Hilliard Greene (born February 26, 1958) is an American bassist (playing both double bass, and bass guitar) specializing in modern creative, improvised, and jazz music, as well as a music educator.
Life and work
Hilliard Greene studied at the Berklee College of Music
in
Boston and at the University of Northern Iowa. He worked as musical director for the singer
Jimmy Scott for 20 years. For
Cecil Taylor he served as concertmaster for the ensemble Phtongos and played in the trio with pianist
Don Pullen. Under his own name, Hill worked with his ensemble, The Jazz Expressions, with whom he recorded three albums; He also played in a quartet with
Steve Swell,
Gebhard Ullmann, and
Barry Altschul. In 2003, Hill released his solo album
Alone.
He has also appeared on recordings by Dave Douglas (
Sanctuary, 1997), Klaus Kugel,
Perry Robinson,
Charles Gayle (
Repent, 1997) and Patrick Brennan. Hill currently works as a music teacher at the Bass Collective in New York City, where he teaches workshops and master classes in double bass and bass guitar.
Selected discography
As leader
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Alone (Soulsearch Music, 2003)
With Billy Bang
With Marc Edwards (drummer)
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Time & Space
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Red Sprites Blue Jets
With The Jazz Expressions
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The Jazz Expressions, Bluejay Records
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Yoyogi, Bluejay Records
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On The Road, Wildflower Publications
With Jemeel Moondoc
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Cosmic Nickelodeon (Relative Pitch, 2016)
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The Astral Revelations (RogueArt, 2018)
With Gebhard Ullmann/Steve Swell 4 with Barry Altschul
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Desert Songs and Other Landscapes (CIMP, 2004)
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News? No News! (Jazzwerskstatt, 2010)
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Live in Montreal (CIMP, 2010)
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We're Playing in Here? (NoBusiness, 2022)
With William Hooker
Bibliography
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Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. 6th edition, London: Penguin, 2002.
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