Program - Music - Williams College

Williams College Department of Music
Jimmy Greene Quartet
featuring
Jimmy Greene, saxophone
Xavier Davis, piano
Dezron Douglas, bass
Jonathan Barber, drums
Jimmy Greene (b. 1975)
Last Summer
Horace Silver (b. 1928)
Arranged by Mike Godette
Nica’s Dream
Jimmy Greene
Bloomfield
Jimmy Greene
Ana’s Way
Cole Porter (1891-1964)
Arranged by Jimmy Greene
I Love You
Jimmy Greene
Love In Action
Jimmy Greene
Sense of Urgency
Saturday, March 15, 2014
8:00 p.m.
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Williamstown, Massachusetts
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MIDWEEKMUSIC
Williams Brass Ensemble
The Songs of John Harbison: Visiting Artist Lynn Torgove
Visiting Artists Borromeo String Quartet
Class of 1960 Lecture with Prof. James Parakilas
MIDWEEKMUSIC in the Chapel
Senior Vocal Recital with Caroline Sinico ’14
Master Class with Visiting Artist Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Visiting Artist Pedja Muzijevic, piano
Williams Percussion Ensemble (WiPE)
Master Classes with Visiting Artists Carasota Duo
Chamber Choir in the Rotunda
Chapin Hall, stage
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Bernhard Room 30
Thompson Memorial Chapel
Chapin Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Chapin Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Williams College Museum of Art
Jimmy Greene
A native of Hartford, CT, saxophonist, composer, and
educator Jimmy Greene has emerged as a positive presence in the jazz world. His 9 solo recordings, Live at
Smalls (SmallsLive), Mission Statement (RazDaz/
Sunnyside), The Overcomers Suite (NuJazz), Gifts and
Givers (Criss Cross), True Life Stories (Criss Cross),
Forever (Criss Cross), Brand New World (RCA Victor),
Live at Birdland (RCA Victor) and Introducing Jimmy
Greene (Criss Cross) have been met with much critical acclaim. In fact, Tony Hall of Jazzwise
Magazine (UK) calls Greene “...without doubt one of the most striking young tenors of recent
years.”
The Jimmy Greene Quartet performs regularly in jazz venues, festivals and clubs worldwide,
including the Village Vanguard (New York), Le Club (Moscow), Casa del Jazz (Rome), Sunside
Jazz Club (Paris), Red Sea Jazz Festival (Israel), Lapataia Jazz Festival (Uruguay) and Amazonas
Jazz Festival (Brazil). In one such appearance, Jim Macnie of the Village Voice said, “[Greene] is
good for a couple of body chills every time you see him. He’s got a big barrelhouse sound, and a
way of negotiating changes that make academic moves seem natural.”
In addition to his recordings and appearances as a leader, Greene appears on over 70 albums as a
sideman, and has toured and/or recorded with Horace Silver, Tom Harrell, Freddie Hubbard, Harry
Connick, Jr., Avishai Cohen, Kenny Barron, Lewis Nash, Steve Turre, the New Jazz Composers
Octet and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, among many others. As a member of Harrell’s quintet,
Greene was featured on CBS’s benchmark news magazine, 60 Minutes. As a member of Harry
Connick Jr.’s Big Band, Greene is a featured soloist on 2 DVD releases, Harry for the Holidays, and
Only You. He was featured as a soloist on Connick’s 2003 holiday special aired on NBC, in addition to NBC’s Today Show, and BBC’s Parkinson Show. [DownBeat magazine] recognized Greene
as one of “25 Young Rising Stars in Jazz.”
As a composer, Greene was awarded the prestigious 2005 ASCAP/IAJE Commission in honor of
Ornette Coleman. The commissioned piece, Anthem of Hope, was premiered by Jimmy’s quartet at
the 2006 International Association for Jazz Education Conference in New York. In addition, Greene
is the 2013 recipient of the State of Connecticut Governor’s Arts Award in Music and the 2012
recipient of the City of Hartford’s Innovator Award in Music. Greene was named a 2004 Winner of
Chamber Music America’s New Works: Creation and Presentation grant for jazz composition,
awarded a 2005 Artist Fellowship in Music Composition by the Connecticut Commission on
Culture and Tourism, and awarded a 2009 Individual Artist Grant by the Greater Hartford Arts
Council. Over 30 of Greene’s original compositions and arrangements have been recorded on the
RCA Victor, SmallsLive, Criss Cross, NuJazz and RazDaz / Sunnyside labels. In addition, Greene’s
performance of his composition “Mr. McLean” was aired throughout the US and Canada on ABCTV during a NASCAR pre-race broadcast in September 2007. Greene is Assistant Professor of
Music and Assistant Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Western Connecticut State University in
Danbury, CT.
Greene is Assistant Professor of Music and Assistant Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Western
Connecticut State University in Danbury, CT. Previously, he has served as Assistant Professor of
Jazz Saxophone at the University of Manitoba, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Purchase
College (State University of New York), as Lecturer at the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the
Hartt School (University of Hartford) and as an Instructor at the Greater Hartford Academy of the
Arts. Greene has given clinics and masterclasses throughout the United States, Canada, Brazil,
Israel and Russia. Two of his former students have been named semi-finalists in the prestigious
Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition and 18 student musicians and small
ensembles under Greene’s direction have won DownBeat Magazine Student Music Awards.
Jimmy was named First Runner-Up in the 1996 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone
Competition, and was named one of the “25 Young Rising Stars in Jazz” by DownBeat magazine
in 1999. Greene graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.Mus in Jazz Studies from the Hartt School
in 1997 and with an M.Mus in Music Education from Boston University in 2012. He is currently a
doctoral candidate in Jazz Arts at the Manhattan School of Music. His mentors include Jackie
McLean, Jim McNeely, Justin DiCioccio, David Liebman, Dave Santoro, Kris Jensen, Steve Davis,
Ken Radnofsky and Janet Arms.
Jimmy Greene is a clinician for Borgani Saxophones and Vandoren Mouthpieces, Reeds and
Ligatures and uses their products exclusively.