Jimmy Greene (b. 1975) Last Summer

Horace Silver (b. 1928) Nica’s DreamArranged by Mike Godette

Jimmy Greene Bloomfield

Jimmy Greene Ana’s Way

Cole Porter (1891-1964) I Love YouArranged by Jimmy Greene

Jimmy Greene Love In Action

Jimmy Greene Sense of Urgency

Williams College Department of Music

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Saturday, March 15, 20148:00 p.m.

Brooks-Rogers Recital HallWilliamstown, Massachusetts

Jimmy Greene Quartetfeaturing

Jimmy Greene, saxophoneXavier Davis, piano

Dezron Douglas, bassJonathan Barber, drums

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3/19 12:15pm MIDWEEKMUSIC Chapin Hall, stage3/20 7:00pm Williams Brass Ensemble Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall4/9 8:00pm The Songs of John Harbison: Visiting Artist Lynn Torgove Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall4/11 8:00pm Visiting Artists Borromeo String Quartet Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall4/15 4:15pm Class of 1960 Lecture with Prof. James Parakilas Bernhard Room 304/16 12:15pm MIDWEEKMUSIC in the Chapel Thompson Memorial Chapel4/16 7:00pm Senior Vocal Recital with Caroline Sinico ’14 Chapin Hall4/17 4:15pm Master Class with Visiting Artist Pedja Muzijevic, piano Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall4/18 8:00pm Visiting Artist Pedja Muzijevic, piano Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall4/19 8:00pm Williams Percussion Ensemble (WiPE) Chapin Hall4/22 4:15pm Master Classes with Visiting Artists Carasota Duo Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall4/25 4:00pm Chamber Choir in the Rotunda Williams College Museum of Art

Jimmy GreeneA native of Hartford, CT, saxophonist, composer, andeducator Jimmy Greene has emerged as a positive pres-ence in the jazz world. His 9 solo recordings, Live atSmalls (SmallsLive), Mission Statement (RazDaz/Sunnyside), The Overcomers Suite (NuJazz), Gifts andGivers (Criss Cross), True Life Stories (Criss Cross),Forever (Criss Cross), Brand New World (RCA Victor),Live at Birdland (RCA Victor) and Introducing Jimmy

Greene (Criss Cross) have been met with much critical acclaim. In fact, Tony Hall of JazzwiseMagazine (UK) calls Greene “...without doubt one of the most striking young tenors of recentyears.”

The Jimmy Greene Quartet performs regularly in jazz venues, festivals and clubs worldwide,including the Village Vanguard (New York), Le Club (Moscow), Casa del Jazz (Rome), SunsideJazz Club (Paris), Red Sea Jazz Festival (Israel), Lapataia Jazz Festival (Uruguay) and AmazonasJazz Festival (Brazil). In one such appearance, Jim Macnie of the Village Voice said, “[Greene] isgood for a couple of body chills every time you see him. He’s got a big barrelhouse sound, and away of negotiating changes that make academic moves seem natural.”

In addition to his recordings and appearances as a leader, Greene appears on over 70 albums as asideman, and has toured and/or recorded with Horace Silver, Tom Harrell, Freddie Hubbard, HarryConnick, Jr., Avishai Cohen, Kenny Barron, Lewis Nash, Steve Turre, the New Jazz ComposersOctet and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, among many others. As a member of Harrell’s quintet,Greene was featured on CBS’s benchmark news magazine, 60 Minutes. As a member of HarryConnick Jr.’s Big Band, Greene is a featured soloist on 2 DVD releases, Harry for the Holidays, andOnly You. He was featured as a soloist on Connick’s 2003 holiday special aired on NBC, in addi-tion to NBC’s Today Show, and BBC’s Parkinson Show. [DownBeat magazine] recognized Greeneas one of “25 Young Rising Stars in Jazz.”

As a composer, Greene was awarded the prestigious 2005 ASCAP/IAJE Commission in honor ofOrnette Coleman. The commissioned piece, Anthem of Hope, was premiered by Jimmy’s quartet atthe 2006 International Association for Jazz Education Conference in New York. In addition, Greeneis the 2013 recipient of the State of Connecticut Governor’s Arts Award in Music and the 2012recipient of the City of Hartford’s Innovator Award in Music. Greene was named a 2004 Winner ofChamber Music America’s New Works: Creation and Presentation grant for jazz composition,awarded a 2005 Artist Fellowship in Music Composition by the Connecticut Commission onCulture and Tourism, and awarded a 2009 Individual Artist Grant by the Greater Hartford ArtsCouncil. Over 30 of Greene’s original compositions and arrangements have been recorded on theRCA Victor, SmallsLive, Criss Cross, NuJazz and RazDaz / Sunnyside labels. In addition, Greene’sperformance of his composition “Mr. McLean” was aired throughout the US and Canada on ABC-TV during a NASCAR pre-race broadcast in September 2007. Greene is Assistant Professor ofMusic and Assistant Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Western Connecticut State University inDanbury, CT.

Greene is Assistant Professor of Music and Assistant Coordinator of Jazz Studies at WesternConnecticut State University in Danbury, CT. Previously, he has served as Assistant Professor ofJazz Saxophone at the University of Manitoba, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at PurchaseCollege (State University of New York), as Lecturer at the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at theHartt School (University of Hartford) and as an Instructor at the Greater Hartford Academy of theArts. Greene has given clinics and masterclasses throughout the United States, Canada, Brazil,Israel and Russia. Two of his former students have been named semi-finalists in the prestigiousThelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition and 18 student musicians and smallensembles under Greene’s direction have won DownBeat Magazine Student Music Awards.

Jimmy was named First Runner-Up in the 1996 Thelonious Monk International Jazz SaxophoneCompetition, and was named one of the “25 Young Rising Stars in Jazz” by DownBeat magazinein 1999. Greene graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.Mus in Jazz Studies from the Hartt Schoolin 1997 and with an M.Mus in Music Education from Boston University in 2012. He is currently adoctoral candidate in Jazz Arts at the Manhattan School of Music. His mentors include JackieMcLean, Jim McNeely, Justin DiCioccio, David Liebman, Dave Santoro, Kris Jensen, Steve Davis,Ken Radnofsky and Janet Arms.

Jimmy Greene is a clinician for Borgani Saxophones and Vandoren Mouthpieces, Reeds andLigatures and uses their products exclusively.