ArtistInfo

William Green

sax, 1925-1996 US
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. William Ernest Green

American jazz saxophone, clarinet, flute, oboe and other woodwinds player and teacher. For the soul - disco - funk colleague of Theodore Life, please use Bill Greene. Born on 28.02.1925 in Kansas City, Kansas. Died on 29.07.1996 in California. Bill played (and recorded) with : Benny Carter, Louis Bellson, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Frank Sinatra, The Capp/Pierce Juggernaut, Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton, Tony Bennett and others. He also taught at the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music from 1952 to 1962 and then to the Los Angeles Conservatory, California State University and the University of Southern California.

Instruments

• Saxophone
• Alto sax
• Bariton sax
• Flute
• Clarinet

Genres

• Jazz
• R&B/Soul
• Soundtrack
• Dance
• Pop

Plays With