Lenny Breau Meets Ted Greene- Part Two: Lenny & Ted Jam, Trade Tunes and Share Ideas: October 1979

In October of 1979, Lenny Breau and his girlfriend Sinde Shubert arrived at the Los Angeles airport where they were met by saxophonist Scott Page who had invited Lenny to stay at his home until he was settled in the city. Scott brought along his friend Ted Greene and Ted’s partner Barbara. Ted was an enormous fan of Lenny’s and had long been looking forward to meeting him. After arriving at Scott’s house that afternoon, Lenny and Ted spent several hours jamming, showing each other arrangements of tunes and discussing techniques and other subjects. Scott Page recorded the entire ten hour session which we are presenting in edited form in three parts. Part Two of this meeting begins with an excerpt from a 2001 telephone interview with Ted Greene in which he comments about what it was like to play and hang out with Lenny. Lenny and Ted jam on the standard ’Emily’ after expressing their admiration for each other. Lenny chats about his children and legal problems in Canada and then discusses the chords he uses in ’Why Did I Choose You’ before playing the tune for Ted. After Ted and Lenny chat about Ed Bickert, Ted plays his solo guitar version of ’Surrey with a Fringe On Top’. Lenny then plays ’Spartacus’ and ’Hi Lily Hi Lo’ for Ted. Afterwords Lenny discusses the development of his slurring techniques and their use in Flamenco and Jazz. Ted then shows Lenny his harmonization of the Japanese pentatonic scale and Lenny reciprocates by demonstrating his harmonization of the Hungarian scale. 1. Excerpt from a Telephone Interview with Ted Greene 2. Mutual Admiration Comments 00:40 3. Ted and Lenny Play ’Emily’ 01:41 4. Lenny Discusses His Children and Problems in Canada 08:22 5. Intro to ’Why Did I Choose You’ 09:50 6. Lenny Plays ’Why Did I Choose You’ Solo 11:25 7. Ted Plays ’Surrey with a Fringe on Top’ Solo 15:14 8. Ted and Lenny Chat 18:10 9. Lenny Plays ’Spartacus’ and Hi Lily Hi Lo 19:34 10. Lenny Demonstrates Left Hand Slur Techniques 27:15 11. Ted Shows Lenny Japanese Pentatonic Harmonization 35:40 12. Lenny Harmonizes Hungarian Mode 39:21 If you enjoyed this post, please consider subscribing to our Lenny Breau Archives channel on You Tube. We specialized in posting rare and/or hard to find material --audio and video footage--by the great Lenny Breau. We will be posting new material at least once a week.