Charlie christian instrumental cd

"Selected Broadcasts and Jam Sessions [Box]" (08/13/2002) Jazz Instrument Christian, Charlie, JSP (UK)Personnel includes: Charlie Christian (guitar); Lester Young, Georgie Auld (tenor saxophone); Buck Clayton, Cootie Williams (trumpet); Benny Goodman (clarinet); Lionel Hampton (vibraphone); Count Basie, Teddy Wilson, Johnny Guarnieri, Fletcher Henderson (piano); Freddie Green (guitar); Walter Page, Oscar Pettiford, Artie Bernstein (bass); Nick Fatool, Jo Jones, Gene Krupa, Kemmy Clarke (drums). Recorded between 1939 & 1941. Includes liner notes by Nevil Skrimshire. Personnel: Charlie Christian (guitar); Mike Bryan, Freddie Green (guitar); Benny Goodman (clarinet, trumpet); Skip Martin (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Gus Bivona, Gene Kinsey, Earle Warren, Rudy Williams, Jimmy Horvath, Les Robinson (alto saxophone); Don Byas, Georgie Auld, Jerry Jerome, Lester Young, Pete Mondello, Buddy Tate (tenor saxophone); Bob Snyder, Jack Washington (baritone saxophone); Alec FILA, Cootie Williams, Ed Lewis, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Shad Collins, Billy Butterfield, Jimmy Maxwell, Buck Clayton (trumpet); Dicky Wells, Lou McGarity, Benny Morton, Dan Minor, Cutty Cutshall (trombone); Count Basie, Ken Kersey, Dudley Brooks, Fletcher Henderson, Billy Rowland, Joe Sullivan, Johnny Guarnieri, Albert Ammons, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Milt Raskin, Pete Johnson , Teddy Wilson, Walter Page (piano); Lionel Hampton (vibraphone); Red Norvo (xylophone); Harry Jaeger, Dave Tough, Gene Krupa, Jo Jones , Kenny Clarke, Nick Fatool, Taps Miller (drums). Liner Note Author: Nevil Skrimshire. Recording information: Carnegie Hall, NY (08/19/1939-06/??/1941); Catalina Casion, Hotel St Catherine, Santa Catalina Hot (08/19/1939-06/??/1941); Clarke Monroe's Uptown House' Harlem, NY (08/19/1939-06/??/1941); Coconut Grove, Hotel Ambassador, Los Angeles, CA (08/19/1939-06/??/1941); Detroit State Fair (08/19/1939-06/??/1941); Empire Room, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, NY (08/19/1939-06/??/1941); Harlem Breakfast Club, Minneapolis, MN (08/19/1939-06/??/1941); Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA (08/19/1939-06/??/1941); Madison Square Garden, NY (08/19/1939-06/??/1941); Manhattan Center, New York, NY (08/19/1939-06/??/1941); Minton's Playhouse, Hotel, Cecil, Harlem, NY (08/19/1939-06/??/1941); New York, NY (08/19/1939-06/??/1941); Peacock Court, Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco, CA (08/19/1939-06/??/1941); Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY (08/19/1939-06/??/1941); The Make Believe Ballroom, NY (08/19/1939-06/??/1941). Director: Benny Goodman. Arrangers: Jimmy Mundy; Skip Martin . Read the title carefully: These are broadcast recordings that Charlie Christian made between 1939-1941. A majority of these shows were recorded with the Benny Goodman Sextet, but there is also material by the Goodman All Stars, the Benny Goodman Orchestra, Count Basie & Friends, and the Kansas City Six. The real meat of this box, however, are the now-famous jam sessions recorded at Minton's Playhouse, Clarke Monroe's Uptown House, and the Harlem Breakfast Club. Over the years, these have been prized by Christian's fans as the purest examples of his genius and the possible birth of bebop, and there are enough of them here to warrant the purchase of the whole set. As for remastering, the quality of sound of the broadcasts is fair to poor, occasionally good; the jam sessions, however, are mostly clean, and sometimes surprisingly so. People interested in Christian's essential legacy need to first digest Columbia's Genius of the Electric Guitar box, but JSP deserves credit for assembling this rare material at an extremely affordable price. ~ Jim Smith

"After Hours" (05/09/2000) Jazz Instrument Christian, Charlie, Original Jazz Classics/Dizzy Gillespie. Personnel includes: Charlie Christian (guitar); Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet); Rudy Williams (alto saxophone); Don Byas, Kermit Scott (tenor saxophone); Joe Guy, Hot Lips Page, Victor Coulson (trumpet); Thelonious Monk, Al Tinney, Ken Kersey (piano); Nick Fenton, Ed Paul (bass); Kenny Clarke, Tom Miller (drums). Recorded live at Minton's Playhouse and Clark Monroe's Uptown House, New York, New York in May 1941. Originally released on Esoteric (548). Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather. Digitally remastered by Kirk Felton (2000, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). Personnel: Charlie Christian (guitar); Rudy Williams (alto saxophone); Don Byas, Kermit Scott (tenor saxophone); Dizzy Gillespie, Hot Lips Page, Joe Guy (trumpet); Al Tinney, Thelonious Monk (piano); Kenny Clarke, Tom Miller (drums). Audio Remasterer: Kirk Felton. Liner Note Author: Leonard Feather. Recording information: Clark Monroe's Uptown House, New York, NY (05/06/1941-05/12/1947); Minton's Playhouse, New York, NY (05/06/1941-05/12/1947). AFTER HOURS is an excellent live document of the early roots of bebop, capturing this exciting music in the process of being built by its pioneering architects. Recorded live in New York City at jam sessions at Minton's Playhouse and Monroe's Uptown House in 1941, these tapes feature young modernists Charlie Christian, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke, and Don Byas as they pushed the structural materials of swing toward something new and intense. Beyond the historical significance of these sessions, however, the music is simply fabulous. There are revisions of "Stardust" and "Stompin' at the Savoy, " but the tunes are mainly blues-based improvisations, with plenty of syncopated play and stretched-out soloing from all involved. Christian's guitar takes center stage--his fluid, fleet-fingered style and mellow amplified tone have become such a stock part of jazz guitar, it is hard to remember that he almost single-handedly wrote the book. Though Gillespie gets double-billing on this set, he only appears on four of the nine tunes, but one can hear early hints of the advanced technical style that would explode in his work with Charlie Parker in the later '40s. This music is truly classic.

"Sextet Featuring Charlie Christian" (08/22/1989) Jazz Instrument Goodman, Benny, Legacy RecordingsPersonnel includes: Benny Goodman (clarinet); Charlie Christian (electric guitar); George Auld (tenor saxophone); Cootie Williams (trumpet); Count Basie, Johnny Guarneri (piano); Lionel Hampton (vibraphone); Artie Bernstein (bass); Gene Krupa, Nick Fatool (drums). Recorded in New York, New York between 1939 & 1941. Includes liner notes by Leonard Feather. Digitally remastered by Tim Geelan (CBS Records Studios, New York, New York). Personnel: Benny Goodman (clarinet); Charlie Christian (electric guitar); Georgie Auld (tenor saxophone); Cootie Williams (trumpet); Count Basie, Ken Kersey, Dudley Brooks, Fletcher Henderson, Johnny Guarnieri (piano); Lionel Hampton (vibraphone); Harry Jaeger, Dave Tough, Jo Jones , Nick Fatool (drums). Liner Note Author: Leonard Feather. Recording information: Los Angeles, CA (10/02/1939-03/13/1941); New York, NY (10/02/1939-03/13/1941). Photographer: Frank Driggs. Like its companion reissue, GENIUS OF THE ELECTRIC GUITAR, this offers eighteen digitally remastered cuts with thorough documentation and detailed liner notes. Charlie Christian is generally credited with establishing the electric guitar as a legitimate voice in jazz, and, despite his death at 23 from tuberculosis in 1941, his slender recorded output remained the one true standard for the instrument until the arrival of another self-taught incendiary, Wes Montgomery, in the 1950s. Christian's playing was full of blues devices, many of which were developed into riff tunes such as "Soft Winds," "Shivers," "AC--DC Current" and "A Smo-o-o-oth One," all heard here. "A Smo-o-o-th One" appears in a more nascent state on GENIUS as the air check "Waitin"For Benny"; this version and 'Breakfast Feud" are both previously unissued masters. Christian shines on the standards and ballads too, and if you remember a certain soothing credit card commercial of a few years back, you'll enjoy finally getting to hear the other two minutes and twenty-seven seconds of "I'm Confessin' That I Love You."

"The Genius of the Electric Guitar [Columbia Box Set] [Box]" (09/17/2002) Jazz Instrument Christian, Charlie, Legacy RecordingsTHE GENIUS OF THE ELECTRIC GUITAR features recordings Charlie Christian made with the Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra, plus small studio groups recordings from 1939-1941. Personnel includes: Charlie Christian (electric guitar); Georgie Auld (tenor saxophone); Benny Goodman (clarinet); Cootie Williams (trumpet); Lionel Hampton (vibraphone); Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie, Johnny Guarnieri, Dudley Brooks (piano); Artie Bernstein (acoustic bass); Jo Jones, Nick Fatool, Harry Jaeger, Dave Tough (drums). Includes liner notes by Chris Albertson. Digitally remastered by Tim Geelan (CBS Studio, New York). Personnel includes: Charlie Christian (electric guitar); Benny Carter (alto saxophone): George Auld, Lester Young (tenor saxophone); Cootie Williams, Buck Clayton, Harry James (trumpet); Jack Teagarden (trombone); Benny Goodman (clarinet); Lionel Hampton (vibraphone); Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Johnny Guarnieri, Dudley Brooks, Ken Kersey, Jess Stacy (piano); Freddie Green (guitar); Artie Bernstein, Walter Page (bass); Nick Fatool, Jo Jones, Harry Jaeger, Dave Tough, Gene Krupa (drums). Producer: John Hammond. Compilation producers: Michael Brooks, Michael Cuscuna. Recorded between 1939 & 1941. Includes liner notes by Les Paul, Peter BRoadbent and Loren Schoenberg. All tracks have been digitally remastered. THE GENIUS OF THE ELECTRIC GUITAR was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards For Best Historical Album. Personnel: Charlie Christian (electric guitar); Helen Forrest (vocals); Arnold Covey (guitar); Freddie Green (acoustic guitar); Benny Goodman (clarinet); Buff Estes, Gus Bivona, Skip Martin , Toots Mondello, Benny Carter , Les Robinson (alto saxophone); Bus Bassey, Eddie Miller, Georgie Auld, Jerry Jerome, Lester Young, Pete Mondello (tenor saxophone); Bob Snyder (baritone saxophone); Irving Goodman, Alec FILA, Cootie Williams, Harry James, Johnny Martel, Ziggy Elman, Jimmy Maxwell, Buck Clayton (trumpet); Ted Vesely, Jack Teagarden, Lou McGarity, Vernon Brown, Red Ballard, Cutty Cutshall (trombone); Count Basie, Ken Kersey, Dudley Brooks, Fletcher Henderson, Jess Stacy, Johnny Guarnieri (piano); Lionel Hampton (vibraphone); Harry Jaeger, Dave Tough, Gene Krupa, Jo Jones , Nick Fatool (drums). Liner Note Authors: Peter Broadbent; Les Paul; Loren Schoenberg. Recording information: Los Angeles, CA (10/02/1939); New York, NY (10/02/1939); World Studios, NY (10/02/1939). Illustrators: Will Kennedy ; Mora Driscoll. Arrangers: Fletcher Henderson; Jimmy Mundy. Charlie Christian's complete recorded output was limited to a large handful of studio sides cut with the Benny Goodman Sextet, some air checks and studio outtakes, the 1938 Spirituals to Swing concert at Carnegie Hall and a few live tapes made at Minton's (Harlem's legendary after-hours cradle of bebop). As often happens in such cases, this small amount of material has been repackaged every which way, making it hard to know where to start. Start here. Columbia's Jazz Masterpieces recordings feature digital remastering, a generous number of cuts, full documentation of sidemen and recording dates and interesting liner notes (not to mention cool hand-colored photography). GENIUS OF THE ELECTRIC GUITAR features such essential repertoire as "Seven Come Eleven," "Breakfast Feud," "Air Mail Special," and Christian's one feature with the full Goodman big band, "Solo Flight" (known elsewhere as "Chonk, Charlie, Chonk"). Goodman always hired stellar personnel; during Charlie's all-too-short tenure (from 1939 to his death from tuberculosis at age 22 in 1941), the Sextet also included, for a few of these recordings, Count Basie on piano.

"Complete Studio Recordings" (03/29/2004) Jazz Instrument Christian, Charlie, Definitive (Spain)

"Celestial Express" (03/29/2004) Jazz Instrument Christian, Charlie, Definitive (Spain)Personnel includes: Charlie Christian (acoustic & electric guitars); Benny Carter, Earl Bostic (alto saxophone); Lester Young, Chu Berry, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Jerry Jerome, Bud Freeman, Georgie Auld (tenor saxophone); Buck Clayton, Dizzy Gillespie, Red Allen, Bill Coleman, Cootie Williams, Joe Guy (trumpet); J.C. Higginbotham, Benny Morton (trombone); Lionel Hampton (vibraphone); Edmond Hall (clarinet); Clyde Hart, Frankie Hines, Teddy Wilson, Johnny Guarnieri, Kenny Kersey (piano); Meade Lux Lewis (celeste); Freddie Green (guitar); Walter Page, Milt Hinton, Oscar Pettiford, Artie Bernstein, Billy Taylor, Israel Crosby, Nick Fenton (bass); Jo Jones, Cozy Cole, Sid Catlett, Yank Porter, Dave Tough, Kenny Clarke (drums). Recorded between 1939 and 1941. Includes liner notes by J.G. Calvados. Definitive's mini-anthology of classic recordings featuring pioneer electrically amplified guitarist Charlie Christian is an excellent core sample taken from his brief and eventful career. Note that Definitive has also issued what purport to be compilations containing all of Christian's complete live and studio recordings, as well as another more modestly proportioned sampler entitled The Genius of the Electric Guitar. Charlie Christian was like a will-o'-the-wisp, a strikingly creative sideman who appeared at studio sessions and live jams during a span of months only adding up to a couple of years before succumbing to tuberculosis at the age of 25 in 1942. On Definitive's Celestial Express, the guitarist is heard with various groups led by Lionel Hampton and Benny Goodman, with Edmond Hall's Celeste Quartet, and with the Kansas City Six (a band including Count Basie and Lester Young) at the second From Spirituals to Swing concert in Carnegie Hall. Christian accompanies sweet vocalist Eddy Howard (who sounded a bit like Gene Austin); jams out with a quartet including bassist Oscar Pettiford at the Harlem Breakfast Club in Minneapolis, MN; cooks with a sextet while waiting for Benny Goodman to show up and lead a studio recording session; and improvises freely in the wild and woolly atmosphere of Minton's Playhouse, an after-hours joint favored by young musicians seeking a loose and friendly environment suitable for collective artistic exploration. It's a fine taste of great music from a time when music was evolving as rapidly as all of the other arts near middle of the maelstrom of the 20th century. ~ arwulf arwulf

"Original Guitar Genius" (11/04/2005) Jazz Instrument Christian, Charlie, Proper Records (UK)Audio Remasterer: Peter Rynston.

"Solo Flight (1939-1941)" (01/12/1991) Jazz Instrument Christian, Charlie, Stash/Benny Goodman. Personnel: Lester Young, Count Basie, Buck Clayton, Gene Krupa, Georgie Auld, Cootie Williams, And The Benny Goodman Orchestra. Widely considered the first important electric guitarist, Charlie Christian (1916-1942) basically defined jazz guitar vocabulary. It's a fair assessment that nearly all jazz six-stringers from 1940 to the mid-'60s owe a major debt to Christian--from Barney Kessel to George Benson and beyond. While based in blues, Christian achieved a full-bodied, almost horn-like, and definitively swinging style. SOLO FLIGHT is a collection of primarily small-group, live recordings (radio broadcasts, in fact) from the '30s, while Christian was in the employ of King of Swing Benny Goodman (who was also at his creative peak). Other musicians making appearances here include jazz greats Lester Young, Lionel Hampton, and Count Basie.

"Guitar Wizard" (11/10/1993) Jazz Instrument Christian, Charlie, Le JazzPersonnel includes: Charlie Christian (guitar); Benny Goodman (clarinet); Thelonious Monk (piano).