David John Green (born 5 March 1942) is an English jazz bassist.
His first public performances were with his childhood friend
Charlie Watts
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Originally trained as a graphic artist, Watts developed an i ...
in the late 1950s. While performing with
Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (23 May 1921 – 25 April 2008), also known as Humph, was an English jazz musician and broadcaster from the Lyttelton family.
Having taught himself the trumpet at school, Lyttelton became a professional ...
from 1963 to 1983, he also played with the
Don Rendell
Donald Percy Rendell (4 March 1926 – 20 October 2015) was an English jazz musician and arranger. Mainly active as a tenor saxophonist, he also played soprano saxophone, flute, and clarinet.
Career
Rendell was born in Plymouth, England, an ...
–
Ian Carr
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band in the early 1960s, and went on to play with
Stan Tracey
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. In the early 1980s, he led his own group, Fingers, featuring
Lol Coxhill
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Biography
Coxhill was born to George Compton Coxhill ...
,
Bruce Turner
Malcom Bruce Turner (5 July 1922 – 28 November 1993) was an English jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader.
Biography
Born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, England, and educated at Dulwich College, he learned to play the clarine ...
and
Michael Garrick
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. He regularly backed visiting American stars at
Ronnie Scott's
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History
The club opened on 30 October 1959 in a basement at 39 Gerrard Street in London's Soho district. It was set up and managed by musicians Ronnie Sco ...
, including
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Yanow, Scot"Coleman Hawkins: Artist Biography" AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2013. One of the first p ...
,
Ben Webster
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Career Early life and career
A native of Kansas City, Missouri, he studied violin, learned how to play blues on the piano from ...
,
Roland Kirk
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and
Sonny Rollins
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. He has also performed and recorded with
Dave Newton,
Didier Lockwood
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and
Spike Robinson
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.
In 1991, he was a founding member of Charlie Watts's quintet, together with
Gerard Presencer
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Biography
Presencer showed his first interest in what was to become his chosen instrument, the trumpet, at nine. He attributes his early determination to become a trumpete ...
,
Peter King and
Brian Lemon
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Biography
Lemon was born in Nottingham, England. After leaving school in the 1950s, he began playing professionally at Nottingham's Palais de Danse and ...
.
Since 1998, he has led a trio featuring Iain Dixon and
Gene Calderazzo
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,
[ and since 2009, he has been a member of The ABC&D of Boogie Woogie, with Ben Waters, ]Axel Zwingenberger
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Zwingenberger was born in Hamburg, West Germany, and enjoyed eleven years of classical piano training. After listening to recordings by p ...
and Charlie Watts, performing at the Lincoln Center
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with Bob Seeley
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Biography
Seeley has played piano at Charlie's Crab in Troy, Michigan, a northern suburb of Detroit, for over three decades. He has played Carnegie ...
and Lila Ammons.
Discography
As leader/co-leader
*1979: ''Fingers Remembers Mingus'' – Fingers[
*2001: ''Time Will Tell''][
*2011: ''Turn Left at Monday''
*2012: ''The ABC&D of Boogie Woogie – live in Paris''
*2022: ''Raise Four'' (Trio Records, recorded 2004)
]
As sideman
*1966: ''John Handy's Quintet'' – Captain John Handy
Captain John Handy (June 24, 1900 – January 12, 1971), was an American jazz alto saxophonist, who was part of the New Orleans jazz revival.
Career
Handy was born in Pass Christian, Mississippi, United States. He played clarinet in New Orleans ...
*1970: ''Webster's Dictionary'' – Ben Webster
Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Career Early life and career
A native of Kansas City, Missouri, he studied violin, learned how to play blues on the piano from ...
[
*1974: ''Swinging Scorpio'' – ]Buddy Tate
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Biography
Tate was born in Sherman, Texas, United States, and first played the alto saxophone. According to the website All A ...
[
*1980: '' Primrose Path'' - ]Jimmy Knepper
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*1983: ''East 34th Street'' – Peter King
*1984: ''London Reprise'' – Spike Robinson
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[
*1987: ''Playing in the Yard'' – ]Stan Tracey
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[
*1992: ''And Heaven Too'' – ]Ken Peplowski
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In ...
[
*1992: ''At Sundown'' – ]Acker Bilk
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and Humphrey Lyttelton
Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton (23 May 1921 – 25 April 2008), also known as Humph, was an English jazz musician and broadcaster from the Lyttelton family.
Having taught himself the trumpet at school, Lyttelton became a professional ...
[
*1992: ''Portraits Plus'' – Stan Tracey][
*1993: ''Some Other Spring'' – ]Tony Coe
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Career
Born in Canterbury, Kent, England, Coe started out on clarinet and was self- ...
[
*1993: ''Some Other Autumn'' – Tony Coe][
*1993: ''East of the Sun'' – Scott Hamilton][
*1995: ''A Man and His Music'' – ]Bob Wilber
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[
*1995: ''How Long Has This Been Going On?'' – Roy Williams][
*1995: ''The Hamburg Concert'' – Bob Wilber][
*1995: ''But Beautiful'' – ]Brian Lemon
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Biography
Lemon was born in Nottingham, England. After leaving school in the 1950s, he began playing professionally at Nottingham's Palais de Danse and ...
[
*1996: ''Braff Plays Wimbledon'' – ]Ruby Braff
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Braff ...
[
*1996: ''First Moves'' – ]John Critchinson
John William Frank Critchinson (24 December 1934 – 15 December 2017) also known as "Critch", was an English jazz pianist.
Biography
Critchinson was born in London in 1934. He worked as a part-time musician with Ronnie Scott, Tubby Hayes, and J ...
[
*1997: ''Days of Wine and Roses'' – Tony Coe][
*1997: ''Dave Cliff and Friends – When Lights Are Low'' – ]Dave Cliff
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Career
Cliff was born in Hexham, Northumberland. In 1967, he moved to Leeds and gained a diploma in jazz studies from Leeds College of Music while studying with bassist Peter Ind an ...
[
*1998: ''With Every Breath'' – ]Joe Temperley
Joe Temperley (20 September 1929 – 11 May 2016) was a Scottish jazz saxophonist. He performed with various instruments, but was most associated with the baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, and bass clarinet.
Life
Temperley was born in Cowd ...
[
*1998: ''Coxhill on Organ'' – ]Lol Coxhill
George Lowen Coxhill (19 September 1932 – 10 July 2012) known professionally as Lol Coxhill, was an English free improvising saxophonist. He played soprano and sopranino saxophone.
Biography
Coxhill was born to George Compton Coxhill ...
[
*2002: ''A Special Alliance'' – ]John Bunch
John Bunch (December 1, 1921 – March 30, 2010) was an American jazz pianist.
Early life
Born and raised in Tipton, Indiana, a small farming community, Bunch studied piano with George Johnson, a Hoosier jazz pianist. By the age of 14, he ...
[
*2011: ''The Girl with Brown Hair'' – ]Dick Morrissey
Richard Edwin Morrissey (9 May 1940 – 8 November 2000) was a British jazz musician and composer. He played the tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute.
Biography Background
He was born in Horley, Surrey, England. Dick Morrissey emerg ...
and the Michael Garrick
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Trio
References
External links
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1942 births
Living people
British jazz double-bassists
Male double-bassists
British male jazz musicians
21st-century double-bassists
21st-century British male musicians