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Charlie Christian

Godfather of electric guitar, sparkplug of the Benny Goodman sextet, key figure in the evolution of bebop, Charlie Christian (1916-42) remains a source of jazz pleasure and inspiration. Geoffrey Smith picks some classic recordings.

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Music Played

  • Earl Bostic, Clyde Hart, Sid Catlett, Charlie Christian, J.C. Higginbotham, Henry Allen, Artie Bernstein & Lionel Hampton

    Haven't Named it Yet

    • SOLO FLIGHT.
    • TOPAZ.
    • 5.

  • Benny Goodman

    Benny's Bugle

    Performer: Charlie Christian. Performer: Benny Goodman. Performer: Cootie Williams. Performer: Georgie Auld. Performer: Artie Bernstein. Performer: Harry Jaeger.
    • Solo Flight.
    • Topaz.
    • 16.

  • Charlie Christian

    Seven Come Eleven

    Composer: Benny Goodman. Performer: The Benny Goodman Sextet.
    • SOLO FLIGHT.
    • TOPAZ.
    • 6.

  • Benny Goodman

    Stompin' At the Savoy

    Performer: Kenny Clarke. Performer: Thelonious Monk. Performer: Charlie Christian. Composer: Edgar Sampson.
    • Swing into Bop.
    • Topaz.
    • 3.

  • Jack Palmer

    I Found a New Baby

    Performer: Count Basie. Performer: Charlie Christian. Performer: Benny Goodman. Performer: Cootie Williams. Composer: Spencer Williams. Performer: Georgie Auld. Performer: Artie Bernstein. Performer: Jo Jones.
    • Solo Flight.
    • Topaz.
    • 20.

  • Benny Goodman

    Wholly Cats

    Performer: Count Basie. Performer: Charlie Christian. Performer: Benny Goodman. Performer: Cootie Williams. Performer: Georgie Auld. Performer: Artie Bernstein. Performer: Harry Jaeger.
    • Solo Flight.
    • Topaz.
    • 14.

  • Gus Kahn

    I Never Knew

    Performer: Count Basie. Performer: Freddie Green. Performer: Lester Young. Performer: Charlie Christian. Performer: Benny Goodman. Performer: Jo Jones. Performer: Buck Clayton. Performer: Walter Page. Composer: Ted Fio Rito.
    • The Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia Box Set).
    • Columbia Jazz Legacy.
    • 6.

  • Meade Lux Lewis

    Profoundly Blue

    Performer: Edmund Hall. Performer: Charlie Christian. Performer: Meade Lux Lewis. Performer: Israel Crosby.
    • Solo Flight.
    • Topaz.
    • 21.

  • Benny Goodman

    Rose Room

    Performer: Nick Fatool. Performer: Fletcher Henderson. Performer: Charlie Christian. Performer: Benny Goodman. Performer: Artie Bernstein. Performer: Lionel Hampton.
    • Solo Flight.
    • Topaz.
    • 3.

  • Eddie DeLange

    Flying Home

    Performer: Nick Fatool. Performer: Fletcher Henderson. Lyricist: Sid Robin. Performer: Charlie Christian. Performer: Benny Goodman. Composer: Benny Goodman. Performer: Artie Bernstein. Performer: Lionel Hampton.
    • SOLO FLIGHT.
    • TOPAZ.
    • 2.

  • Fats Waller

    Honeysuckle Rose

    Performer: Charlie Christian. Performer: Benny Goodman and His Boys. Composer: Andy Razaf.
    • SOLO FLIGHT.
    • TOPAZ.
    • 7.

  • Charlie Christian

    Air Mail Special

    Performer: Johnny Guarneri. Performer: Charlie Christian. Performer: Benny Goodman. Composer: Benny Goodman. Performer: Cootie Williams. Performer: Dave Tough. Performer: Georgie Auld & His Orchestra. Performer: Artie Bernstein.
    • The Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia Box Set).
    • Columbia Jazz Legacy.
    • 23.

  • Hoagy Carmichael

    Stardust

    Performer: Jerry Jerome. Performer: Frankie Hines. Performer: Charlie Christian. Performer: Oscar Pettiford.
    • Charlie Christian, The First Master of the Electric Guitar.
    • JSP.
    • 5.

  • Benny Goodman

    Gilly

    Performer: Ken Kersey. Performer: Charlie Christian. Performer: Benny Goodman. Performer: Cootie Williams. Performer: Georgie Auld. Performer: Artie Bernstein. Performer: Harry Jaeger.
    • The Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia Box Set).
    • Columbia Jazz Legacy.
    • 13.

Performers:

ROSE ROOM听 听 听听

Benny Goodman听听听听听听听听听听听听听

Composers:听听听听听听听 Williams/Hickman听听听听听听听听听听听

Album Title:听听听听听听听 Solo Flight

Label:听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听TOPAZ听 TPZ-1017听听听听听听听听听听听听听

Duration: 听听听听听听听听听听听 2:49

Performers:听 听 听 听 听Benny Goodman (clarinet), Charlie Christian (guitar), Lionel Hampton, Fletcher Henderson, Artie Bernstein, Nick Fatool

听

FLYING HOME

Benny Goodman

Composers:听听听听听听听 Goodman/DeLange/Hampton

Album Title:听听听听听听听 Solo Flight

Label:听听听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听TOPAZ听 TPZ-1017

Duration:听 听 听 听 听 听听3:17

Performers: 听听听听听 Benny Goodman (clarinet), Charlie Christian (guitar), Lionel Hampton (vibes), Fletcher Henderson, Artie Bernstein, Nick Fatool

听

STARDUST 听听听听听听听听听

Charlie Christian

Composers:听听听听听听听 Carmichael/Paris

Album Title:听听听听听听听 Charlie Christian, The First Master of the Electric Guitar

Label:听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听JSP 909

Duration: 听听听听听听听听听听听5:41

Performers:听听听听听听 Charlie Christian (guitar), Jerry Jerome (tenor saxophone), Frankie Hines (piano), Oscar Pettiford (bass)

听

听

HAVEN鈥橳 NAMED IT YET

Lionel Hampton

Composers:听听听听听听听 Hampton/Christian

Album Title:听听听听听听听 Solo Flight

Label:听听听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听TOPAZ听 TPZ-1017

Duration:听听听听听听听听听听听听00:02:57

Performers:听听听听听听 Lionel Hampton (vibes), Charlie Christian (guitar) Henry 鈥淩ed鈥� Allen (trumpet), J.C. Higginbotham (trombone), Earl Bostic (alto saxophone), Clyde Hart, Artie Bernstein, Big Sid Catlett.

听

听

SEVEN COME ELEVEN

Benny Goodman

Composers:听听听听听听听 Christian/Goodman

Album Title:听听听听听听听 Solo Flight

Label:听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听TOPAZ听 TPZ-1017

Duration:听 听 听 听 听 听 听2:43

Performers:听 听 听 听听The Benny Goodman Sextet

听

听

HONEYSUCKLE ROSE

Benny Goodman

Composers:听听听听听听听 Razaf, A/Waller, T

Album Title:听听听听听听听 SOLO FLIGHT

Label:听听听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听TOPAZ听 TPZ-1017

Duration:听听听听听听听听听听听听 3.03

Performers: 听 听 听 听Benny Goodman and his Big Band + Charlie Christian (guitar), Ziggy Elman (trumpet)

听

I NEVER KNEW

Benny Goodman

Composers:听听听听听听听 Fiorito Kahn

Album Title:听听听听听听听 The Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia Box Set)

Label:听听听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听听Columbia Jazz Legacy CD-65564

Duration:听听听听听听听听听听听听 2:57

Performers: Count Basie (piano), Freddie Green (guitar), Lester Young (tenor), Benny Goodman, Jo Jones, Buck Clayton (trumpet), Walter Page, Charlie Christian.

听

WHOLLY CATS

Benny Goodman

Composers:听听听听听听听 Benny Goodman

Album Title:听听听听听听听 Solo Flight

Label:听听听 听听Topaz听 TPZ-1017

Duration:听听听听听听听听听听听听2.59

Performers:听听听听听听 Benny Goodman, Count Basie (piano), Charlie Christian (guitar), Cootie Williams (trumpet), Georgie Auld (tenor), Artie Bernstein, Harry Jaeger (bass & drums)

听

BENNY鈥橲 BUGLE

Benny Goodman Sextet

Composers:听听听听听听听 Benny Goodman

Album Title:听听听听听听听 Solo Flight

Label:听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听Topaz TPZ-1017

Duration:听听听听听听听听听听听听3.07

Performers:听听听听听听 Benny Goodman, Count Basie (piano), Charlie Christian (guitar), Cootie Williams (trumpet), Georgie Auld (tenor), Artie Bernstein, Harry Jaeger (bass & drums)

听

GONE WITH WHAT DRAFY (GILLY) 听 听 听 听 听听

Benny Goodman Sextet

Composers:听听听听听听听 Benny Goodman

Album Title:听听听听听听听 The Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia Box Set)

Label:听听听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听Columbia Jazz Legacy CD-65564

Duration:听听听听听听听听听听听听 2.35

Performers:听 听 听 听听Benny Goodman, Ken Kersey (piano), Charlie Christian (guitar), Cootie Williams (trumpet), Georgie Auld (tenor), Artie Bernstein, Harry Jaeger (bass & drums)

听

听

I FOUND A NEW BABY 听听

Benny Goodman Sextet

Composers:听听听听听听听 Palmer/Williams

Album Title:听听听听听听听 Solo Flight

Label:听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听Topaz TPZ-1017

Duration:听听听听听听听听听听听听 2.55

Performers:听 听 听 听听Benny Goodman, Count Basie (piano), Charlie Christian (guitar), Cootie Williams (trumpet), Georgie Auld (tenor), Artie Bernstein, Jo Jones (drums)

听

PROFOUNDLY BLUE 听听听听听听

Edmund Hall Celeste Quartet

Composers:听听听听听听听 Meade Lux Lewis

Album Title:听听听听听听听 Solo Flight

Label:听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听Topaz TPZ-1017

Duration: 听听听听听听听听听听听4.09

Performers:听听听听听听 Meade Lux Lewis (celeste), Charlie Christian (acoustic guitar), Edmund Hall (clarinet), Israel Crosby (bass)

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

听

AIR MAIL SPECIAL 听听听听听听听听听听

Benny Goodman

Composers:听听听听听听听 Christian/Goodman/Mundy

Album Title:听听听听听听听 The Genius of the Electric Guitar (Columbia Box Set)

Label:听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听Columbia Jazz Legacy CD-65564

Duration:听听听听听听听听听听听听 3.21听听听听听听听

Performers:听听听听听听 Charlie Christian (guitar), Benny Goodman (clarinet), Cootie Williams (trumpet), Georgie Auld (tenor), Johnny Guarneri (piano), Artie Bernstein, Dave Tough

听

STOMPIN' AT THE SAVOY 听听听听听听听听听听听

Charlie Christian

Composers:听听听听听听听 Sampson/Webbb/Goodman

Album Title:听听听听听听听 Swing into Bop

Label:听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听Topaz TPZ 1028

Duration:听听听听听听听听听听听听 00:08:16

Performers: 听 听 听 听Charlie Christian, Kenny Clarke, Thelonius Monk

听

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