Welcome to the Freddie Green Web Site.

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.

The biography of Freddie Green written by his son, Alfred Green. Visit Alfred's website for more information.

Michael Pettersen, our chief web site contributor, wrote sections of the book that describe Freddie's playing technique. Michael discovered a few misprints in the first printing and has provided a list of corrections.

Check out pianist Judy Carmichael's interview with Alfred Green on her NPR/SiriusXM Jazz Inspired radio program, recorded live at Kiawah Island, SC on February 23, 2016.

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.

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.