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Charlie Christian - The Art Of Jazz Guitar Charlie Christian
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

As the father of the electric guitar and grandfather of two members of Arcade Fire, Rey was a major influence on rock for decades. 12 of Christian's classic tunes including: Seven Come Eleven * Air Mail Special * Grand Slam * Solo Flight.12 of Christian's classic tunes including: Seven Come Eleven * Air Mail Special * G. Barney Kessel was born on October 17, 1923. Here's another great clip from Breezin' Lounge with Jody Fisher playing some Charlie Christian influenced blues over rhythm changes. His final public performance was with the BYU Jazz Legacy Dixieland Band. As a boy he saw a book entitled How to Play Guitar in Five Minutes. Christian is also one of the first guitarists to use an electrified instrument and had a major influence on how jazz music is played which influenced R&B and early Rock guitar styles. 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. Art Attack: Talk a bit about Christian's artistic legacy, as the electric guitar was not considered much of a jazz instrument before him. Of course there was the guitar branch of the jazz tree, which incorporates Eddie Lang, Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian who established the guitar as a solo instrument to show them what was possible. Focused on his velvet like vocal delivery in recent years it's really his amazing guitar mastery that's responsible for his jazz reputation. 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. Jazz clarinetist and leader of the most popular band of the. To study Barney Kessels personal guitar, we first need to take a look at Charlie Christian and the Gibson Charlie Christian model aka ES 150. Benny Goodman (born May 30, 1909, Chicago, Ill., U.S.died June 13, 1986, New York, N.Y.) U.S. One night in Bismarck, North Dakota, she heard, in person, another jazz musician who would change her life forever: guitarist Charlie Christian. 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. The first electric guitar star's Gibson ES-150 defined jazz tone: neck pickup, warm and clean. Coming as a package with an EH85 amp the outfit cost $150 – the fee Benny Goodman paid Christian, per week, in 1939. €�It was the most startling thing I had ever heard,” she said to Ferris in GP.