Leo Green (born 30 August 1972) is a British musician and broadcaster.

Saxophonist and orchestra leader

Green played with

Van Morrison Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards. As a teenager in t ...

's band. Green plays saxophone and sings in his own band. In 2010 guitarist

Jeff Beck Geoffrey Arnold Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist. He rose to prominence with the Yardbirds and after fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, he switched to a mainly instrumental style, with a focus ...

said, "Leo Green has to be one of the best and craziest saxophonists ever". The Leo Green Orchestra accompanied

Tom Chaplin Thomas Oliver Chaplin (born 8 March 1979) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and composer, best known as the lead singer of the English pop rock band Keane. Early life Thomas Oliver Chaplin was born in Hastings, East Sussex, to Sally and ...

(from Keane),

Beverley Knight Beverley Knight (born Beverley Anne Smith, 22 March 1973) is an English recording artist and musical theatre actress. She released her first album, '' The B-Funk'', in 1995. Heavily influenced by American soul music icons such as Sam Cooke an ...

and

Imelda May Imelda Mary Higham (born Imelda Mary Clabby, 10 July 1974), professionally known as Imelda May, is an Irish singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Known primarily as a singer, she also plays the bodhrán, guitar, bass guitar and tambou ...

for concerts that were broadcast on

BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Since launching in 1967, the station broadcasts a wide range of content. ...

Broadcaster

Green has presented programmes on BBC radio, including: *2013 – Leo Green's Hollywood Special *2014 – It Was a Very Good Year – The Ervin Drake Story *2014 – Ella and the Songbooks *2014 – Too Late to Stop Now – The Van Morrison Story *2015–16 - Sounds of the 50s with Leo Green. *2016 – Leo Green Remembers... *2016 – Leo Green Talks....Jazz *2017 – Leo Green's Great American Songbook *2017 – Leo Green's Lovers Of Swing *2018–19 - The Green Room Green has hosted several editions of

's Friday Night Is Music Night.

Discography

As leader

* ''

Suited and Booted "Suited" is a single by South African singer-songwriter Shekhinah. It was released on July 14, 2017 by SME South Africa, as the first single from her debut studio album, ''Rose Gold''. The song was produced by Luke Goliath with assistance from ...

'' (2006) * '' Sax Moods – The Way We Were'' (2002) * '' Straight Up'' (1998)

As sideman

With Jeff Beck * '' Crazy Legs'' (1993) With Van Morrison * '' Days Like This'' (1995) * '' How Long Has This Been Going On'' (1996) (with

Georgie Fame Georgie Fame (born Clive Powell; 26 June 1943) is an English R&B and jazz musician. Fame, who had a string of 1960s hits, is still performing, often working with contemporaries such as Alan Price, Van Morrison and Bill Wyman. Fame is the on ...

and friends) * '' Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison'' (1996) (with

Ben Sidran Ben Hirsh Sidran (born August 14, 1943) is an American jazz and rock keyboardist, producer, label owner, and music writer. Early in his career he was a member of the Steve Miller Band and is the father of Grammy-nominated musician, composer and ...

, and

Mose Allison Mose John Allison Jr. (November 11, 1927 – November 15, 2016) was an American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter. He became notable for playing a unique mix of blues and modern jazz, both singing and playing piano. After moving to N ...

) * ''

The Healing Game ''The Healing Game'' is the twenty-sixth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1997 by Polydor. It reached the Top Ten in four countries, and the Top Twenty in three more. Following two overtly jazz albums, it ...

'' (1997) * '' Back on Top''

onus Tracks Onus, from Latin, indicates accountability/responsibility Onus may also refer to: * Blame * Burden (disambiguation) * Legal burden of proof (''onus probandi'') As a surname * Bill Onus (1906-68), Australian Aboriginal political activist, boo ...

(originally released 1999) With Lisa Stansfield * '' Swing'' (1999) With Jane Horrocks * ''Further Adventures of Little Voice Jane Horrocks'' (2000) With Jools Holland * ''Small World Big Band'' (2001) * ''Swing Album'' (2001) * ''Jools Holland's Big Band'' (2002) * ''More Friends: Small World Big Band, Vol. 2'' (2002) * ''Swinging the Blues Dancing the Ska'' (2005) Daniel Bedingfield * ''Gotta Get Thru This'' (2002) With Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man * '' Out of Season'' (2002) With Various * '' Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute'' (1997) * ''A Tribute to Bacharach & David'' (2001) * ''A Tribute to Leiber & Stoller'' (2002) * ''Let Me Be Your Side Track: The Influence of Jimmy Rogers'' (2008)

References

External links

Official Musician site

Official Radio site
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