Amoeba Music

            For thirty years, until Sixties rock guitar starting influencing all things musical, Charlie Christian’s supple and harmonically sophisticated sound defined the jazz guitar. His innovative and widely respected playing helped establish the electric guitar as a legitimate jazz instrument, and his solos still have the capacity to astonish. Christian’s playing, imitated and expanded upon by scores of players, has influenced everyone from Wes Montgomery to John Scofield and pretty much everybody in between.

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City Of Origin:

Bonham, Texas, United States

Genre:

Jazz, Swing, Bop

Birthdate:

07/29/1916

Death date:

03/02/1942