"startling move." He rapidly changed chords, often with every beat, rather than every measure. His chord fingering often involved him covering four strings with his fingers, while depressing only a subset of the notes. He dampened the unsounded notes from chords with his left hand. Green's playing on his signature Stromberg guitar was the model for Ralph Patt's big-band playing. Green was not a prolific composer, but he did make two major contributions to Count Basie's repertoire, "Down for Double" (recorded in 1941) and "Corner Pocket" (recorded for the album April in Paris in 1955). On March 1, 1987, Green died of a heart attack in Las Vegas, Nevada at the age of 75. Discography As leader/co-leader Mr. Rhythm (RCA Victor, 1955) Rhythm Willie with Herb Ellis (Concord Jazz, 1975) As sideman With Count Basie The Original American Decca Recordings (GRP, 1937–39 [1992]) The Count! (Clef, 1952 [1955]) Basie Jazz (Clef, 1952 [1954]) The Swinging Count! (Clef 1952 [1956]) Dance Session (Clef, 1953) Dance Session Album #2 (Clef, 1954) Basie (Clef, 1954) Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (Clef, 1955) with Joe Williams April in Paris (Verve, 1956) The Greatest!! Count Basie Plays, Joe Williams Sings Standards with Joe Williams Metronome All-Stars 1956 (Clef, 1956) with Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Williams Hall of Fame (Verve, 1956 [1959]) Basie in London (Verve, 1956) One O'Clock Jump (Verve, 1957) with Joe Williams and Ella Fitzgerald Count Basie at Newport (Verve, 1957) The Atomic Mr. Basie (Roulette, 1957) aka Basie and E=MC2 Basie Plays Hefti (Roulette, 1958) Sing Along with Basie (Roulette, 1958) – with Joe Williams and Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Memories Ad-Lib (Roulette, 1958) – with Joe Williams Basie/Eckstine Incorporated (Roulette, 1959) – with Billy Eckstine. Basie One More Time (Roulette, 1959) Breakfast Dance and Barbecue (Roulette, 1959) Everyday I Have the Blues (Roulette, 1959) – with Joe Williams Dance Along with Basie (Roulette, 1959) String Along with Basie (Roulette, 1960) Not Now, I'll Tell You When (Roulette, 1960) The Count Basie Story (Roulette, 1960) Kansas City Suite (Roulette, 1960) First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (Columbia, 1961) Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 (1962, Impulse!) Back with Basie (Roulette, 1962) Basie in Sweden (Roulette, 1962) On My Way & Shoutin' Again! (Verve, 1962) This Time by Basie! (Reprise, 1963) More Hits of the 50's and 60's (Verve, 1963) Pop Goes the Basie (Reprise, 1965) Basie Meets Bond (United