicago in 1994 and has since collaborated with some of the nation’s most creative and versatile musicians. As a performer, Greene can be seen with many different groups - in many different genres
Conversance
By Chris Greene
Label: Pravda Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Gentleman's Breakfast; Broken Glass; Thumper; The Emperor Strikes Back; You Don’t
Know What Love Is; Inspiration; Just Squeeze Me.
Chris Greene Quartet: Conversance
by Bridget A. Arnwine
Saxophonist Chris Greene is back. The Evanston, IL native and his group the Chris Greene Quartet--comprising Greene on sax, Marc Piane on bass, Damian Espinosa on piano and Steve Corley on drums--recently released its newest project, titled “Conversance." The album is the first jazz recording released on the Pravda Records label in the label's forty-year history. ...
PlaySPACE 2: Play Harder
By Chris Greene
Label: Single Malt Recordings
Released: 2022
Track listing: Divers (intro); Divers; Caravan; No Setlist!; Samba Fu Maga; Omi (Fresh Water); You Win Again.
Bill Charlap, Ron Miles & Jean Fineberg
by Joe Dimino
From bandleader and musical force of nature Jean Fineberg we begin the 756th Episode of Neon Jazz with a track from her band's eponymous release followed by something from “The Godfather of Soul" and a commentary from Jean. We also delve into new music from Peter Curtis, Keith Oxman and Chris Greene. Vocalists take center stage ...
Chris Greene: PlaySPACE 2: Play Harder
by Bridget A. Arnwine
When a musician begins his set with a warning much like that issued in a pharmaceutical advertisement for mesothelioma, it's probably a safe assumption that those in attendance should brace themselves for what's to come. When that musician is Evanston, IL based bandleader and saxophonist Chris Greene one thing is certain: even after heeding the warning, ...
Chris Greene Quartet: PlaySPACE 2: Play Harder
by Hrayr Attarian
Accomplished saxophonist Chris Greene, with his warm sound and easily recognizable style, is a stalwart of the Chicago music scene. Over the past decade he has led the same quartet of equally brilliant musicians who have honed a seamless camaraderie. On his 13th release, the ebullient PlaySPACE 2: Play Harder, Greene and his band stretch out ...
PlaySCAPE
By Chris Greene
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Track listing: Blues for Dr. Fear; Thunder Snow; Clean and Clear; Three & Six; The Crossover Appeal (Uno Mas); Speak No Evil.
Chris Greene: PlaySCAPE
by C. Michael Bailey
Saxophonist Chris Greene's twelfth recording is a solid hard bop affair, an appointed EP, that begins intensely and never gives up. The angular, “Blues for Dr. Fear" kicks things off, funky and sharp-edged. Greene plays as much Michael Brecker as Hank Mobley squeezing every bit of grease from this extralean music. “Thunder Snow" is mid-1960s Joe ...
