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Benny Green

"I think there's a natural chemistry between us as friends; and there's really no separation between the rapport that we feel when we're in conversation and when we're playing music, it's one in the same."

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"I think there's a natural chemistry between us as friends; and there's really no separation between the rapport that we feel when we're in conversation and when we're playing music, it's one in the same."

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"No, that's not it. The first time we met was at Fat Tuesday's. Benny was playing, this was, I think in 1989?"

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