Jazz Guitar will never be the same after Charlie Christian

[@parkie101010]

Just want to say with this video and in fact all of them you folks are doing wonderful work! Keep on going and may all the success you deserve come your way. Thanks for so much great content.

[@onetrackjazz]

Thank you!

[@mxmllrguitar]

Thank you so much for this Charlie Christian video! He is a legend. Your channel is truly amazing! 🍀

[@onetrackjazz]

Thanks!

[@nathanielhensley209]

Another great video of one of my favorite most influential jazz guitarist thanks for posting this!! 🎸

[@kevinsplinter8595]

Cool. Thanks for sharing

[@CaiusV.]

Thank you so much ❤

[@Moodymongul]

Today, it is easy to forget. Just how many people TB took (around the world), in these generations. Many great people too. And Charlie Christian was one of them

[@CayusCaesar7]

❤👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 this man deserves a whole documentary on his life. I've read about him in Francois Billiard's book. Short life but an influence that lasts, Wes Montgomery was one of his admirers. By the way, very good video! Thanks, really worths to have subscribed here :). Peace and Force! 🙏🏿

[@onetrackjazz]

Thanks!

[@brianpite0893]

Before Charlie Christian the guitar in the big band setting was almost a percussion instrument. What a innovator! I once watched BBKing do a note for note demonstration of a Charlie Christian solo . Who knew?

[@CayusCaesar7]

@@brianpite0893 didn't know that. B.B. King came from, I imagine and see as the " golden era of music( played by human beings not softwares) , songs played with soul. Thanks 4 sharing this information. Be under Higher Peace pal!!!

[@CayusCaesar7]

@@brianpite0893 thank you man, I found here, 1972 interview B.B. cites T-Bone Walker, then Benny Goodman orchestra and starts doing his " impersonation" of Christian's style, fucking great; does that dance of notes across the fretboard. Good advice. Thanks. By the way read abou Charlie in the book " World of Jazz" written by François Billard, listening to his recordings is stunning, is pure and enchanting. 🙏🏿🍀🎼

[@ClearOutSamskaras]

A couple of things that came to my mind: The stories and accounts of men showing up for important, often pivotal, meetings with others but wearing an ill fitting suit, or an old suit long out of fashion, or a loud suit where a conservative look is needed are striking in their simultaneous mix of pain and hilarity. Perhaps I'm missing something. Rose Room was a well established standard by the time of Hammond's engineered "performance audition" of Christian for Goodman's band. Why on earth would Benny Goodman think that Christian wouldn't know Rose Room? Reinhardt and Grappelli's incredibly beautiful and swinging version had already come out by 1937; it's a safe bet to think that Christian had heard it and loved it. Thanks for the video.

[@mymixture965]

A Name that is forgotten is George Barnes, same period, same impact, no one remember him.

[@stylinghead]

What’s the track?

[@southtxguitarist8926]

Agreed!

[@keithdubois8579]

Charlie Christian was a key figure in the development of the guitar in the 20th century, however it was Lonnie Johnson born Febuary 8th, 1899, not Charlie Christian, who first influence the single note solo style playing that we hear today in Jazz, Pop, Country, Folk, Soul and Rock music. Johnson is often categorized as a blues Musician, but he was a lot more then that.

[@shanesmith5853]

Great video mate, that playing on Swing to Bop is outrageously good, one of the greatest guitar moments ever. I'm a fan of Mary Osborne who i believe was also influenced by the great man. Cheers mate.🎶👍

[@PatriceSerapiglia]

Yep he is certainly the original guitar hero who rose to the top with Benny Goodman. Goodman was at time, as popular as the Beatles. Upon joining Goodman at the age of 21-22, he was heard on the radio waves all over America, made the electric guitar popular, creating his unique modern style of guitar and died at the age of 24 years old. His nickname was “the Oklahoma trailblazers”.

[@aminahmed2220]

Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day ❤😊

[@songwolf108]

Thanks for video… Charlie Christian was one of the guitar greats who died way too early!

[@vulgarproduction]

thanks for sharing! Im a student at a university and they used this video for a discussion. theres a setting to allow other sites to stream the video playback that is currently disabled for this video. If you enable this setting, you would still get monetization and view counts, it just makes it slightly easier to use as a resource for educational purposes if you allow that :) just wanted to let you know, thanks again!

[@mikelisacarb]

I (and others) maintain that single line "lead guitar" playing originated because of the limits of Dajango's injured left hand.

[@KM-ov1qp]

Whats the point of a documentary on a guitar player, that features zero recordings of that guitarist? There is no guitar audio at all in this video.

[@onetrackjazz]

His recordings are all copyrighted. sorry

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

Lonnie Johnson and T Bone Walker will Round out the Trio.

[@tonetone7572]

another seminal giant gone way way too soon - same ol' sad comment- if only he had lived longer..... died of tuberculosis on March 2, 1942, at the age of 25.