Saxophonist and composer Chris Greene was born in Evanston, IL. He spent his formative years in the award-winning Evanston High School Wind and Jazz Ensembles. As a teenager he began to play professionally with many local pop/rock and jazz bands. Greene eventually went to Bloomington, IN to attend the prestigious Indiana University Jazz Studies program and studied with renowned professor and cellist David Baker. Greene returned to Chicago in 1994 and has since collaborated with some of the nation’s most creative and versatile musicians. As a performer, Greene can be seen with many different groups - in many different genres. He also leads his own critically-acclaimed group, the Chris Greene Quartet. He has also performed or recorded with the following artists: Common, The Temptations, Eric Roberson, Ed Motta, Steve Coleman & Five Elements, Maysa Leak, Ten City, Sheena Easton, Steve Cole, Michael Manson, Andrew Bird, The J. Davis Trio, Chris Rob, Vic Lavender, Jesse De La Pena, Liquid Soul and The Mighty Blue Kings.
Chris Greene has also been featured in several episodes of the FOX-TV show, "Empire" and he also composed the score for the Chicago Childrens’ Theatre’s recent production of “Bud, Not Buddy.”
Jim Gailloretto: Feature Interview June 2019
Talking Jazz - Preview of the Ottawa 2 Rivers Wine & Jazz Fest 2019
Talking Jazz with Saxophonist Roy McGrath
Talking Jazz with Paul Wertico
Tammy McCann | Chicago Jazz Magazine May Feature Interview
Talking Jazz with Guitarist Oz Noy
Talking Jazz with Drummer Winard Harper
Talking Jazz with Vibraphonist Joe Locke
Talking Jazz with Saxophonist Justin Robinson
EPISODE 128 Chicago Jazz Orchestra's Travis Rosenthal
EPISODE 127 TALKING JAZZ with Guest Doug Beach from Elmhurst College
TBT Podcast - 2014 Lonie Walker and the Underground Wonder Bar
Talking Jazz EPISODE 126 with Guest Victor Garcia
EPISODE 125 TALKING JAZZ with Chris Greene
TBT Podcast - 2014 Chicago Jazz Revealed with Bobby Lewis
Talking Jazz Episode 124 with Guest Joe Policastro
TBT Podcast - 2013 with Grazyna Auguscik and Paulinho Garcia
EPISODE 122 TALKING JAZZ with Neal Alger
TBT Podcast - 2013 Chicago Jazz Revealed with Frank Russell, Geof Bradfield and Libby York
EPISODE 121 TALKING JAZZ with Marlene Rosenberg
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