Bob Greene (musician), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Bob Greene (musician)

American pianist

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1922

Date of Death: 13-Oct-2013

Profession: writer, pianist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Bob Greene (September 4, 1922, New York City – October 13, 2013, Amagansett, New York) was an American jazz pianist and bandleader.Greene was active early in his career in Dixieland jazz revival groups, working with Sidney De Paris, Baby Dodds, Conrad Janis, and Johnny Wiggs.
He then left music for a time, taking a degree at Columbia University and working in radio and speechwriting, including for Lyndon Johnson and Robert F.
Kennedy.
In the late 1960s he began performing professionally again, working with Zutty Singleton; after Robert Kennedy's assassination, he quit speechwriting to focus on music full-time.
He worked in the early 1970s with Don Ewell, Albert Nicholas, and the Peruna Jazz Band, and put together a traveling ensemble which paid tribute to the music of Jelly Roll Morton.
This group toured worldwide and recorded several albums; among his sidemen in this setting were Danny Barker, Tommy Benford, Herb Hall, Milt Hinton, and Johnny Williams.