Jimmy Greene Quartet at Burlington Discover Jazz Festival at Flynn Center for The Performing Arts

“Jimmy Greene’s flawless technique and muscular sound have consistently landed him at the top of lists of rising-star tenors.” —NYC Jazz Record

Jimmy Greene’s most recent record, Beautiful Life, celebrates his six-year old daughter, Ana Márquez Greene, whose life was taken tragically at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Nominated for two Grammys—Best Jazz Instrumental Album and Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals, for When I Come Home— the album is not only the outpouring of a parent in grief, but a devotion to the sense of how Ana lived. Beautiful Life drifts above its solemn anchor to present a stunning exploration of experimental jazz, traditional spirituals, contemporary Christian music, standard ballads, and more. Greene is joined on the album by renowned collaborators Pat Metheny, Kenny Barron, and Tony® Award-winning actress Anika Noni Rose. His live sound, captured on such recordings as Live at Birdland! and Live at Smalls, underscores Greene’s elemental power expressed in tones, ultimately, of hope. For Greene, “love wins.”...

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“Jimmy Greene’s flawless technique and muscular sound have consistently landed him at the top of lists of rising-star tenors.” —NYC Jazz Record

Jimmy Greene’s most recent record, Beautiful Life, celebrates his six-year old daughter, Ana Márquez Greene, whose life was taken tragically at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Nominated for two Grammys—Best Jazz Instrumental Album and Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals, for When I Come Home— the album is not only the outpouring of a parent in grief, but a devotion to the sense of how Ana lived. Beautiful Life drifts above its solemn anchor to present a stunning exploration of experimental jazz, traditional spirituals, contemporary Christian music, standard ballads, and more. Greene is joined on the album by renowned collaborators Pat Metheny, Kenny Barron, and Tony® Award-winning actress Anika Noni Rose. His live sound, captured on such recordings as Live at Birdland! and Live at Smalls, underscores Greene’s elemental power expressed in tones, ultimately, of hope. For Greene, “love wins.”

*This performance will be recorded live by Vermont PBS.

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