Leo Green (born 30 August 1972) is a British musician and broadcaster.

Saxophonist and orchestra leader

Green played with

Van Morrison Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison (born 31 August 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician whose recording career started in the 1960s. Morrison's albums have performed well in the UK and Ireland, with more than 40 reaching the UK ...

's band. Green plays saxophone and sings in his own band. In 2010 guitarist

Jeff Beck Geoffrey Arnold Beck (24 June 1944 – 10 January 2023) was an English musician. He rose to prominence as the guitarist of the rock band the Yardbirds, and afterwards founded and fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, ...

said, "Leo Green has to be one of the best and craziest saxophonists ever". The Leo Green Orchestra accompanied Tom Chaplin (from Keane),

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and

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for concerts that were broadcast on

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Broadcaster

Green has presented programmes on BBC radio, including: *2013 – Leo Green's Hollywood Special *2014 – It Was a Very Good Year – The Ervin Drake Story *2014 – Ella and the Songbooks *2014 – Too Late to Stop Now – The Van Morrison Story *2015–16 - Sounds of the 50s with Leo Green. *2016 – Leo Green Remembers... *2016 – Leo Green Talks....Jazz *2017 – Leo Green's Great American Songbook *2017 – Leo Green's Lovers Of Swing *2018–19 - The Green Room Green has hosted several editions of

's Friday Night Is Music Night.

Discography

As leader

* ''Suited and Booted'' (2006) * ''Sax Moods: The Way We Were'' (2002) * ''Straight Up'' (1998)

As sideman

With Jeff Beck * '' Crazy Legs'' (1993) With Van Morrison * '' Days Like This'' (1995) * ''

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'' (1996) (with

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and friends) * '' Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison'' (1996) (with

, Ben Sidran, and

Mose Allison Mose John Allison Jr. (November 11, 1927 – November 15, 2016) was an American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter. He became notable for playing a unique mix of blues and modern jazz, both singing and playing piano. After moving to N ...

) * '' The Healing Game'' (1997) * '' Back on Top'' onus Tracks(originally released 1999) With Lisa Stansfield * '' Swing'' (1999) With Jane Horrocks * ''Further Adventures of Little Voice Jane Horrocks'' (2000) With Jools Holland * ''Small World Big Band'' (2001) * ''Swing Album'' (2001) * ''Jools Holland's Big Band'' (2002) * ''More Friends: Small World Big Band, Vol. 2'' (2002) * ''Swinging the Blues Dancing the Ska'' (2005) Daniel Bedingfield * ''Gotta Get Thru This'' (2002) With Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man * '' Out of Season'' (2002) With Various * '' Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute'' (1997) * ''A Tribute to Bacharach & David'' (2001) * ''A Tribute to Leiber & Stoller'' (2002) * ''Let Me Be Your Side Track: The Influence of Jimmy Rogers'' (2008)

References

External links

Official Musician site

Official Radio site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Leo Van Morrison Living people English rock saxophonists British male saxophonists BBC Radio 2 presenters 1972 births Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century British saxophonists