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Benny Green

real name Bernard Green

Benny Green is credited on 1,761 releases across 288 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,761

Credits

288

Albums

8

Decades active

590

In collections

Biography

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Cockney-accented British jazz saxophonist, broadcaster, journalist, composer and author.
Born December 9, 1927 in Leeds, Yorkshire
Died June 22, 1998 at the Royal Marsden Hospital, Belmont, Surrey
At one time a jazz critic for "The Observer" (London) newspaper, he wrote liner notes for jazz albums as well as being a keen cricket enthusiast and broadcaster for BBC Radio 2.
His son Leo Green is also a jazz saxophonist.

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Credited work

1,761 releases · 288 albums · active 1954–2025

  • Other credits · 1,575
  • Performance · 219
  • Production · 1

Studios: Montreux Jazz Festival · London House, Chicago · RCA Studios, New York · Group IV Recording Studios

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