Frederick William Green (March 31, 1911 – March 1, 1987) was an American swingjazz guitarist who played rhythm guitar with the Count Basie Orchestra for almost fifty years. Throughout his career, Green played rhythm guitar, accompanying other musicians, and he rarely played solos. “His superb timing and … flowing sense of harmony … helped to establish the role of the rhythm guitar as an important part of every rhythm section.” Green did play a solo on the January 16, 1938, Carnegie Hall concert that featured the Benny Goodman big band. In the jam session on Fats Waller‘s “Honeysuckle Rose,” Green was the rhythm guitarist for the ensemble, which featured Basie, Walter Page(Basie’s bassist), and musicians from Duke Ellington‘s band. After Johnny Hodges’ solo, Goodman signalled to Green to take his own solo, which the musician Turk Van Lake described in his commentary on the reissued 1938 Carnegie Hall concert as a “startling move.