Career in The 1990s
By the age of 20, Green was playing sax for Jerry Lee Lewis. Lewis declared Green "The greatest sax player I have ever worked with". Following two years touring all over the world with Jerry Lee Lewis, Green joined Van Morrison's band from 1995 to 2000, appearing all over the world, playing concerts, festivals and theatres. During this period, Green recorded many albums with Morrison, as a soloist and as an arranger. He also spent two years touring and recording with Jools Holland, toured the world with Lisa Stansfield and toured regularly with Marti Pellow.
By the end of his twenties, he had built up an astonishing CV, having worked with almost every major musical figure in the world: Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, James Brown, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Tom Jones, Ronnie Wood, Elvis Costello, Paul Weller, Dionne Warwick, Chrissie Hynde, Lionel Richie, Sting, Eric Clapton, Roger Daltrey, Ray Davies, Jeff Beck, Joss Stone, Ryan Adams, Bryan Ferry, Carl Perkins, Bo Diddley, Little Walter, Ben E. King, Sam Moore, Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff, Jimmy Witherspoon, John Dankworth, Annie Ross, Mose Allison, Petula Clark, Clarence Clemons, Marti Pellow, Noel Gallagher, Georgie Fame, Paul Carrack, Lulu, Jay Kay, Dannii Minogue, Daniel Bedingfield, Lisa Stansfield, Cerys Matthews, Emma Bunton, Heather Small, Stereophonics, Mick Hucknall, Robbie Williams, Brian Kennedy, All Saints, Charleen Spitteri, Dina Carroll, Gabrielle, Simon Webbe, Sir Paul McCartney. In addition he has served as the producer for Robbie Williams.
He made his acting debut in the British movie Swing, in which he appeared alongside Hugo Speer, Rita Tushingham, Tom Bell, Alexei Sayle, Clarence Clemons and Lisa Stansfield and was also featured on the soundtrack album.
Green was the musical director and conductor for Burt Bacharach and Hal David during their show at the Royal Albert Hall. Green was musical director, arranger and conductor for Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for their show at the Hammersmith Apollo.
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