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The Immortal Charley Christian, released in 1972, is a remarkable compilation that pays tribute to one of jazz’s most influential guitarists, Charley Christian. Known for [More]

Personnel: Charlie Christian – guitar Joe Guy – trumpet Thelonius Monk – piano Nick Fenton – bass Ken Clark – drums

The Allmusic site awarded the album 5 stars, stating: “The Genius of the Electric Guitar is a fine introduction, not just to Charlie Christian’s brilliant [More]

Track listing: 1.I Got Rhythm 2.Nice Work If You Can Get It 3.Down Down Down 4.I Found A Million Dollar Baby 5.Body And Soul 6.I’ve [More]

Solo Flight: The Genius of Charlie Christian is a 1972 double album collecting many of the few recordings that captured performances by Charlie Christian. Most [More]

“Till Tom Special” (Benny Goodman/Lionel Hampton). Personnel: Benny Goodman – clarinet Lionel Hampton – vibraphone Count Basie – piano Charlie Christian – guitar Artie Bernstein [More]

Despite the billing, the majority of this LP features the Count Basie orchestra during 1939-40 with a generous amount of solo space given to the [More]

A1 Seven Come Eleven 0:00 A2 Soft Winds 2:47 A3 AC-DC Current 5:16 A4 Till Tom Special 8:03 A5 Gone With “What” Wind 11:04 A6 [More]

“Rose Room”, also known as “In Sunny Roseland”, is a 1917 jazz standard, music by Art Hickman, lyrics by Harry Williams. It is almost always [More]

Charlie Christian – Swing To Bop (1941) Charlie Christian – guitar