Freddie Green Musician - All About Jazz

Welcome to the Freddie Green Web Site.

Since , this site has been devoted to jazz rhythm guitar and the man who epitomized the big band guitar style.

Freddie green biography Frederick William Green (March 31, – March 1, ) was an American swing jazz guitarist who played rhythm guitar with the Count Basie Orchestra for almost fifty years. Green was born in Charleston, South Carolina on March 31,

Our efforts are dedicated to the master of this art form – Freddie Green – and exists to collect and share information that will aid the big band jazz guitarist in keeping this style alive and well. Musicians, scholars, and Freddie Green fans from around the world continue to collaborate in compiling technical explanations, transcriptions, historical information, and photos for this on-line resource.

Freddie Green's Gretsch Eldorado acoustic archtop guitar is now on display at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona.

Freddie performed with this instrument almost exclusively from the mid 's until his last gig in Las Vegas on March 1,

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Ornette coleman Musicians, scholars, and Freddie Green fans from around the world continue to collaborate in compiling technical explanations, transcriptions, historical information, and photos for this on-line resource.

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Rhythm guitar is like vanilla extract in cake.
You can't taste it when it's there, but you know when it's left out.
- Irving Ashby

Simplicity is a most complex form.
- Edward "Duke" Ellington

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Now you can hear Freddie Green speak! Here's a brief audio excerpt from an interview that aired during a National Public Radio tribute to Count Basie in