The Best Charlie Christian Guitar Solos

Charlie Christian took the electric guitar out of the rhythm section and made it a front-line solo voice, phrasing like a saxophonist over an amplified Gibson. In barely three years with Benny Goodman and at Minton's jam sessions he laid down the vocabulary that jazz, blues and rock guitarists still draw from.

Informed by: Wikipedia: Charlie Christian

1. 1
   Solo Flight

   Benny Goodman and His Orchestra · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
2. 2
   Swing to Bop

   Charlie Christian · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
3. 3
   Seven Come Eleven

   Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1939
4. 4
   Air Mail Special

   Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
5. 5
   Flying Home

   Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1939
6. 6
   Rose Room

   Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1939
7. 7
   Breakfast Feud

   Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
8. 8
   Stompin' at the Savoy

   Charlie Christian · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
9. 9
   Wholly Cats

   Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1940
10. 10
    Till Tom Special

    Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1940
11. 11
    Gone with "What" Wind

    Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1940
12. 12
    Profoundly Blue

    Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
13. 13
    Blues in B

    Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
14. 14
    Waitin' for Benny

    Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
15. 15
    A Smo-o-o-oth One

    Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
16. 16
    Grand Slam

    Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
17. 17
    Soft Winds

    Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1940
18. 18
    Benny's Bugle

    Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1940