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Charlie Christian - The Art Of Jazz Guitar Charlie Christian
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Charlie.Christian.The.Art.Of.Jazz.Guitar.pdf. I reproduce this reminiscence of Kessel's cited by Wayne E. This little Spanish-inspired village has been associated The Charlie Christian International Music festival is a fun-filled music festival that celebrates the musical contributions of jazz guitar legend Charlie Christian, who grew up in Oklahoma City. The two tenors are Herschel Evans The film also presents one piece of music each artist recorded that highlights his great talents. The Paseo Arts district is located in the middle of Oklahoma City and it consists of a small street about two blocks long that has a variety of art galleries, shops and restaurants. Charlie Christian, (Charles Henry Christian) (29 July 1916 – 2 March 1942) was an American swing and bebop jazz guitarist. Christian was an important early performer on the electric guitar, and is By 1936, he was playing electric guitar and had become a regional attraction, and jammed with many of the big name performers traveling through Oklahoma City, among them Teddy Wilson and Art Tatum. The rhythm section consists of Fats Waller, piano (died at 39 in 1943); Charlie Christian, guitar (died at 25 in 1942); Jimmy Blanton, bass (died at 23 in 1942); and Chick Webb, drums (died at 34 in 1939) who was not available for this recording ( he never recorded this tune), so Big Sid Catlett sat in for him. Charlie Christian – The Art Of Jazz Guitar. He recorded “Somebody's Got To Go” in 1941. Charlie Christian - The Art Of Jazz Guitar. Art Attack: Talk a bit about Christian's artistic legacy, as the electric guitar was not considered much of a jazz instrument before him. Coming as a package with an EH85 amp the outfit cost $150 – the fee Benny Goodman paid Christian, per week, in 1939. Goins and Craig McKinney in The Biography of Charlie Christian, Jazz Guitar's King of Swing (Edwin Mellen Press, 2005, 286-88). In 1939, Charlie Christian, a bluesy jazz player from Oklahoma City, and T-Bone Walker (blues, R & B), who apprenticed with Blind Lemon Jefferson in TX, plugged in and changed everything. The first electric guitar star's Gibson ES-150 defined jazz tone: neck pickup, warm and clean. Among his many contributions, he is considered the first to play single-string guitar solos and was a major influence on jazz guitar pioneers Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt.