Charlie Christian - Solo Flight: Best Of 1939-41 [LP] Urlicht Audiovisual if I may say so

if I may say so

On The Run

there is no recording of them on the harpsichord

six show residency at the legendary Blue Note Jazz club in New York City where they celebrated their debut by playing it in full - performing many tracks that hadn't been performed live in decades

while the vinyl was stripped back

Charlie Christian - Solo Flight: Best Of 1939-41 [LP] Urlicht Audiovisual if I may say soDespite having such a short recording career, the original guitar hero Charlie Christian single handedly revolutionised the electric guitar. With having no direct influence on his guitar playing, he used the horn and reed lines he heard from the likes of Lester Young as inspiration to develop his unique single line phrasing and so was born the guitar solo. Christian tragically died at 25 of tuberculosis, just as he was jamming with cool cats