CHARLIE CHRISTIAN

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Charlie Christian (Charles Henry Christian, Bonham, Texas, 29 July 1916 – New York City, 2 March 1942) was an American swing and jazz guitarist.

Christian was an important early performer on the electric guitar, and is cited as a key figure in the development of bebop and cool jazz. He gained national exposure as a member of the Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra from August 1939 to June 1941. His single string technique combined with amplification helped bring the guitar out of the rhythm section and into the forefront as a solo instrument. John Hammond and George T. Simon called Christian the best improvisational talent of the Swing Era. In the liner notes to the 1972 Columbia album Solo Flight: The Genius of Charlie Christian, Gene Lees writes that "many critics and musicians consider that Christian was one of the founding fathers of bebop, or if not that, at least
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CHARLIE CHRISTIAN With The Benny Goodman Sextet And Orchestra album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
With The Benny Goodman Sextet And Orchestra
Swing 1955
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Solo Flight album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo Flight
Swing 1967

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CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Jazz Immortal (aka At Minton's) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Immortal (aka At Minton's)
Swing 1951
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Live With Benny Goodman Sextett - 1940 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live With Benny Goodman Sextett - 1940
Swing 1969
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Live 1939 / 1941 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live 1939 / 1941
Swing 1983

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CHARLIE CHRISTIAN The Genius of the Electric Guitar album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Genius of the Electric Guitar
Swing 1987
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Guitar Wizard album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Guitar Wizard
Swing 1993
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Solo Flight album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo Flight
Swing 1993
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Swing to Bop album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swing to Bop
Swing 1993
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Masters of Jazz, Volume 6: 1940-1941 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Masters of Jazz, Volume 6: 1940-1941
Swing 1994
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Masters of Jazz: Volume 1, 1939 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Masters of Jazz: Volume 1, 1939
Swing 1995
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Masters of Jazz: Volume 2, 1939 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Masters of Jazz: Volume 2, 1939
Swing 1995
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Masters of Jazz: Volume 3, 1939-1940 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Masters of Jazz: Volume 3, 1939-1940
Swing 1995
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Masters of Jazz, Volume 4: 1940 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Masters of Jazz, Volume 4: 1940
Swing 1995
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Masters of Jazz, Volume 5: 1940 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Masters of Jazz, Volume 5: 1940
Swing 1995
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Masters of Jazz: Volume 7, 1941 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Masters of Jazz: Volume 7, 1941
Swing 1995
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Cabu Collection: Charlie Christian album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cabu Collection: Charlie Christian
Swing 1997
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Complete Studio Recordings album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Complete Studio Recordings
Swing 2001
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN The Genius Of The Electric Guitar [4CD Deluxe Box Set] album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Genius Of The Electric Guitar [4CD Deluxe Box Set]
Swing 2002
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN The Wholly Cats album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Wholly Cats
Swing 2011
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Electric album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Electric
Swing 2011
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Charlie Christian with The Benny Goodman Sextet - Solo Flight - Live! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Charlie Christian with The Benny Goodman Sextet - Solo Flight - Live!
Swing 2014

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