A tribute to the late Bunky Green through his music and that of the musicians he has inspired. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Bunky ...

This release is a welcome reminder that Bunky Green is alive and well—and one of the dozen most important alto sax players in the country. In spite of notable associations with bands led by Charles ...

For most of his 75 years, the jazz spotlight mostly eluded Bunky Green. The alto saxophonist was briefly in Charles Mingus' band, but left for personal reasons; he spent many years on the fertile ...

Rudresh Mahanthappa and Vernice "Bunky" Green first met as student and mentor — as musicians over 35 years apart in age often do. But years later, when they first took the stage together, they ...

Not unlike James Joyce's Ulysses, which gifted the line that titled this album, Alex LoRe's Evening Will Find Itself flourishes under the light of careful consideration, experimental construction and ...

Congratulations to Bunky Green, the director of Jazz Studies at UNF who was inducted Friday into the Jackonville Jazz Hall of Fame. A lot of Jacksonvillians might not know his name, but he's quite a ...

Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green are alto saxophonists born 36 years apart. The younger, Mr. Mahanthappa, matured in the 1990s in New York after studying at Berklee College of Music. Mr. Green ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Consider this face-off between alto saxophonists the ideal ...

Apex, featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green, plays Friday at 7 p.m. in the NAC Studio. The 40-year-old Brooklyn-based musician, who consistently sits at the top of polls by Downbeat magazine ...

Rudresh Mahanthappa grew up in Boulder, Colo., attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston and lives in New York. But talking about his trip to Chicago, where he plays the Jazz Showcase this ...

magazine International Critics Poll, 39-year-old Mahanthappa blows up a fierce storm throughout the album. At 75, Bunky Green brings some fifty years of professional experience to the project. Green ...