Available on Amazon for pre-order. Album releases on April 17th!
Giants (Origin Records – 2026)
Giants is my most personal recording to date and a tribute to the guitarists who shaped my musical voice—Pat Martino, Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, and Russell Malone. The album features two sessions: an organ trio recording with Pat Bianchi and Ulysses Owens Jr., and a quintet session with David Kikoski, Steve Nelson, Marco Panascia, and Owens. The recording spans organ trio swing, modern ensemble interplay, and an intimate solo guitar rendition of My One and Only Love.
Concerts & Masterclasses
Barry Greene — internationally recognized jazz guitarist, author, and longtime university educator — is available for concert performances, jazz festivals, and university masterclasses in support of his new Origin Records release Giants.
Programs may include:
Concert performances featuring music from Giants
Jazz guitar masterclasses
Ensemble coaching and clinics
Guest residencies
For booking inquiries:
Digital books available as iBooks
Playing Jazz Guitar - A comprehensive guide to playing jazz guitar. Written by Barry Greene, one of the leading educators of guitar instruction. This iBooks edition is fully interactive containing numerous audio, video and notation examples. All musical examples are presented in both notation and tablature form.
Chord Melodies contains ten solo guitar arrangements done by jazz guitarist and educator Barry Greene. All of the arrangements are presented in both tab and notation with recordings of Barry performing them.
Intros and Endings contains 30 examples of ways to begin and end jazz tunes. Many times a performance can fall apart when an ending does not work as expected. These 30 examples will you give you a wealth of possibilities to use on any tune to make sure your performance begins and ends with a professional sound.
Books in Print from Mel Bay Publishing
This book is designed to teach any guitarist to compose chord melody arrangements for the guitar, at a pace which is comfortable for both the beginner and the advanced student. Every method used is discussed at length with over 50 musical examples given. The accompanying CD will assure the student that he or she is playing the examples correctly.
Written for the intermediate to advanced jazz guitarist, this book assumes an adequate knowledge of chord scales and jazz theory. The topics include playing modally, chord substitutions, Coltrane substitutions, diminished and melodic minor scales as well as dealing with pentatonics. Companion CD included.
Drift and Drive
Five Chill Guitar Grooves
In The Meantime
Groove oriented funk, it was recorded during my divorce, lots of “feels” on this one
Resurgence
All original tunes recorded in New Orleans
Urban Jazz
My first self produced groove record using Pro Tools
The Other Side
Self produced groove, funk explorations
Urban Jazz II
Follow up to Urban Jazz featuring monster tenor player Juan Rollan