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Charlie Christian - The Art Of Jazz Guitar by Charlie Christian

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

Bandleaders like It wasn't until 1939 when jazz starmaker John Hammond, heir to a large piece of the Vanderbilt railroad fortune, discovered a 23 year old black guitarist in Oklahoma, named Charlie Christian, who played a Gibson ES-150 “electric” guitar in a style that just blew him away. In the world of American jazz guitar, one name comes up again and again: Charlie Christian. Today, let's look at a topic of far greater Charlie Christian brought the electric guitar into the spotlight, “playing hornlike single lines”, but the next logical step in the guitar's evolution was brought about by Kessel, whose interest was also the instrument's harmonic capability, or chords! On this particular night on the “Blues & Beyond” segment I heard this mesmerizing Afro-Caribbean groove, with a kind of South African tinge, not immediately identifiable or classifiable, topped by some taste jazz guitar soloing. 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. Charlie Christian was an influence. Jazz guitar pioneer Mary Osborne was the only female guitarist to realize a significant impact on jazz in the 1940s and '50s – and many aficionados agree. Last month I presented a bit of history on the Gibson artist model that was named for Barney (produced between 1961 and 1973). Musician friends encouraged her to drop by a local club called The Dome to hear the Al Trent Sextet, a territory band that included guitarist Charlie Christian. In his day, the guitar went from rhythm to lead instrument, and, not coincidentally, from electric to acoustic. Here's a great clip of George sitting down and talking about guitar influences (Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Tal Farlow etc) with some mean playing for good measure – from his Art of the Jazz Guitar. €�It was the most startling thing I had ever heard,” she said to Ferris in GP. Jazz magic from a Godfather of jazz combos. Here's another great clip from Breezin' Lounge with Jody Fisher playing some Charlie Christian influenced blues over rhythm changes. Focused on his velvet like vocal delivery in recent years it's really his amazing guitar mastery that's responsible for his jazz reputation. As soon as the song is over I pray that the dj says what the song and artist is, something that tends not to happen very often on commercial radio but does most of the time on non-commercial radio. Charlie Christian was a key figure in the evolution of the jazz guitar. The big stars were the tenor sax players like Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young—likewise piano players like Count Basie, Fats Waller, Art Tatum, and scores more.