# The Best Charlie Christian Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Charlie Christian guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Solo Flight (1941), then Swing to Bop and Seven Come Eleven. Every video starts at the solo.

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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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Christian)

1. [Solo Flight](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-and-his-orchestra-solo-flight/) — Benny Goodman and His Orchestra · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
2. [Swing to Bop](https://greatestsolos.com/song/charlie-christian-swing-to-bop/) — Charlie Christian · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
3. [Seven Come Eleven](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-seven-come-eleven/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1939
4. [Air Mail Special](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-air-mail-special/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
5. [Flying Home](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-flying-home/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1939
6. [Rose Room](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-rose-room/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1939
7. [Breakfast Feud](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-breakfast-feud/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
8. [Stompin' at the Savoy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/charlie-christian-stompin-at-the-savoy/) — Charlie Christian · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
9. [Wholly Cats](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-wholly-cats/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1940
10. [Till Tom Special](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-till-tom-special/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1940
11. [Gone with "What" Wind](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-gone-with-what-wind/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1940
12. [Profoundly Blue](https://greatestsolos.com/song/edmond-hall-celeste-quartet-profoundly-blue/) — Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
13. [Blues in B](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-blues-in-b/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
14. [Waitin' for Benny](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-waitin-for-benny/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
15. [A Smo-o-o-oth One](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-a-smo-o-o-oth-one/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
16. [Grand Slam](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-grand-slam/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1941
17. [Soft Winds](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-soft-winds/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1940
18. [Benny's Bugle](https://greatestsolos.com/song/benny-goodman-sextet-benny-s-bugle/) — Benny Goodman Sextet · solo by Charlie Christian · 1940

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