Alfred Green - Rhythm Is My Beat: Jazz Guitar Great Freddie Green and the Count Basie Sound

Rhythm Is My Beat

Studies in Jazz

The Institute of Jazz Studies

RutgersThe State University of New Jersey

General Editors: Dan Morgenstern and Edward Berger

1. BENNY CARTER: A Life in American Music, by Morroe Berger, Edward Berger, and James Patrick, 2 vols., 1982
2. ART TATUM: A Guide to His Recorded Music, by Arnold Laubich and Ray Spencer, 1982
3. ERROLL GARNER: The Most Happy Piano, by James M. Doran, 1985
4. JAMES P. JOHNSON: A Case of Mistaken Identity, by Scott E. Brown; Discography 19171950, by Robert Hilbert, 1986
5. PEE WEE ERWIN: This Horn for Hire, as told to Warren W. Vach Sr., 1987
6. BENNY GOODMAN: Listen to His Legacy, by D. Russell Connor, 1988
7. ELLINGTONIA: The Recorded Music of Duke Ellington and His Sidemen, by W. E. Timner, 1988; 4th ed., 1996
8. THE GLENN MILLER ARMY AIR FORCE BAND: Sustineo Alas / I Sustain the Wings, by Edward F. Polic; Foreword by George T. Simon, 1989
9. SWING LEGACY, by Chip Deffaa, 1989
10. REMINISCING IN TEMPO: The Life and Times of a Jazz Hustler, by Teddy Reig, with Edward Berger, 1990
11. IN THE MAINSTREAM: 18 Portraits in Jazz, by Chip Deffaa, 1992
12. BUDDY DeFRANCO: A Biographical Portrait and Discography, by John Kuehn and Arne Astrup, 1993
13. PEE WEE SPEAKS: A Discography of Pee Wee Russell, by Robert Hilbert, with David Niven, 1992
14. SYLVESTER AHOLA: The Gloucester Gabriel, by Dick Hill, 1993
15. THE POLICE CARD DISCORD, by Maxwell T. Cohen, 1993
16. TRADITIONALISTS AND REVIVALISTS IN JAZZ, by Chip Deffaa, 1993
17. BASSICALLY SPEAKING: An Oral History of George Duvivier, by Edward Berger; Musical Analysis by David Chevan, 1993
18. TRAM: The Frank Trumbauer Story, by Philip R. Evans and Larry F. Kiner, with William Trumbauer, 1994
19. TOMMY DORSEY: On the Side, by Robert L. Stockdale, 1995
20. JOHN COLTRANE: A Discography and Musical Biography, by Yasuhiro Fujioka, with Lewis Porter and Yoh-ichi Hamada, 1995
21. RED HEAD: A Chronological Survey of Red Nichols and His Five Pennies, by Stephen M. Stroff, 1996
22. THE RED NICHOLS STORY: After Intermission 19421965, by Philip R. Evans, Stanley Hester, Stephen Hester, and Linda Evans, 1997
23. BENNY GOODMAN: Wrappin It Up, by D. Russell Connor, 1996
24. CHARLIE PARKER AND THEMATIC IMPROVISATION, by Henry Martin, 1996
25. BACK BEATS AND RIM SHOTS: The Johnny Blowers Story, by Warren W. Vach Sr., 1997
26. DUKE ELLINGTON: A Listeners Guide, by Eddie Lambert, 1998
27. SERGE CHALOFF: A Musical Biography and Discography, by Vladimir Simosko, 1998
28. HOT JAZZ: From Harlem to Storyville, by David Griffiths, 1998
29. ARTIE SHAW: A Musical Biography and Discography, by Vladimir Simosko, 2000
30. JIMMY DORSEY: A Study in Contrasts, by Robert L. Stockdale , 1998
31. STRIDE!: Fats, Jimmy, Lion, Lamb and All the Other Ticklers, by John L. Fell and Terkild Vinding, 1999
32. GIANT STRIDES: The Legacy of Dick Wellstood, by Edward N. Meyer, 1999
33. JAZZ GENTRY: Aristocrats of the Music World, by Warren W. Vach Sr., 1999
34. THE UNSUNG SONGWRITERS: Americas Masters of Melody, by Warren W. Vach Sr., 2000
35. THE MUSICAL WORLD OF J. J. JOHNSON, by Joshua Berrett and Louis G. Bourgois III, 1999
36. THE LADIES WHO SING WITH THE BAND, by Betty Bennett, 2000
37. AN UNSUNG CAT: The Life and Music of Warne Marsh, by Safford Chamberlain, 2000
38. JAZZ IN NEW ORLEANS: The Postwar Years Through 1970, by Charles Suhor, 2001
39. THE YOUNG LOUIS ARMSTRONG ON RECORDS: A Critical Survey of the Early Recordings, 19231928, by Edward Brooks, 2002
40. BENNY CARTER: A Life in American Music, Second Edition, by Morroe Berger, Edward Berger, and James Patrick, 2 vols., 2002
41. CHORD CHANGES ON THE CHALKBOARD: How Public School Teachers Shaped Jazz and the Music of New Orleans, by Al Kennedy, Foreword by Ellis Marsalis Jr., 2002
42. CONTEMPORARY CAT: Terence Blanchard with Special Guests, by Anthony Magro, 2002
43. PAUL WHITEMAN: Pioneer in American Music, Volume I: 18901930, by Don Rayno, 2003
44. GOOD VIBES: A Life in Jazz, by Terry Gibbs with Cary Ginell, 2003
45. TOM TALBERTHIS LIFE AND TIMES: Voices from a Vanished World of Jazz, by Bruce Talbot, 2004
46. SITTIN IN WITH CHRIS GRIFFIN: A Reminiscence of Radio and Recordings Golden Years, by Warren W. Vach, 2005
47. FIFTIES JAZZ TALK: An Oral Retrospective, by Gordon Jack, 2004
48. FLORENCE MILLS: Harlem Jazz Queen, by Bill Egan, 2004
49. SWING ERA SCRAPBOOK: The Teenage Diaries and Radio Logs of Bob Inman, 19361938, by Ken Vail, 2005
50. FATS WALLER ON THE AIR: The Radio Broadcasts and Discography, by Stephen Taylor, 2006
51. ALL OF ME: The Complete Discography of Louis Armstrong, by Jos Willems, 2006
52. MUSIC AND THE CREATIVE SPIRIT: Innovators in Jazz, Improvisation, and the Avant Garde, by Lloyd Peterson, 2006
53. THE STORY OF FAKE BOOKS: Bootlegging Songs to Musicians, by Barry Kernfeld, 2006
54. ELLINGTONIA: The Recorded Music of Duke Ellington and His Sidemen, 5th edition, by W. E. Timner, 2007
55. JAZZ FICTION: A History and Comprehensive Readers Guide, by David Rife, 2007
56. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: My Life In Music, by Lalo Schifrin, edited by Richard H. Palmer, 2008
57. THE CONTRADICTIONS OF JAZZ, by Paul Rinzler, 2008
58. EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRASS IDIOMS: Art, Jazz, and Other Popular Traditions, edited by Howard T. Weiner, 2008
59. THE MUSIC AND LIFE OF THEODORE FATS NAVARRO: Infatuation, by Leif Bo Petersen and Theo Rehak, 2009
60. WHERE THE DARK AND THE LIGHT FOLKS MEET: Race and the Mythology, Politics, and Business of Jazz, by Randall Sandke, 2010
61. JAZZ BOOKS IN THE 1990S: An Annotated Bibliography, by Janice Leslie Hochstat Greenberg, 2010
62. BENNY GOODMAN: A Supplemental Discography, by David Jessup, 2010
63. THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF KENNY DAVERN: Just Four Bars, by Edward N. Meyer, 2010
64. MR. TRUMPET: The Trials, Tribulations, and Triumph of Bunny Berigan, by Michael P. Zirpolo, 2011
65. HARLEM JAZZ ADVENTURES: A European Barons Memoir, 19341969, by Timme Rosenkrantz, adapted and edited by Fradley Hamilton Garner, 2012
66. WHAT IT IS: The Life of a Jazz Artist, by Dave Liebman in conversation with Lewis Porter, 2012
67. BORN TO PLAY: The Ruby Braff Discography and Directory of Performances, by Thomas P. Hustad, 2012
68. THE LAST BALLADEER: The Johnny Hartman Story, by Gregg Akkerman, 2012
69. PEPPER ADAMS JOY ROAD: An Annotated Discography, by Gary Carner, 2012
70. PAUL WHITEMAN: Pioneer in American Music, 1930-1967 , Volume 2, by Don Rayno, 2012
71. JAZZ CHILD: A Portrait of Sheila Jordan, by Ellen Johnson, 2014
72. RHYTHM IS MY BEAT: Jazz Guitar Great Freddie Green and the Count Basie Sound, by Alfred Green, 2015

Rhythm Is My Beat

Jazz Guitar Great Freddie Green and the Count Basie Sound

Alfred Green

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Green, Alfred, 1938

Rhythm is my beat : jazz guitar great Freddie Green and the Count Basie sound / Alfred Green.

pages cm. (Studies in jazz ; 72)

Includes bibliographical references and index.