:Ed Greene

{{short description|American drummer}}

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{{dablink|For the audio engineer, see Ed Greene (sound engineer). For the Law & Order character, see Ed Green (Law & Order). For the baseball player, see Ed Green (baseball).}}

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Ed Greene is an American drummer and session musician.Budofsky, Adam. [https://books.google.com/books?id=JLxJAgAAQBAJ&dq=ed+greene&pg=PT126 The Drummer: 100 Years of Rhythmic Power and Invention. Modern Drummer Publications/Hal Leonard Corporation, 2010.] At Google Books. Retrieved 5 January 2022.

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In 1971 he recorded with Donald Byrd (Ethiopian Knights, 1972), together with Thurman Green, Harold Land, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Sample, Bobbye Porter Hall, David T. Walker, and Wilton Felder, among others.

Greene has also recorded with Barry White, Stanley Turrentine, Cook, Richard, Brian Morton. [https://books.google.com/books?id=NmIRAQAAMAAJ&q=ed+greene The Penguin Guide to Jazz on Compact Disc, p. 1495.] At Google Books. Retrieved 5 January 2022. B.B. King, Ramsey Lewis, Dizzy Gillespie, Steely Dan,Schnee, Bill. [https://books.google.com/books?id=NQ8LEAAAQBAJ&dq=ed+greene&pg=PA96 Chairman at the Board: Recording the Soundtrack of a Generation, p. 96. Rowman & Littlefield, 2021.] At Google Books. Retrieved 5 January 2022.Breithaupt, Don. [https://books.google.com/books?id=hjHUAwAAQBAJ&q=greene Steely Dan's Aja], pp. 56, 103. A&C Black, 2007. {{ISBN|0826427839|9780826427830}} At Google Books. Retrieved 5 January 2022. Bobby "Blue" Bland, Phoebe Snow, Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye, among others.

Greene was Barry White's drummer on recording sessions, and he played on many of White's biggest hits,{{cite web|url=https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/august-september-1980-ed-greene-l-studio-heavyweight/|title=Ed Greene: L.A. Studio Heavyweight |website=Modern Drummer |language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-07}} including his 1973 hit "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby".Zoro; Russ Miller. [https://books.google.com/books?id=4YIJAQAAMAAJ&q=ed+green The Commandments of R&B drumming: a comprehensive guide to soul, funk and hip-hop, p. 43. Warner Bros. Publications, 1998.] At Google Books. Retrieved 5 January 2022.