Thurman Green
Thurman Green (August 12, 1940 – June 19, 1997) was an American jazz trombonist. He was a member of the Horace Tapscott Quintet and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. Green and Hamiet Bluiett were at the Navy School of Music together in 1962.
Thurman Green
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- 1940
- Died
- 1997
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With Gerald Wilson • Live and Swinging (Pacific Jazz, 1967) • Everywhere (Pacific Jazz, 1968) • California Soul (Pacific Jazz, 1968) • Eternal Equinox (Pacific Jazz, 1969) • Lomelin (Discovery, 1981) • Jessica (Trend, 1982) • Calafia (Trend, 1985) • Jenna (Discovery, 1989) • State Street Sweet (MAMA, 1995) With Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra • 1990 Groove Shop • 1991 Heart and Soul • 1995 Absolutely! With others • 1969 Electric Connection, Jean-Luc Ponty • 1971 Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It), Ella Fitzgerald • 1972 Ethiopian Knights, Donald Byrd • 1974 Adam's Apple, Doug Carn • 1975 Inner Glow, Bobby Hutcherson • 1977 Tomorrow Is Here, Willie Bobo • 1980 California Message, Benny Golson • 1984 The Poet II, Bobby Womack • 1987 Before My Time, Lol Coxhill • 1987 E-bone-ix, Buster Cooper • 1988 Tribute to Count Basie, Gene Harris • 1989 Boogie Down, Ernestine Anderson • 1990 Rhythm, Blues Soul & Grooves, Bobby King • 1991 Dingo, Miles Davis and Michel Legrand • 1991 Unforgettable, Natalie Cole • 1993 Blue Saxophone, Teddy Edwards • 1995 Afterglow, Dr. John • 1995 In a Hefti Bag, Frank Capp • 1996 Their Time Was the Greatest, Louie Bellson
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More than thirty years later, Bluiett produced and performed on Green's only album as a leader, Dance of the Night Creatures on Mapleshade Records. They began recording in 1994, and Green died in 1997 at the age of 57. Mapleshade released the album in 1999.
• Cross Current (B.J. Records, 1988) as Thurman Green Trio • Dance of the Night Creatures (Mapleshade, 1999)
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- 1.album. Besprechung des Albums Dance of the Night Creatures von Scott Yanow. 2011-01-20.
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