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Charlie Christian - The Art Of Jazz Guitar by Charlie Christian

Charlie Christian - The Art Of Jazz Guitar Charlie Christian ebook
Format: pdf
Page: 32
ISBN: 0793519756,
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Charles Henry “Charlie” Christian (July 29, 1916 – March 2, 1942). Though taught in the Guitar chord technique, he developed a uniqe single-string A Jazz Guitar prodigy, he played with Goodman, Count Basie, & at Carnegie Hall before dying of Tuberculosus at the age of 25." (Recorded 1994) There is a dispute of the location of his grave.. Is there a distinct melodic difference (single or chordal lines) between swing era styles of guitar (Charlie Christian, Django, Oscar Moore, etc) versus players who began thriving in the bebop era (Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, Wes to say, but forgot), that bebop was in fact the start of jazz becoming "an art form", more intellectual and sadly less popular and NOT made for dancing. Belgian gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt had little influence on Christian, but he was obviously familiar with some of his recordings. He jammed with many of the big name performers traveling through Oklahoma City including Teddy Wilson and Art Tatum. The last years of the 1930s were milestones in the development of the jazz guitar. After breaking in on Chicago radio, Paul moved to New York, where he played with Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum and Charlie Christian, the jazz guitarist who played a hollow-body instrument with a pickup. In 1939 an unknown young man named Charlie Christian joined the Benny Goodman Sextet on the new electric version of the six-string instrument playing exquisite, harmonically complex solo lines as if on a saxophone or clarinet. A year earlier, a slightly older man by the name of. Christian was a key developer of Bebop, the language of improvisation, guitar technique, and was one of the very first people ever to take an amplified guitar solo! Here, in after hours jam sessions, Christian would exchange choruses with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, and other Bebop greats, as they developed this new style of Jazz. Each story explores a different artist or theme. Charlie Christian, he is one of the original guitar legends. It might seriously be the only genuinely American art form thus far. 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. Christian's improvisational style is his greatest legacy. >> next page · all on one page. Arts and Entertainment reviews and news. Christian was born in Bonham, Texas, but his guitar and had become a regional attraction. The Texas Historical Plaque states: "As a child, Bonham (Tx) native Charles (Charlie) Christian was exposed to the Guitar artistry & soprano solos of his parents Clarence & Willie Mae Christian.