Freddie Green

Frederick William "Freddie" Green (March 31, 1911 – March 1, 1987) was an American swing jazz guitarist. He was especially noted for his sophisticated rhythm guitar in big band settings, particularly for the Count Basie orchestra, where he was part of the "All-American Rhythm Section" with Basie on piano, Jo Jones on drums, and Walter Page on bass.

He was born in Charleston, South Carolina on March 31, 1911. He was exposed to music from an early age, and learned the banjo before picking up the guitar in his early teenage years. A friend of his father by the name of Sam Walker taught a young Freddie to read music, and keenly encouraged him to keep up his guitar playing. Walker gave Freddie what was perhaps his first gig, playing with a local community group with whom Walker was an organizer. Interestingly, another member of the group was a young William "Cat" Anderson, who went on to become an established trumpeter, working with notable figures such as Duke Ellington.^{[citation needed]}

It was around this time that Green's parents died, and he moved to New York to live with his aunt and continue his education. The move opened up a new musical world to Freddie. While still in his teens, he began to play around the clubs of the city, earning money and a reputation. In one of these gigs, he was noticed by the legendary talent scout John H. Hammond, who realized the potential of Green and introduced him to Basie.

'Freddie Green' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

The Godson (1998)

Actors: Pat Crawford Brown (actress), Michael Donner (miscellaneous crew), Carlos Alazraqui (actor), Don Pardo (actor), Dom Irrera (actor), Morris Ruskin (producer), Kevin McDonald (actor), David DeLuise (actor), Dom DeLuise (actor), Irwin Keyes (actor), Lou Ferrigno (actor), Paul Greenberg (actor), Rodney Dangerfield (actor), Michael Percival (miscellaneous crew), John Frick (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: After the death of his older brother, Giuseppe "The Guppy" Calzone (Kevin McDonald) becomes head of the Calzone Mob Family. His aging father (Dom DeLuise) knows his son is not cut out for the job, so he sends him to "Mafia University." The head of a rival Mafia Family (Rodney Dangerfield) sees this an opportunity to strike and bring the Calzone Family to its knees. Surrounded by danger, double-crossing and pasta, THE GODSON proves that some wise guys just aren't so smart.

Keywords: attempted-murder, buried-alive, chainsaw, crime-boss, family-relationships, flatulence, fundraiser, gangster, hollywood-sign, independent-film
Genres: Comedy, Crime,
Taglines: Some wise guys aren't so smart!

Quotes:

'Guppy' Calzone: If this is about the other night... I just wanted to see how pantyhose would look on me.

Teenage Rebel (1956)

Actors: Irene Hervey (actress), Edmund Goulding (director), Leigh Harline (composer), Charles Le Maire (costume designer), Walter Reisch (writer), Gary Gray (actor), Charles Brackett (writer), Ginger Rogers (actress), Louise Beavers (actress), Charles Brackett (producer), Michael Rennie (actor), Edmund Goulding (writer), John Stephenson (actor), Richard Collier (actor), Warren Berlinger (actor),

Plot: A sometimes sappy, yet effective melodrama about a woman who tries to make amends with her teenage daughter that she gave up at the end of an unhappy marriage. When Nancy Fallon's daughter, Dorothy, is sent to live with her and her new family after years of separation, the struggle to maintain some semblance of family quickly deteriorates. (Nancy's ex-husband was able to persuade the courts to let him keep the girl because the mother was seen as unfit.) Now Dorothy's father has an interest other than his daughter and to appease his new interest, he asks Nancy to take and raise their daughter. This begins a tumultuous time in Dorothy's life as well as her mothers.

Keywords: based-on-play, coming-of-age, drag-racing, hot-rod, lizard, mother-daughter-relationship, rebelliousness, stepfather, teenage-girl, teenager
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: ENTERTAINMENT FOR EVERYBODY except parents with a guilty conscience! IF YOU'RE 16, you're old enough to see it! You wanted to get rid of me...so you could be alone with that woman! A grown-up picture for grown-up emotions!

Quotes:

Grace Hewitt: Excited?::Nancy Fallon: Wild!::Grace Hewitt: Try not to show it too much, kids like you to be casual.::Nancy Fallon: Grace, I'll welcome any tip you can give me on how to behave with a teenage daughter.::Grace Hewitt: Well, all I know is anything you do is wrong. If you try to spruce yourself up it's, "Oh Mother, that's too kiddish for you," and if you don't it's, "Mother, do you have to dress like an old bag?"::Nancy Fallon: Oh, you make it sound awful.::Grace Hewitt: They love you. They bully you, but they love you, the little monsters. And if anything goes wrong, they turn back to being 6 or 7 years old and cling to you, and that's heaven.

Nancy Fallon: No one is ever quite the way we want them to be - no one.Most of all, we ourselves are not. But you can't go on resenting people. The mother you wanted... you will have to be yourself for your children."

photo: Via YouTube

Google's April Fools' joke went so wrong that it might have cost someone their job

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Inequality Even Before Birth And After Death: How The Koch Empire Impacted Me

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Porn and the Threat to Virility

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Diane Schuur brings longtime collaborators Count Basie Orchestra to Norton Center show

Edit Lexington Herald-Leader 29 Oct 2015

One point of order is established within the first few minutes of a conversation with Diane Schuur ... It's not an exclusive club, mind you. An entire jazz generation knows the nickname ... It teamed her with saxophonist, arranger and Basie alumnus Frank Foster (who took over the Basie Orchestra from Thad Jones in 1986) and the sublime Basie swing jazz guitarist Freddie Green, who died a week after the sessions with Schuur were completed ... ....

How the Count Basie Orchestra swings under Scotty Barnhart

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 04 May 2015

"I can definitely feel his spirit on the stage ... I think he would approve, man. I think he really would ... Over the years, the orchestra personnel has boasted legendary names such as Thad Jones, Lester Young, Freddie Green and Frank Foster ... Advertisement ....

Baltimore police custody death: Family, friends, strangers pay respects to Freddie Gray

Edit The Los Angeles Times 27 Apr 2015

There lay the slim body of Freddie Gray, dressed in a white baseball cap, spotless sneakers, blue plaid tie ... Freddie Gray protests and reaction Freddie Gray protests and reaction ... Greene funeral home in Govans to pay their respects to the 25-year-old ... Some people in the crowd at Saturday's Freddie Green protest in Baltimore tried to calm tensions that were escalating late in the day. (Erica Green/Baltimore Sun)....

Trying to calm the crowd

Edit Baltimoresun 26 Apr 2015

Some people in the crowd at Saturday's Freddie Green protest in Baltimore tried to calm tensions that were escalating late in the day. (Erica Green/Baltimore Sun)

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Count Basie Orchestra still has that swing almost 80 years later

Edit South China Morning Post 01 Dec 2014

Much attention has been lavished recently on vintage rock bands such as The Who and The Rolling Stones reaching their 50th anniversaries. But for sheer longevity, none can compare with the Count Basie Orchestra ... Among them are trumpeter Buck Clayton, saxophonists Lester Young, Herschel Evans and Wardell Gray, drummers Jo Jones, Buddy Rich and Sonny Payne, bassist Walter Page and guitarist Freddie Green ... The band had two classic eras....

Fall Jazz Concert Features Classic, Contemporary Sounds (Missouri Western State University)

Edit noodls 14 Nov 2014

(Source. Missouri Western State University). The jazz program of the Missouri Western State University Department of Music will present its Fall Jazz Concert at 7.30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov ... The Jazz Lab Band, under the direction of Steve Molloy, will perform classic big band charts such as "Corner Pocket" by Freddie Green, originally performed by the Count Basie Orchestra, and contemporary arrangements such as Fred Sturm's "Michelangelo ."....

Efua Dorkenoo: Campaigner who tirelessly sought to bring attention to and eradicate the practice of ...

Edit The Independent 31 Oct 2014

She was 65. The cause was cancer, according to an announcement by Equality Now, a women's-rights organisation and one of the numerous human-rights groups with which Dorkenoo was associated ... Within practicing communities, it is regarded as a necessary means of ensuring a girl's virginity before marriage ... born Cape Coast, Ghana 6 September 1949; married Freddie Green (two sons, two stepsons, one stepdaughter); died London 18 October 2014....

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Leading the fight against female mutilation

Edit Canberra Times 31 Oct 2014

EFUA DORKENOO 1949-2014. Efua Dorkenoo helped to lead a successful 30-year campaign against the tradition of genital cutting of girls and women, mainly in Africa and the Middle East, by casting the practice as a human rights violation ... She wrote articles and an influential book - Cutting the Rose ... Efua Dorkenoo is survived by her husband, Freddie Green, sons Kobina and Ebow, stepchildren Galvin, Yanik and Fummi and a grandson ... ....

Efua Dorkenoo

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Determined campaigner against female genital mutilation. Efua Dorkenoo in London last year. 'There is no time to rest while children are being abused,' she often remarked. Photograph. Graham Turner ... She was widely regarded as the mother of the worldwide movement to end FGM ... She is survived by her husband, Freddie Green, by two sons, Kobina and Ebow, two stepsons, Galvin and Yanik, and a stepdaughter, Fummi, and by her grandson, Cassius ... ....

Efua Dorkenoo obituary

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W&L; Photographer Hinely Unveils Two Exhibitions in Germany (Washington & Lee University)

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(Source. Washington & Lee University) ... The first exhibition is a solo show, from Oct. 24 to Jan ... 30 to Nov. 2 ... His photograph of guitarist Freddie Green and the Count Basie Orchestra at W&L;'s Fancy Dress Ball won first place in the 1985 Jazz Photo International competition in Europe and was published in W&L;'s alumni magazine as well as in the 1999 "Come Cheer" book celebrating W&L;'s 250th anniversary ... distributed by....

'Ready Freddy' Brings Kindness to Kindergarten (University of Pittsburgh)

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They will be welcomed this year by the "Ready Freddy" green frog mascot as part of the program developed by the University of Pittsburgh's Office of Child Development to make the first day easier for the little ones ... Smythe-Leistico says Ready Freddy is designed to both remove some of those ......

“Ready Freddy” Mascot, Parents, Teachers to Welcome Kindergarten Students at 10 Pittsburgh Locations Aug. 28 (University of Pittsburgh)

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28-the first day of school-by groups of parents and supportive volunteers and friends, including the "Ready Freddy" green frog mascot, the symbol of the program developed by the University of Pittsburgh's Office of Child Development that helps to make the first day of kindergarten easier for little ones ... The Ready Freddy Program targets those children most likely to be absent on the first day," he said....

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The Godson (1998)

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Teenage Rebel (1956)

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Born: 1911-03-31

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