Some people I've worked with:
bass: Herbie Lewis, Jeremy Stratton, Steve Neil, Stephen Smith, James Greene, Chris Amberger, Chris Arenas, Lee Alexander
drums: Eddie Marshall, Jemal Ramirez, Sameer Gupta, Eric Bolivar, Gary Claude, Tim Bulkly, Adam Willis, Max McVeety, Brandon Etzler
keys: Paul Rustigian, Mike Emerson, Glenn Hartman, Spencer Allen, Maestro Curtis
organ: Wil Blades, Spencer Allen, Jeff Pittson
sax: Les Harris, Mitch Marcus, Bishop Norman Williams, Howard Wiley, Bobby Webb
trumpet: Noah Bloom, John Gibson, Oscar Myers, Dave Rocha, Mike Olmos
trombone: Scott Okamoto, Mike Rinta
voice: Barbara Morrison
mc's: MC Prophet, Jah Womb, Human Z
Influences
Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Grant Green, Johnny Smith, Pat Metheny, Lionel Loueke, Charlie Christian, Jim Hall, Joe Pass, John Mclaughlin, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Larry Young, Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Hampton Hawes, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, Miles, Monk, Trane, Charlie Haden, Ornette Coleman, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Woody Guthrie, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Stravinsky, Bach, Satie, Ravel, Ives, Mississippi John Hurt, Albert King, SRV, Phelps Collins, Melvin Sparks, Jimi, Bob Marley, Dylan, David Gilmour, Earnest Ranglin, Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter S. Thompson, Dali, Picasso, Mitch Hedberg, Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks, Rodney Dangerfield, Chris Mullins, Willie McGhee, Moose Dupont, Lou Brock, Ted Simmons, the color blue in all of it's shades, the color orange, music from Cuba, Africa, Brazil, Jamaica, the cities of New Orleans, St. Louis, and San Francisco, my wife, children, family and those that love me.
I'm a guitarist and composer originally from St. Louis, Missouri. I've gained experience playing Jazz, Blues, Rock, Reggae and Funk gigs in St. Louis, Milwaukee, Chicago, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area since 1986. I have been performing, teaching and living in Bay Area since 1992.
Two current projects:
Patrick Greene Trio and Swoop Unit. PGTrio is an guitar/organ/drums trio usually featuring Wil Blades on organ and Eddie Marshall on drums. Jazz and groove with some positive trance on top.
Swoop Unit is a seven piece instrumental group playing rare dancefloor grooves and tight original instrumental Funk. see http://www.myspace.com/swoopunit
http://www.swoopunit.com
Pat, thanks for keeping in touch! If you ever come across to Ireland, you are always welcome at our house & to play in my band. Keep in touch - Toots & the Maytals for ever!
so I talked 2 a friend about bringing you and Swoop Unit up here, we have a good venue that sould work. Funk, Jazz, Afro stylee that will get these hippies groovin nah mean!
funny thing i thought about going to that show. So it looks like unless i do some fanagleing im here for tonight (san anselmo) i got a 830am flight thurs and i need to catch a bus there w all my gear wanted to record you and i got my ableton 7 full version going! well theres always another trip thanks for you and your family soon come we make music j
