A native of Connecticut, Jimmy Greene is one of the most respected saxophonists of his generation. He tours internationally and appears at storied clubs and festivals with his own groups and as a member of the Ron Carter Quartet. He has also toured and/or recorded with Horace Silver, Tom Harrell, Freddie Hubbard, Harry Connick, Jr., Avishai Cohen, Kenny Barron, Lewis Nash, Dee Dee Bridgewater, the New Jazz Composers Octet and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, among many others.
Jimmy’s professional career got an early boost when he garnered a finalist win in the 2008 Thelonious Monk Competition. In addition to 12 albums as a leader, he appears on over 85 albums as a sideman. His 8th release, Beautiful Life (Mack Avenue) was GRAMMY-nominated.
Jimmy was fresh out of college when he joined the first Litchfield Jazz Camp faculty in 1997 and has maintained connections with the Camp and the Litchfield Jazz Festival ever since. Today he is Associate Professor of Music and Co-Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, CT. 