http://electricguitarist.net Raising the Standard Globally Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:04:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://electricguitarist.net/2009/02/04/charlie-christian-youtube-jazz-guitar/ http://electricguitarist.net/2009/02/04/charlie-christian-youtube-jazz-guitar/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:11:51 +0000 Tony Hogan http://electricguitarist.net/?p=146 When Charlie Christian first played the electric guitar in the late 30’s anbd early 1940’s, when most people heard it they did not realise that it was an electric guitar, it was a new phenomena.  This youtube video is not Charlie Christian playing live, it is a series of photographs, but the recording of him playing Stomping at the Savoy live in 1941 is of great historical interest to guitar players.  So many of the great jazz plays fashioned their style on Charlie Christian.  He died very young, just like Hendrix did.  His impact is not widely recognised outside of jazz guitar circles.

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