Home » Jazz Musicians » Barry Greene

Barry Greene

Barry Greene began playing guitar in 1971,at the age of ten years old. Strongly influenced by Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, 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 Hagens, Danny Gottlieb, Gene Bertoncinni, Scott Wendholt, Kenny Drew Jr., Adam Nussbaum, Warren Berndhardt, Russell Malone, Ron Affif, and Colin Bailey. Barry has seven CD’s out as a leader. “Sojourner”, “At Home”, “Urban Jazz” ,"In the Meantime" and three new releases, “Barry Greene Trio”, “The Other Side” and "Urban Jazz II".

Barry has several books published with Mel Bay Publications and has just completed an ibook titled "Playing Jazz Guitar". He continues to endorse Thomastik-Infeld strings, Acoustic Image Amplifiers, Raezors Edge speaker cabinets, and Benedetto Guitars. He has performed at the Long Island Guitar Show held in New York, numerous times, and has performed in Europe including Germany, and France. Barry is a Professor of Jazz Guitar at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, where he has been since 1995. He teaches a guitar ensemble, as well as applied guitar, jazz history, improvisation and a course on recording with Pro Tools. His series of video jazz guitar lessons is gaining worldwide recognition.

Barry Greene, Blue Moods, Sharon Minemoto, Judith Owens and more

by Benjamin Boddie
May 28, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Barry Greene, Jared Hall, Jesse Davis, Faye Carol, Abate Berihun & The Addis Ken Project, Ray Obiedo, Shunzo Ohno, The BLCK Madonna, Dave Schumacher & Cubeye, Ben Markley Big Band, Blue Moods, Bobby Broom, Billy Childs, Catherine Russell, Erica Von Kleist, Mike Clement, Nat Reeves, Judith Owens, Taylor Roberts, Bobby Matos Heritage Ensemble, Sharon Minemoto, Sean Imboden Large Ensemble, Tumbao Bravo With Paul Vornhagen, Eliane Elias, Arturo Sandoval, Ray Obiedo, Paul Silbergleit Trio, Brian ...

Album Review

Barry Greene: Giants

by Jack Bowers
May 8, 2026

The Giants singled out by guitarist Barry Greene on his recording of that name include a number of musicians who served as role models and helped shape his singular musical voice. Pat Martino is one, as are Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, Russell Malone and Pat Metheny, each one a stepping-stone on Greene's upward path toward self-identity and mastery of his instrument of choice. Greene paid it forward by teaching for more than thirty years at the University of North Florida ...

333

Album Review

Barry Greene: Sojourner

by Jack Bowers
October 1, 1998

Guitarist Barry Greene, who teaches at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, unveils some formidable chops on Sojourner, on which he is ably accompanied by Bales, Hanley and Stombaugh in a program that concisely blends four of his engaging compositions (“Institutionalized,” “Sincerity,” “Sojourner,” “It Happened to Me”) with Jobim’s soft–spoken samba, “Triste,” Charlie Parker’s sunny “Yardbird Suite,” Miles Davis’ “Nardis,” Monk’s “Evidence” and a brace of enduring standards, “Without a Song” and “It Could Happen to You” (whose chord ...

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...

allaboutjazz.com had to say:

an excellent player, a superior musician with power to spare