Charlie Christian

To best understand Charlie Christian's approach to improvising for each song, this book provides multiple examples of his soloing. Comparing and contrasting these different solos, taken from alternate takes, various recording sessions, and live radio broadcasts, will give you a better sense of not only Charlie's core concepts, but also how he developed a variety of ideas out of them. Each song is presented with performance notes that include information about the recordings (date, place, personnel, etc.), a lead sheet for the composition, and transcriptions of the live and studio performances placed in chronological order in both standard notation and tablature. In addition, there is a full analysis of his improvisation style to give you ideas on what to look for. Also included is a bio, a discussion of his gear, and tributes from over 30 jazz greats.