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Origins, Ep. 4 - Hilliard Greene

Origins, Ep. 4 - Hilliard Greene

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This is episode 4 of the Origins Podcast Series featuring bassist and composer, Hilliard Greene. Mr. Greene has been active on the New York music scene since 1987. He studied at the University of Northern Iowa and at Berklee College of Music in Boston prior to arriving in New York. He is a versatile player, having recorded with a wide variety of musicians ranging from Jimmy Scott to Charles Gayle and he worked as Cecil Taylor’s concert master for the group Phtongos. He has performed across North America, Europe, the Caribbean, and South America. In recent years, he formed the In&Out Band, the ZigZag Quartet, and he recently released The Jazz Expressions on the Unseen Rain record label, a solo bass recording featuring Negro Spirituals related to the Underground Railroad. In 2020, he was awarded the Bronx Council of the Arts BRIO Award. The track we opened with is “Love Speaks” with pianist Steve Hudson’s trio with Mr. Greene on bass and Jerome Jennings on drums. The interview included in this episode was recorded on June 22, 2022.

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