WDR Big Band meets Jimmy Greene | Konzert

Jimmy Greene can already look back on an impressive musical career, which even led him to Horace Silver and the Silver Quintet in the late 1990s. In New York, he played with Chick Corea and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, among others, and in 1999 he released his debut album as a bandleader. With his warm and expressive tone and stylistically diverse compositions—ranging from hard bop to gospel to harmonically complex modern jazz—Greene has established himself as an important voice of his generation in jazz. He made his debut with the WDR Big Band at the 30th Hilden Jazz Festival—as a soloist, composer, arranger, and conductor. Recorded live in June 2026 at the Stadthalle Hilden. 00:00:00 Big Guy (Composer/Arranger: Jimmy Greene) 00:09:13 Last Summer (Composer/Arranger: Jimmy Greene) 00:20:45 Revelation (Composer/Arranger: Jimmy Greene) 00:29:56 Second Breakfast (Composer/Arranger: Jimmy Greene) 00:38:50 Bloomfield (Composer/Arranger: Jimmy Greene) 00:47:51 While Looking Up (Composer/Arranger: Jimmy Greene) 00:55:55 Simple Prayer (Composer/Arranger: Jimmy Greene) 01:07:02 Always There (Composer/Arranger: Jimmy Greene) WDR Big Band Jimmy Greene, tenor saxophone, conductor, and arranger ► For more information about the WDR Big Band, concerts, and current livestreams, visit https://bigband.wdr.de ► The WDR Big Band on Facebook: facebook.com/wdrbigband ► You can also find more concerts and interviews from the world of jazz on ARD Jazz on ARD Kultur: https://www.ardkultur.de/musik/jazz-i...