Jimmy Greene - Flowers: Beautiful Life, Vol. 2 (2017)

Jimmy Greene’s art and heart are all over the 10 original songs he composed for Flowers-Beautiful Life Volume 2. This stellar tribute to his late 6-year old daughter Ana Marquez Greene who was murdered in 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, is the continuation of his Mack Avenue debut which is a memorial for Ana Jimmy titled Beautiful Life. While Greene’s first recording honored Ana’s “love of singing and reflecting the way Ana lived,” Flowers - Beautiful Life Volume 2 honors her love of dancing while “inviting us into her playful 6-year old world for a while.”

Joining Jimmy on this heartfelt recording are members from his two touring bands who are also his “friends and heroes” whom he refers to as his Love in Action unit. Renee Rosnes on piano and Fender Rhodes, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts, with Rogerio Boccato on an array of percussion instruments and guitarist Mike Moreno, keyboardist Kevin Hays, drummer Otis Brown III and bassist Ben Williams.

These songs are truly played from the heart. Special mention goes to “Big Guy” which was Ana’s nickname for Jimmy. This particular song was inspired by a chord progression given to Jimmy by Jackie McLean; “December” is an emotional spectrum of emotions depicting grief to joyous remembrance while “Stink Thumb” and “Thirty Two” are compositions which feature Greene’s variations on the blues.

Overall, Jimmy Greene’s music is performed with skill, grace, joy and intensity. These excellent compositions reveal his heart and soul as a musical genius and loving father who is using the healing power of music to overcome tragedy and to honor and memorialize his daughter’s spirit.

TRACKLIST

01. Big Guy
02. Stanky Leg
03. Flowers
04. Second Breakfast
05. Fun Circuits
06. Stink Thumb
07. Someday
08. December
09. Amantes
10. Something About You
11. Thirty-Two