B.G.'s Groove Two – Bennie Green
A classic combination of Latin and swing grooves from trombone master Bennie Green.
- Recording: Ike Quebec - Easy Living
- Recorded on: January 20, 1962
- Label: Blue Note (BST 84103)
- Concert Key: E-flat
- Style: Latin/swing (medium up)
- Tenor Sax - Ike Quebec
- Tenor Sax - Stanley Turrentine
- Trombone - Bennie Green
- Piano - Sonny Clark
- Bass - Milt Hinton
- Drums - Art Blakey
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Bennie often combined Latin and swing grooves. Here, he starts out Latin, then plays a swing bridge. The solos are all swing.
The front line of this recorded arrangement consists of three horns. Rather than create three separate horn parts, the harmony is noted on every lead sheet edition. The recording has a vamp and fade ending, so we've also indicated an optional ending.
The front line of this recorded arrangement consists of three horns. Rather than create three separate horn parts, the harmony is noted on every lead sheet edition. The recording has a vamp and fade ending, so we've also indicated an optional ending.
"Easy Living" was recorded at the legendary Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs.
Trombonist Bennie Green was in demand both as a sideman and as a leader (the Tom Lord Jazz Discography counts 24 sessions as a leader). We've already introduced one of Bennie's leader dates (1961) with the Johnny Griffin composition Sweet Sucker. In Bennie's discography, that's the date that precedes this Ike Quebec session. Less than two months later, Bennie went back in the studio to record Cecil Payne's The Connection album. In 1964 and 1965 he teamed up again with alto saxophonist Sonny Stitt for a couple of recordings (Stitt's "My Main Man" and "Pow"). The two musicians had recorded together in 1949 and 1950 on the Stars of Modern Jazz Carnegie Hall Xmas concert.
Trombonist Bennie Green was in demand both as a sideman and as a leader (the Tom Lord Jazz Discography counts 24 sessions as a leader). We've already introduced one of Bennie's leader dates (1961) with the Johnny Griffin composition Sweet Sucker. In Bennie's discography, that's the date that precedes this Ike Quebec session. Less than two months later, Bennie went back in the studio to record Cecil Payne's The Connection album. In 1964 and 1965 he teamed up again with alto saxophonist Sonny Stitt for a couple of recordings (Stitt's "My Main Man" and "Pow"). The two musicians had recorded together in 1949 and 1950 on the Stars of Modern Jazz Carnegie Hall Xmas concert.
Bennie Green
April 16, 1923 – March 23, 1977
A bebop trombonist with deep roots in blues and popular song, Bennie Green developed a distinctive sound and style that was easily recognizable—no easy feat in a trombone landscape that was so dominated by his contemporary, J.J. Johnson. Read more...