Join Origins Jazz Series for our next "Live from WUKY Studios" show. This edition will feature the Chicago-based Chris Greene Quartet, which includes saxophonist Chris Greene,  pianist Damian Espinosa, bassist Marc Piane and drummer Steve Corley. There will be two sets - one at 6:30pm, and one at 8:30pm.

Will you be into it: In the Chris Greene Quartet, you'll find a band that has the flexibility to shift seemlessly between hard-edged intensity and reflective lyricism. Whether it's the quartet playing an engaging original composition or a cover of a Hank Williams country classic, this intimate show at WUKY Studios will bring you energy and excitement.

You can check out some of their music here.

About the artist:
Saxophonist and composer Chris Greene was born in Evanston, IL. He spent his formative years in the award-winning Evanston High School Wind and Jazz Ensembles. As a teenager he began to play professionally with many local pop/rock and jazz bands. Greene eventually went to Bloomington, IN to attend the prestigious Indiana University Jazz Studies program and studied with renowned professor and cellist David Baker. Greene returned to Chicago in 1994 and has since collaborated with some of the nation’s most creative and versatile musicians. As a performer, Greene can be seen with many different groups - in many different genres. He also leads his own critically-acclaimed group,the Chris Greene Quartet. He has also performed or recorded with the following artists: Common, The Temptations, Eric Roberson, Phonte, Ce Ce Peniston, Poi Dog Pondering, Ed Motta, Steve Coleman & Five Elements, Maysa Leak, Ten City, Sheena Easton, Steve Cole, Michael Manson, Andrew Bird, The J. Davis Trio, Chris Rob, Vic Lavender, Jesse De La Pena, Liquid Soul and The Mighty Blue Kings.

Chris Greene was also featured in several episodes of the FOX-TV show, "Empire" and he also composed the score for the Chicago Childrens’ Theatre’s 2014 production of “Bud, Not Buddy."