Charlie Christian playing Stompin' At The Savoy live 1941
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Here is another Charlie Christian track playing live at Mintons in New York City (the other I have uploaded is Swing to Bop from the same session). These are my two favourite CC tracks. However I also love his Goodman stuff, both studio and radio broadcasts as well. Charlie not only popularised the electric guitar, but also influenced just about everyone who came after with his horn like solos and sense of swing.
As well as playing guitar for Benny Goodman, Charlie did some moonlighting in after hours jam sessions with other musicians in places such as Mintons and Monroes in New York City. On 12 May 1941 Charlie Christian jammed on 'Stompin' at the Savoy' at Mintons, with Joe Guy on trumpet, Kenny Kersey
on piano, Nick Fenton on bass and Kenny Clarke on drums. Thelonius Monk has always been attributed as the piano player on this session, although current opinion seems to be that it was Kenny Kersey based on analysis of the piano style. However Monk did certainly play with Charlie at these venues aro
und this period. This live track excerpt is characterised by longer solos than Charlie would typically play with Goodman, and is a good indication of his incredible improvisational abilities. As there is no film available of Charlie Christian playing live, I have included a slide show for this tra
ck. Comments welcome.
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él. Me gusta mucho. Lamentablemente murio muy joven, al igual que otros guitarristas como dyango reinhardt, jimi hendrix y stevie ray vaughan. Voy a interiorizarme un poco mas en su musica. Excelente posteo.
bebop on guitar never really came into being until Tal Farlow came out with "The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow" around 1956.
´s right. Because there was a Charlie Christian, and a Leadbelly, and a Robert Johnson, and a Muddy Waters, (and many others) we have rock and roll, and we have metal now. These are the common, glorious roots!!