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July 1, 2003
Herman Green Plays the Afterthought, July 7
Monday Jazz at the Afterthought presents the Green Machine from Memphis Saxophonist Herman Green with Buck Powell on piano, Joe Vick on bass, and Dave Rogers at the drums. Monday, July 7, 2003, 8 p.m., $5 cover.
Here is some bio information from the official Herman Green Website - www.losys.net/herman/
Herman Green has performed with such great artists as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Clark Terry and was in Lionel Hampton's Band for eight years. He also has played and recorded with Memphis Music Legends, such as, Rufus Thomas, Isaac Hayes, and many others. His compact discs include Who IS Herman Green? His Music and Inspiration: Family & Friends. Herman is currently Head of Jazz Studies at Lemoyne-Owen College in Memphis.
Herman Green and the Memphis Blues and Jazz Quartet
Herman Green is one of the great originators of jazz and blues. He has probably stepped foward into more unexplored areas of music than any other musician. Herman was playing on Beale Street in 1953 when his friend, then unknown, Rufus Thomas asked him to join him for a session at Sun Records. From this session came the song, "Bearcat", which many believe to be the first Rock n' Roll recording.
Another friend, then unknown, B. B. King asked Herman to help him put a band together. Herman was there when B. B. first started playing paid performances.
Through the years, you could find Herman at Sun Records, Sam Phillips Recording Service, and Stax. Many of the musicians that work with Herman in Memphis do not even realize that he also was one of the founders of the new sounds of jazz and one of the first experimenters with jazz musicians in San Francisco and New York.
Music critics say that you can not separate jazz and blues, but it seems like everybody wants to put them in separate categories. Herman does not even try, he just plays them both, sometimes both at the same time.
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