BARRY GREEN TRIO

- Rotterdam

The pianist Barry Green has self-produced a handful of enterprising recordings for his Moletone label that are testament of a song melody-driven contemporary post-bop manifesto.

Among his recorded bands are Babelfish, a writing collaboration with E17 Collection vocalist Brigitte Beraha, a duo with veteran bass namesake Dave Green, through to a 2015 trio CD with the mesmerising drummer Gerald Cleaver and saxophonist Chris Cheek. From the same period he was in New York, Green recorded this even stronger piano trio CD with the inimitable drummer Tom Rainey (they met as sideman with saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock’s band), and bassist Drew Gress, touring the CD early 2017 in the UK.

Made up of pop song covers, jazz standards and originals, his version of You’ll Never Walk Alone cold melt the hearts of the most hardcore Manchester United FC supporters. Fats Waller’s Lulu’s Back In…

Bezetting: Barry Green (piano), Ruud Voesten (drums), Stefan Lievestro (contrabas)