Ted Greene

About

Not many people know who Ted Greene was, but a small group knows how great he was. He only released one album in his life but numerous recordings of his playing exist.

What to listen for

Ted has an unmatched harmonic vocabulary, he really pushed the instrument as far as it would go.

Examples

Here's Ted improvising on Autumn Leaves. He had an incredible ability to improvise contrapuntal parts like this.

Ted's rendition of Send in the Clown from his only album.