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Charles Winston Green (September 2nd, 1945 Memphis Tenessee USA).

Charli Green Bigband is a professional orchestra conducted by Charles W. Green. After the Music High School Charli worked as a trumpettist with the US-airforce Band. With this orchestra he first toured the United States and later in Spain. He studied at the conservatory in Madrid (Spain) trumpet (major) and followed jazz- and improvisation lessons with Lou Bennet en Vince Benedetti. He also followed master classes with a.o. James Stamp and conducting courses with Perry White. In 1970 Charles came to Holland to follow up his trumpetstudies at the Maastricht Conservatory with Wim Groot (at that time principal solotrumpettist at the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest in Amsterdam). Also he studied composition with Math Niel and received B-akte trumpet with the notation Bachtrumpet. From 1981 Charles Green was attached to the jazzdepartment of the Amsterdam Conservatory as professor in trumpet and ensembles. He also was the bigbandleader of the conservatory bigband. Recently he retired but still gives private lessons. besides he also does clinics sponsored by Roy Benson windinstruments and he even developed with Roy benson his own Charli Green signature trumpet! He also teaches en performs on several stages througout Europe and compses en conducts different ensembles. Mainly with his own Charli Green Bigband.www.charligreen.com

Orchestra's Charles worked with: - S.A.C. Airforce (Concertband, Bigband, Jazz combo) - 16th Airforce Band (Concertband, Bigband, Brassquintet en Jazz combo) - Limburgs Symphonie Orkest (L.S.O.) - H.G.O. Symphony Orchestra Arnhem (trumpet soloïst) - The Ebony Band Amsterdam - Nederlands Radio & Televisie Orkest (solist) - Paradise Regained Orchestra (Nedly Elstak) - Transcontinental Jazz Orchestra o.l.v. Gunther Schuller - The Teddy Edwards Bigband - Klaus Lenz Jazz & Rock Machine - Willy Schobben Orchestra - Shirley Bassey Show Orchestra - Boy Edgar Big Band - Loek Dikker Waterland Ensemble - Art Taylor-Dexter Gordon Quintet - Hampton Hawes Quartet - Hal Singer Quintet - Fra Fra Bigband

Musicians a.o.Charles played with: - John Clayton - Ben Webster - Dexter Gordon - Kenny Clarke - Hal Singer - Lou Bennett - Chet Baker - Dizzy Gillespie - Billy Brooks (Trumpet) Rainbow Orchestra - Wilbur Little - Lester Bowie - David Murray - Don Bennett - Jimmy Woode - Vince Benedetti