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Danny Green Trio at the Lily Pad

by Doug Hall
June 23, 2018

Danny Green Trio The Lily Pad CD Release concert Cambridge, MA June 16, 2018 Acclaimed San Diego pianist and composer Danny Green and his trio, Justin Grinnell and Julien Cantelm performed a set supporting their CD release One Day It Will (2018), at the Lily Pad in Cambridge, Ma. Sat ...

Article: Album Review

Danny Green Trio Plus Strings: One Day It Will

Read "One Day It Will" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
April 7, 2018

Charlie Parker, alto saxophonist/bebop pioneer, got the ball rolling on the adding of strings to jazz. This went down in the late 1947 through 1950, on a pair of releases on Mercury Records introducing the sound of the Yardbird backed by a symphony orchestra. These sets were later compiled by Verve Records and issued in 1995 ...

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Danny Green Trio: Altered Narratives

Read "Altered Narratives" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
March 2, 2016

Pianist Danny Green took a big step up in the piano trio rankings with 2014's After The Calm (OA2 Records). The San Diego-based group focused in on a distinctive and beautiful set of Green originals and recorded them with a continuity of mood and an ebullient brio--like three guys who knew what they were doing in ...

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Danny Green Trio: After the Calm

Read "After the Calm" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
February 2, 2015

San Diego-based pianist/composer and educator Danny Green polishes off his third album as leader with the exceptional After the Calm offering ten outstanding original compositions of the mainstream contemporary nature blending a bit of the aggressive groove with a good portion of intimate jazz ballads and just a touch of Brazil for good measure and variety. ...

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Sagebrush Rebellion

By Dmitri Matheny

Label: Papillon/BlueportJazz
Released: 2014
Track listing: 1. It Could Happen To You 2. Petite Belle 3. Hit The Brakes 4. Here's Looking At You 5. Little Jimmy Fiddler 6. Warm Valley 7. One For Daddy-O 8. Red Reflections 9. Sagebrush Rebellion

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Danny Green Trio: After the Calm

Read "After the Calm" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
November 28, 2014

San Diego-based pianist Danny Green's 2012 CD release, A Thousand Ways Home (Tapestry Records) was too much of a good thing. A lot of fine music, but the album as a whole was over the edge on the shuffle in-and-out guest artistic slots for those who prefer a more focused and cohesive recording. After ...

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Danny Green: A Thousand Ways Home

Read "A Thousand Ways Home" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
November 21, 2012

Danny Green delivers his second album as leader with A Thousand Ways Home mirroring the same design he employed for his impressive debut With You In Mind (Alante, 2008). With a strong affinity for Brazilian, classical and jazz music, the San Diego pianist touched upon each of the genres in his first recording and continues his ...