Charlie Christian - The Art Of Jazz Guitar by Charlie Christian

Charlie Christian - The Art Of Jazz Guitar



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


He recorded “Somebody's Got To Go” in 1941. Jazz guitar legend Barney Kessel details his encounters Charlie Christian and describes the guitarist's technique, personality, and legacy. 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. The journey across genres begins with singing cowboys, touches on mandolins and Hawaiian music, stops on jazz to pay tribute to Alvino Ray and Charlie Christian, and hits western swing and rockabilly before delving into modern rock of the 60's through to present day. His final public performance was with the BYU Jazz Legacy Dixieland Band. The two tenors are Herschel Evans The film also presents one piece of music each artist recorded that highlights his great talents. Why should a young person who's learning guitar listen to Charlie Christian? Theory we need to be aware of the founders of modern jazz playing, like Wes Montgomery, Jim Hall, Barney Kessel, Joe Pass and Herb Ellis as well as the founders of guitar tradition like Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian. Among his many contributions, he is considered the first to play single-string guitar solos and was a major influence on jazz guitar pioneers Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt. As the father of the electric guitar and grandfather of two members of Arcade Fire, Rey was a major influence on rock for decades. Well, it wouldn't matter whether it was a young guy or not, Jas. 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. The rhythm section consists of Fats Waller, piano (died at 39 in 1943); Charlie Christian, guitar (died at 25 in 1942); Jimmy Blanton, bass (died at 23 in 1942); and Chick Webb, drums (died at 34 in 1939) who was not available for this recording ( he never recorded this tune), so Big Sid Catlett sat in for him. It's just anyone that's interested in music or any art form – it wouldn't matter what it would be – you gain an awful lot by studying those people that preceded you. To pass these ideas on a guitarist needed to be able to read standard musical notation and, as jazz playing became more sophisticated, he needed the technique to play the exotic barre chords that became the norm in jazz guitar music. Built for music-lovers of all Roundups to Rockers, presented by Eli Lilly & Company,opens at The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art on Saturday, March 9.

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