August 2020: Inspired by the work of the "Green Olive Collective". 

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I was noodling on the mandolin before their presentation started, and this is the result.

Green Olives

Bob Green plays mandolin, violin, bass, and guitar in a wide variety of settings including Bluegrass, Klezmer, Irish and Rock bands, musical theater, classical mandolin ensembles, and more. Please see: http://bobgreen.org

Each performance by Bob Green weaves together the musical strands of 20 years as a performing artist. With traditional musics of the Americas as a foundation, Bob's interests and experience also include Celtic, Jazz and Classical music.

Based in New York City, he performs and records on violin, mandolin, guitars and bass in a wide range of settings, including musical theater, string and country bands, Irish and Klezmer groups, folk and bluegrass festivals, and the New York Mandolin Orchestra.

Theater credits include Frank McCourt's The Irish and How They Got That Way at the Irish Repertory Theater, Prophets and Heroes with Vanessa Redgrave, and musical direction of Buffalo Gals at the Bennington (VT) Center for the Arts. He received a 1995 Meet The Composer Award for the modern dance composition Face to Face.

Music has taken him to 11 countries and 23 states, including a tour of Japan with composer/banjoist Akira Satake who he assisted with a recently released album on Alula Records. His most recent overseas trip was to Jordan and Israel, as accompanist to folksinger/harpman Saul Broudy. He performed at Carnegie Hall with the Clef Club Orchestra, at Lincoln Center with Hazel Dickens, at the Lone Star RoadHouse with Shawn Colvin, and has played at Symphony Space, Town Hall, and the Bottom Line.

Before living in New York, he made his home in the Ohio/Kentucky area, working with Harley Allen (Folkways records). Prior to that, he did stints in a variety of New England bluegrass and folk acts, including Raintree (Green Mountain Records), and The Valley Partners (Old Homestead Records).

Audio Magazine called him "... an incredibly versatile mandolinist whose mastery of a number of styles is matched by his infectious enthusiasm."

Green Olives

Bob Green And Company