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Benny GreenBenny Green (1927–1998) born in Leeds, Yorkshire in the UK, was a cockney accented British jazz saxophonist, who was most well known by the public for his radio shows and books. His BBC Radio 2 Sunday afternoon record show ran for many years until his death. He had a huge range of knowledge about the kind of music he liked, by classic composers like Kern and Cole Porter and jazz, and would introduce most records with details about the artist(s) and often moaned about the latest issues in music he disagreed with. He also chaired a radio comedy panel game broadcast regularly on Radio 2 and the BBC World Service for 20 years; Jazz Score. Many jazz artists appeared on this show, stopping the contest to tell their own anectdotes about their career and other jazz musicians. (Although often some of the names would mean little to the general listener). He first appeared on the BBC in 1955 and worked regularly for it from then on. He also wrote and/or narrated many radio documentries about stage and film musical stars and Hollywood, his other main interest apart from jazz and sport. He also wrote for magazines, including Punch and reguarly for newspapers. He was a big fan of writer P. G. Wodehouse. Green's son, Dominic Green, is a guitarist and recently published a book about his father; Benny Green Words and Music (2003). He died at the age of 70 of cancer in the Royal Marsden Hospital in Surrey. External link Green, Benny
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