Farewells

an innovative pianist who helped to reconceive his instrument in the era of the avant-garde, died June 28 at his home in Amsterdam. He was 84. Greene’s conception of the piano included its use as a “piano-harp,” for which he would reach inside the instrument to play the strings with his hands—a carryover from composer Henry Cowell, but a first in jazz. Taking further inspiration from John Cage, he also “prepared” the piano’s innards with