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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Jazz SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (377 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442242470
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rhythm Is My BeatDDC classification:
  • 787.87/165092 B
LOC classification:
  • ML419.G737G74 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- CHAPTER ONE. God Said, "Let There Be Rhythm" and Freddie Green Heard the Call -- CHAPTER TWO. The Trail to Basie -- CHAPTER THREE. Finding the Groove -- CHAPTER FOUR. Building "The Wave" -- CHAPTER FIVE. On the Road -- CHAPTER SIX. You Don't Screw with What Got You Here -- CHAPTER SEVEN. "You Don't Have to Shout to Be Heard" -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Mr. Rhythm the Man -- APPENDIX A. The Quest of Freddie Green: From Ukulele to "Mr. Rhythm" -- APPENDIX B. The Dynamic Chord and Muted Notes (DCMN) Analysis of Freddie Green's Rhythm Guitar Style: What's in a "One-Note" Chord? -- APPENDIX C. For the Experienced Jazz Guitarist: Freddie Green Fundamentals -- APPENDIX D. Favorite Chord Voicings of Freddie Green -- APPENDIX E. The String Height of Freddie's Guitar and How It Shaped His Unique Style -- APPENDIX F. Did Freddie Green Always Play the Guitar Chart "As Written"? -- APPENDIX G. Improvised Jazz Counterpoint: The Stylistic Characteristics of Freddie Green's Rhythm Guitar Playing -- APPENDIX H. Freddie Green's One-Note-Chord Technique: Supporting Evidence from Other Guitarists -- APPENDIX I. Chapter Transcriptions -- APPENDIX J. The Ultimate Transcription -- APPENDIX K. Freddie Green Compositions -- APPENDIX L. Freddie Green Recordings: A Selected Discography -- APPENDIX M. Freddie Green on Film and Video -- APPENDIX N. Freddie Green's Non-Basie Recordings -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: In Rhythm Is My Beat: Jazz Guitar Great Freddie Green and the Count Basie Sound, Alfred Green tells the story of his father, rhythm guitarist Freddie Green, whose guitar work served as the pulse of the Count Basie Band.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- CHAPTER ONE. God Said, "Let There Be Rhythm" and Freddie Green Heard the Call -- CHAPTER TWO. The Trail to Basie -- CHAPTER THREE. Finding the Groove -- CHAPTER FOUR. Building "The Wave" -- CHAPTER FIVE. On the Road -- CHAPTER SIX. You Don't Screw with What Got You Here -- CHAPTER SEVEN. "You Don't Have to Shout to Be Heard" -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Mr. Rhythm the Man -- APPENDIX A. The Quest of Freddie Green: From Ukulele to "Mr. Rhythm" -- APPENDIX B. The Dynamic Chord and Muted Notes (DCMN) Analysis of Freddie Green's Rhythm Guitar Style: What's in a "One-Note" Chord? -- APPENDIX C. For the Experienced Jazz Guitarist: Freddie Green Fundamentals -- APPENDIX D. Favorite Chord Voicings of Freddie Green -- APPENDIX E. The String Height of Freddie's Guitar and How It Shaped His Unique Style -- APPENDIX F. Did Freddie Green Always Play the Guitar Chart "As Written"? -- APPENDIX G. Improvised Jazz Counterpoint: The Stylistic Characteristics of Freddie Green's Rhythm Guitar Playing -- APPENDIX H. Freddie Green's One-Note-Chord Technique: Supporting Evidence from Other Guitarists -- APPENDIX I. Chapter Transcriptions -- APPENDIX J. The Ultimate Transcription -- APPENDIX K. Freddie Green Compositions -- APPENDIX L. Freddie Green Recordings: A Selected Discography -- APPENDIX M. Freddie Green on Film and Video -- APPENDIX N. Freddie Green's Non-Basie Recordings -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

In Rhythm Is My Beat: Jazz Guitar Great Freddie Green and the Count Basie Sound, Alfred Green tells the story of his father, rhythm guitarist Freddie Green, whose guitar work served as the pulse of the Count Basie Band.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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