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While the first volume focused on the sorrow of his loss, this one focuses on his memories of a child with a bright personality and a love of dance. There are 11 Greene-penned tunes in this program, and they all serve as postcards of a father’s love.
"They say after a trauma, there's three normal responses. You know, fight, flight or freeze," Nelba said. "And I think what Jimmy [Greene] did is he showed, and he is showing people that there's another way and that's create."
“unabashed childlike exuberance and playful mischief.” You can hear those qualities in Greene’s solo, and in the playing of guitarist Mike Moreno and keyboardist Renee Rosnes."
#8 Jimmy Greene, Flowers: Beautiful Life, Volume 2 (Mack Avenue) Tenor sax great Jimmy Greene continues to be a beacon of strength as he channels his grief of losing a child to gun violence into some of the most vibrant, lyrical jazz coming out of America today.