The First Master Of The Electric Guitar

Rate It! Avg: 3.5 (14 ratings)
Sample Album
The First Master Of The Electric Guitar album cover
Album Information
EDITOR'S PICK

Total Tracks: 68   Total Length: 238:02

eMusic Review 0

Avatar Image
Bill Milkowski

eMusic Contributor

04.22.11
Charlie Christian, The First Master Of The Electric Guitar
2002 | Label: JSP Records / The Orchard

These 1939 radio broadcasts feature the groundbreaking guitarist with the Benny Goodman Sextet, showcasing his sheer drive and improvisational daring on scintillating renditions of such signature tunes as "Breakfast Feud," "Flying Home," "Seven Come Eleven" and "Solo Flight." With amplification, Christian was able to blow powerful solos over the band like a horn player. Indeed, his fluid legato phrasing bears the stamp of the great tenor saxophonist from the mid-'30s Count Basie band, Lester Young.

Write a Review 1 Member Review

Please register before you review a release. Register

user avatar

Disgusted!

Patrice

Before lending an ear to the rest of this collection and checking the takes I didn't have already, I rushed to download what I though were clean copies of the famous Minton's and Monroe's "Swing to Bop" takes. Pity I didn't listen to the first number before spoiling five more donwloads : "they" added a fake audience's backgound noise, and applause at the beginning and end of each track!!! We already knew JSP as bootleggers and thieves, they are now also guilty of shameful forgery.

Recommended Albums

eMusic Features

0

The Roots of Chuck Berry

By John Morthland, eMusic Contributor

Chuck Berry, let it never be forgotten, is the father of us all. He is also, perhaps more than any other rocker then or now, his own creation. He's so much his own creation that when you listen to the artists he cites as his greatest influences, you often hear little concrete connection between their music and Chuck's; the influences work in much more subtle, indirect ways than that. Chuck Berry does not play T-Bone… more »

0

Jazz Guitar

By Bill Milkowski, eMusic Contributor

Until 1910, there were no guitars in jazz. The six-string Spanish guitar came into vogue in the late '20s; by the dawn of the Swing Era in the mid '30s, nearly every big band had a guitar player, although mainly for steady rhythm playing. There were, however, a few early renegades, most notably Eddie Lang. Born Salvatore Massaro, Lang was a single-note virtuoso who became jazz's first in-demand session player and guitar hero. In 1926, Lang… more »