Charlie Christian
Day 80
#44 – Charles Henry ‘Charlie’ Christian (1916–1942). American swing and jazz guitarist. Cited as a key figure in the development of bebop and cool jazz. Recordings include: The Genius of the Electric Guitar (1939-41) and Solo Flight: The Genius of Charlie Christian (1972).
Two ‘C’s for Charlie Christian in a typeface that suggests strings of the guitar and when put together make an ‘S’ for Swing.
0.5 hour
Listen...
to excerpts from ‘The Genius of the Electric Guitar’