Lenore Raphael with Hilliard Greene

“A wonderfully inventive musician. It is hardly surprising that that she is earning a reputation as one of the most versatile and impressive modern day mainstreamers” – Wes Gillespie, euroclubdejazz

"Lenore Raphael has a love affair with the piano, as demonstrated by the myriad of emotions she is able to evoke in her playing...from a sweetly swinging mode to pure, nonstop bop, Raphael is the personification of swing" – John Gilbert, AllAboutJazz

Lenore Raphael, is an internationally renowned jazz pianist, Steinway artist, radio host and jazz teacher and has been critically acclaimed as one of the best pianists in the jazz mainstream today. Her main influences are Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans.

Hilliard Greene 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 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.

Lenore Raphael - piano
Hilliard Greene - bass

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