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Genius Of The Electric Guitar (Import) (CD)

By: Charlie Christian (Artist)

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Genius Of The Electric Guitar (Import) (CD) Album By Charlie Christian (Artist)
1   Rose Room  
2   Seven Come Eleven  
3   Till Tom Special  
4   Gone With "What" Wind  
5   Grand Slam (Boy Meets Goy)  
6   Six Appeal  
7   Wholly Cats  
8   Royal Garden Blues  
9   As Long As I Live  
10   Bennys Bugle  
11   Breakfast Feud  
12   I Found A New Baby  
13   Solo Flight  
14   Blues In B  
15   Smo-O-O-Oth One, A (Waintin For Benny)  
16   Air Mail Special  
17   Stompin At The Savoy (bonus track)  
18   Topsy (Swing To Bop) (bonus track)  
19   Honeysuckle Rose (Up On Teddys Hill) (bonus track)  
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.114) - Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's list of 2002's "10 Best Reissues" - "...Christian died in 1942...a decade before the birth of rock. But this four-CD box...is evidence of his paternity."
Q (11/02, p.122) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Christian's astonishing single-string flights of fancy can still sound like a 21st century jazz guitarist jamming to a scratchy old 78..."
Mojo (1/03, p.73) - Ranked #4 in Mojo's "Best Box Sets & Compilations of 2002"
Mojo (10/02, p.113) - "...Christian...changed the face of jazz...[there's] a remastered sonic clarity that makes these 60-year old recordings sound fresh...
JazzTimes (9/02, p.90) - "...This well-appointed 4-CD set documents how Christian's attack, tone and phrasing laid the foundation for all who followed him..."

Review

Rolling Stone (12/26/02, p.114) - Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's list of 2002's "10 Best Reissues" - "...Christian died in 1942...a decade before the birth of rock. But this four-CD box...is evidence of his paternity."
Q (11/02, p.122) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Christian's astonishing single-string flights of fancy can still sound like a 21st century jazz guitarist jamming to a scratchy old 78..."
JazzTimes (9/02, p.90) - "...This well-appointed 4-CD set documents how Christian's attack, tone and phrasing laid the foundation for all who followed him..."
Mojo (Publisher) (1/03, p.73) - Ranked #4 in Mojo's "Best Box Sets & Compilations of 2002"
Mojo (Publisher) (10/02, p.113) - "...Christian...changed the face of jazz...[there's] a remastered sonic clarity that makes these 60-year old recordings sound fresh...

Product note

Personnel includes: Charlie Christian (electric guitar); Benny Carter (alto saxophone): George Auld, Lester Young (tenor saxophone); Cootie Williams, Buck Clayton, Harry James (trumpet); Jack Teagarden (trombone); Benny Goodman (clarinet); Lionel Hampton (vibraphone); Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Johnny Guarnieri, Dudley Brooks, Ken Kersey, Jess Stacy (piano); Freddie Green (guitar); Artie Bernstein, Walter Page (bass); Nick Fatool, Jo Jones, Harry Jaeger, Dave Tough, Gene Krupa (drums).
Producer: John Hammond.
Compilation producers: Michael Brooks, Michael Cuscuna.
Recorded between 1939 & 1941. Includes liner notes by Les Paul, Peter BRoadbent and Loren Schoenberg.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
THE GENIUS OF THE ELECTRIC GUITAR was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards For Best Historical Album.

Title Note

Personnel includes: Charlie Christian (electric guitar); Benny Carter (alto saxophone): George Auld, Lester Young (tenor saxophone); Cootie Williams, Buck Clayton, Harry James (trumpet); Jack Teagarden (trombone); Benny Goodman (clarinet); Lionel Hampton (vibraphone); Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Johnny Guarnieri, Dudley Brooks, Ken Kersey, Jess Stacy (piano); Freddie Green (guitar); Artie Bernstein, Walter Page (bass); Nick Fatool, Jo Jones, Harry Jaeger, Dave Tough, Gene Krupa (drums).

Producer: John Hammond.

Compilation producers: Michael Brooks, Michael Cuscuna.

Recorded between 1939 & 1941. Includes liner notes by Les Paul, Peter BRoadbent and Loren Schoenberg.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

THE GENIUS OF THE ELECTRIC GUITAR was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards For Best Historical Album.

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