Known for his forward thinking, cutting edge sound, Keefus has produced for a wide range of artists such as Cassandra Wilson, Nikka Costa, Me'Shell Ndegéocello, Benji Hughes, Everlast and Kimbra. In 2010 he received an Emmy nomination for his work with Everlast for co-writing and producing the theme song for the hit television series Saving Grace. Mr. Green, also an accomplished songwriter, has penned music with T-Bone Burnett, Kimbra, Macy Gray, Nikka Costa, Benji Hughes, Everlast, and has received a BMI award for music scoring.
Keefus Green
Keefus was raised playing classical music, but was influenced by his two older musician brothers who introduced him to the raw sounds of R&B, punk, hardcore, rap, progressive, experimental, psychedelic rock and jazz. In 1991 he moved to Los Angeles and began to work with Lonnie "Meganut" Marshall from the Los Angeles underground scene working with the likes of burgeoning bands Fishbone and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Together they started the multi genre experimental funk group ‘Weapon Of Choice’ that flourished for three albums and more than seven years of touring.
In the early nineties, Keefus also met Singer Jade Vincent and together they formed their own 10-piece experimental film noir big band, ‘The Jade Vincent Experiment’ and eventually went on to release a self-titled album with Mike Patton’s label, Ipecac Records. The band’s dream-like rock sound led to press accolades and bookings with tastemaker media such as Los Angeles’ KCRW. Famed musician/producer T-Bone Burnett heard, the band and immediately contacted Keefus and Jade. From there, Green relationship blossomed with Burnett as a session musician and led to Keefus eventually becoming a co-producer on a few of T-Bone’s projects such as The Coen Brothers Film, The Ladykillers and Cassandra Wilson's album Thunderbird. Keefus went on to produce several critically acclaimed albums including Benji Hughes’ double record A Love Extreme, Everlast’s Love War and the Ghost Of Whitey Ford as well as scoring for film and TV including The Poughkeepsie Tapes for The Brothers Dowdle (Quarantine), and Saving Grace for the TNT Network.
Keefus has performed with hundreds of artists including MeShell Ndegleocello, Elton John, Leon Russell, Sting, Elvis Costello, Alison Krauss, Rozelle, Fishbone, Primus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, T-Bone Burnett, Mike Patton, Imani Coppola, Doyle Bramhall, Macy Gray, Jackson Brown, Jenny Lewis, Keith Morris, Everlast, Iggy Pop, Marc Rebot, Jon Brion, Ben Taylor, Carly Simon, Benji Hughes and finally Queen (only in his bedroom as a kid). Keefus recently produced tracks for Kimbra (Warner Bros), Mini Mansions and A Fine Frenzy’s latest album to be released in 2012 through Virgin Records. Keefus recently joined forces with David Holms scoring the films, Motel Life and Good Vibrations and is creating all the music for the mini series “Brandon Generator” with his group Unloved.
Check out his latest scoring project with Unloved called The Random Adventures of Brandon Generator
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