Solo Jazz Guitar Method

Barry Greene began playing guitar in 1971, when he was ten years old. Strongly influenced by Wes Montgomery,

George Benson and Pat Martino, Barry has developed into a world class guitarist, arranger and composer. He

has recorded or performed with such artists as Tim Hagans, Danny Gottlieb, Gene Bertoncinni, Scott Wendholt,

Kenny Drew Jr., Adam Nussbaum, Warren Bemdhardt, Russell Malone, Ron Affif, and Colin Bailey.

Barry's first CD, Sojourner, has been well received by both the press and music industry. Just Jazz Guitar

magazine says, " ... his improvisations were creative with impeccable technique .... " 20th Century Guitar wrote,

'' .. .it has all the urgency of the best of Pat Martino's work ... Sojourner is a mixture of original music and standards

in both trio and quartet formats." The CD has also received positive web reviews from allaboutjazz.com, " ... an

excellent player, a superior musician with power to spare ... "

Presently, Barry is involved in several projects with Mel Bay Publications, and is writing compositions for

another release to be recorded in the near future. He continues to endorse Thomastik-lnfeld strings and Buscarino

Guitars and has performed at the Long Island Guitar Show held in New York, for the past three years. In addition,

Barry has been an instructor at the prestigious National Guitar Workshop held each summer in Connecticut.

Barry is an Associate Professor of Jazz Guitar at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, where he has

been an instructor since 1995. He teaches two guitar ensembles, as well as applied guitar, arranging and improvisation.

Barry has composed or arranged nearly seventy pieces of guitar ensemble music as well as several big band

compositions. He and wife Sara and son Mitchell, reside in St. Augustine, Florida.