Dave Green

Who is Dave Green?

Dave Green is an English jazz bassist.

His first public performances were with his childhood friend, Charlie Watts, in the late 1950s. While performing with Humphrey Lyttelton from 1963 to 1983, he also played with the Don Rendell - Ian Carr band in the early 1960s, and went on to play with Stan Tracey. In the early 1980s, he led his own group, Fingers, featuring Lol Coxhill, Bruce Turner and Michael Garrick. He regularly backed visiting US stars at Ronnie’s, including Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Roland Kirk and Sonny Rollins. He has also performed and recorded with Dave Newton, Didier Lockwood and Spike Robinson.

In 1991, he was a founding member of Charlie Watts' quintet, together with Gerard Presencer, Peter King and Brian Lemon.

Since 1998, he has led a trio featuring Iain Dixon and Gene Calderazzo, and since 2009, he has been a member of The ABC&D of Boogie Woogie, with Ben Waters, Axel Zwingenberger and Charlie Watts, performing at the Lincoln Center with Bob Seeley and Lila Ammons.