Rhythm Is My Beat (eBook)

Alfred Green received his masters in social work from the University of Southern California. In 1984 he served as vice president of production at Academic Press Inc. in San Diego. Green was a freelance photographer for ten years and a member of the American Society of Magazine Photographers (ASMP) with assignments for Fortune, New York, Scholastic, Financial World and Black Enterprise Magazine. He covered the 12th OAU Conference in Kampala, Uganda, with additional assignments in Angola, Puerto Rico and Spain. He retired from the Los Angeles Unified School District as a psychiatric social worker. He currently lives on the west coast with his wife, Judy.

DedicationForeword PrefaceAcknowledgmentChronologyChapter 1: God Said: “Let There Be Rhythm” and Freddie Green Heard the CallChapter 2: The Trail to BasieChapter 3: Finding the GrooveChapter 4: Building the WaveChapter 5: On the RoadChapter 6: You Don’t Screw With What Got You HereChapter 7: “You Don’t Have to Shout to Be Heard.”Chapter 8: Mr. Rhythm the ManAppendix 1: The Quest of Freddie Green: From Ukulele to “Mr. Rhythm” by Michael PettersenAppendix 2: The Dynamic Chord and Muted Notes (DCMN) analysis of Freddie Green's Rhythm Guitar Style: What's in a "One-Note" Chord? by M.D. AllenAppendix 3: For the Experienced Jazz Guitarist: Freddie Green Fundamentals by Michael PettersenAppendix 4: Favorite Chord Voicings of Freddie Green by Michael PettersenAppendix 5The String Height of Freddie's Guitar and How It Shaped His Unique Style by Michael PettersenAppendix 6: Did Freddie Green always play the guitar chart “as written?” by Michael PettersenAppendix 7: Improvised Jazz Counterpoint: The Stylistic Characteristics of Freddie Green’s Rhythm Guitar Playing by Trevor de Clerq Appendix 8: Freddie Green's One Note Chord Technique: Supporting Evidence from Other GuitaristsAppendix 9: Chapter TranscriptionsAppendix 10: The Ultimate TranscriptionAppendix 11: Freddie Green Compositions, compiled by Mark AllenAppendix 12: Freddie Green Recordings: A Selected DiscographyAppendix 13: Freddie Green on Film and VideoAppendix 14: Freddie Green's Non-Basie RecordingsBibliography