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For the English footballer, see Freddie Green (footballer). Frederick William Green (March 31, 1911 – March 1, 1987) was an American swing jazz guitarist who played rhythm guitar with the Count Basie Orchestra for almost fifty years.
Mar 20, 2023 · His first, for the Duke label in 1945 with Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells, and Lucky Thompson, remains unissued; his second, for RCA in 1955, “Mr. Rhythm,” has been reissued on CD, as has a 1975 date for Concord Records, which above all these, clearly demonstrated his powerful rhythmic gifts. Read more. Tags. Freddie Green guitar, acoustic. Photos.
Mar 2, 1987 · Freddie Green, a jazz guitarist who played with the Count Basie Orchestra for half a century, died yesterday, apparently of a heart attack, in Las Vegas, Nev. He was 75 years old and lived in...
While playing at the Black Cat in 1937, he was heard by John Hammond, who convinced Count Basie, then performing in New York, to audition the guitarist. Basie hired him and Freddie became Basie's guitarist, friend, and confidante for the next five decades.
Freddie Green played the latter 2 sessions (8 tunes). Both guitarists are recorded very clearly, and contrast sharply in style. A few months after the recording sessions, Braff expressed some opinions about rhythm players in a Down Beat article (January 9, 1957).
In 1945 Green recorded four spirited sides ("I'm In The Mood For Love", "Sugar Hips", "Get Lucky", and "I'll Never Be The Same") on the Duke label under the name Freddie Green and his Kansas City Seven.
Far from the seductive imagery of the jazzman in a perpetually drugged or alcoholic state, a semi-revolting, semi-tragic pariah, Freddie traveled through his half century of rhythm guitar with the chic, cold, imperturbable eye of a dandy.
