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metalmaniac767 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
and if you like him you'll have to check out some George Benson! :P
itmightbetime2012 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Oh, yeah!
goshajazz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
pure genius this SWINGS like hell from the first phrase to the last and his tone is uncomparable , you have to be in love with your guitar and the music to play as he did
they don't play like this anymore!
FCntertainr (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Charlie died young but was instrumental in the guitar in bop as he heard Bird and both had listened to Lester Young. Bird and Diz changed a lot of swing and standards to accomplish bop playing. A lot of players had to adjust or deal with bop, in '37 Kenny Clarke was playing different drums. Night in Tunisia and 'Round Midnight were written probably in'39. It was a revolution which was resisted up until the 50s.-Fc
HEADBANGING69 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I am really shocked to hear such great jazz guitar from such a long time ago. 1941 and he was really playing some sweet jazz lines. Plus he some real chops. Just great stuff. If yall like this then you have got to check out Wes Montgomery !
Maafa1619 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Kids, this man is the reason that the guitar is a lead instrument now.
BXJAV (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
That floored me. Out for the count! Un-F'in-believable.
Charlie Christian is def. the father of Jazz Guitar as we know it.
mcphert1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
A feature of Charlie Parker's solo bop style was use of chord extensions. Charlie was doing this at Mintons and elsewhere. As far as the rhythmic aspects of bop, Wikipedia has this to say : "Christian's major influence was in the realm of rhythmic phrasing. Christian commonly emphasized weak beats and off beats, and often ended his phrases on the second half of the fourth beat. Christian experimented with asymmetrical phrasing, which was to become a core element of the new bop style".
hallmanjon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
probably not considering bebop as we know it didn't really exist in his lifetime. this is about as bop as it got at the time. you're hearing the early development of bop right here. Dizzy is on this recording and isn't anymore bop than CC. I think it was the McLaughlin biography where I read that Miles told John that Bird said he was influenced by CC. Apparently they played together alot around the time of this jam session. too bad there's no recording of them.
minor7b5b9 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
When it came to swing, CC was one of the all-time greats. But I don't think he was ever really comfortable with bop. |
