Since 2001, this site has been devoted to jazz rhythm guitar and the man who epitomized the big band guitar style. 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 1950's until his last gig in Las Vegas on March 1, 1987.
This web site is strictly a not-for-profit, educational endeavor.
All research, writing, and editing is done by volunteers. The site
is continuously expanding. We hope that you will find it useful
throughout its evolution.
If you have additional resources, references, quotes, photos, or other
useful information to contribute, please contact
us. Also, please visit
our Visitor Comments page and leave
a note, or read what others have to say about the Freddie Green web site.
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 2004.
