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Charlie Christian - Instructional Guitar - DVD
This DVD lesson by Andy Aledort features a step-by-step breakdown of the styles and techniques of the Father of Modern Jazz Guitar. Explore the riffs, solos and sounds of the original electric jazz guitar virtuoso! An in-depth analysis of eight songs including: "Air Mail Special, Benny's Bugle, Gone With "What" Wind, Grand Slam, Seven Come Eleven, Shivers, Solo Flight, Till Tom Special".
(73 min)....................................................................................Price - $22.95  ON SALE NOW! - $19.95

Charlie Christian - The Best Of Charlie Christian - Book and Online Audio
A step-by-step breakdown of the styles and techniques of the "Father of Modern Jazz Guitar". Explore the riffs and solos of Charlie Christian taught note for note by Wolf Marshall. Each piece - some are single note improvised solos while others are chord melody solos - also includes harmonic analysis and performance notes! Songs include: "Air Mail Special, Benny's Bugle, Gone With "What" Wind, Good Enough To Keep, Grand Slam, Honeysuckle Rose, I've Found a New Baby, Seven Come Eleven, Shivers, Six Appeal, A Smooth One, Solo Flight, Stardust, Till Tom Special, Wholly Cats".
Notation and tab......................................................................Price - $25.95  ON SALE NOW! - $21.95
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Charlie Christian - Play Like Charlie Christian - Book and Online Audio
Study the trademark songs, licks, tones, and techniques of jazz guitarist and bebop pioneer Charlie Christian. This comprehensive book and online audio teaching method provides detailed analysis of Charlie's gear, style, and much more! You'll learn everything you need to know about his renowned guitar playing - focusing on his time with the legendary jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman. Learn to play guitar just like Charlie Christian did! Songs include: "Air Mail Special, Benny's Bugle, Breakfast Feud, Flying Home, Gone With What Wind, Grand Slam, Honeysuckle Rose, I Found A New Baby, Rose Room, Seven Come Eleven, Shivers, Solo Flight, Stardust, Swing To Bop, Wholly Cats".
Notation and tab......................................................................Price - $29.95  ON SALE NOW! - $24.95

Charlie Christian - Trading Licks: Charlie Christian & T-Bone Walker - Book and CD
Trading Licks: Charlie Christian and T-Bone Walker explores the musical commonality of the founders of electric jazz guitar and electric blues guitar respectively. While both were heavily influenced musically by the Kansas Territory blues bands, T-Bone Walker ended up working professionally in the late 1930s in the looser rhythm and blues genre that was developing at that time in Los Angeles, while Charlie Christian began working in the number one dance band in the nation, The Benny Goodman Orchestra. This book also explores how commonly used jazz licks were "re-interpreted" in an R&B context and are still just as exciting to listen to and to play today as they were in the 1940s when they were first heard on Central Avenue in Los Angeles. This book includes an audio CD with 83 tracks of examples from the tab!
Notation and tab......................................................................Price - $24.95  ON SALE NOW! - $20.95
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Charlie Christian - Swing To Bop - Book and Online Audio
Countless musicians have been inspired upon hearing Charlie Christian for the first time. In this exciting book, Stan Ayeroff has compiled 39 precise solo transcriptions along with a thorough analysis of each solo! There is also a complete "how to" section that is a book in itself and each transcription has been recorded in slow and fast versions for the online audio. This book contains some of Charlie's best work including the Jam Sessions at Minton's, John Hammond's Spirituals to Swing concert and the Celestial Express Blue Note Recordings. Charlie Christian was the first to popularize the use of the electric guitar in jazz. He was the pioneer who led the way! Songs include: "Rose Room I, II & III, Honeysuckle Rose I, II & III, I'm Confession', Good Morning Blues, Oh Lady Be Good, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, Pagin' the Devil, I Got Rhythm, Tea For Two, Untitled Tune I & II, The Sheik of Araby I, II & III, Poor Butterfly, These Foolish Things I, II & III, Ad Lib Blues, I Never Knew, Royal Garden Blues I, II & III, On The Alamo, I've Found a New Baby I &II, Riffin Around, Jamming in Four, Profoundly Blue I & II, Ida Sweet as Apple Cider, Guy's Got To Go, Lips, Flips, Swing to Bop, Up On Teddy's Hill".
Standard notation.....................................................................Price - $34.95  ON SALE NOW! - $28.95
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Charlie Christian - The Definitive Collection - Book
Includes: "Air Mail Special, Flying Home, Gone With "What" Wind, Grand Slam, Honeysuckle Rose, Rose Room, Seven Come Eleven, Shivers, Six Appeal, Solo Flight, Stardust, Stompin' At The Savoy, Swing To Bop, Till Tom Special, Wholly Cats".
Notation and tab......................................................................Price - $25.95  ON SALE NOW! - $21.95

Charlie Christian - Selected Solos - Book
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 addition, there is a full analysis of his improvisation style to give you ideas on what to look out for. We've also included a bio, a discussion of his gear, and tributes from over 30 jazz greats. Featuring multiple solos from: "As Long as I Live * Benny's Bugle * Boy Meets Goy (Grand Slam) * Flying Home * Gone With "What" Wind * Good Enough to Keep (Air Mail Special) * Honeysuckle Rose * I've Found a New Baby * Rose Room * The Sheik of Araby".
Notation and tab......................................................................Price - $21.95  ON SALE NOW! - $18.95
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Charlie Christian - The Guitar Chord Shapes Of Charlie Christian - Book and CD
Chord shapes form a visual frame of reference for the player, so it is easier to play the single note, improvised horn-like lines out of chord shapes that Charlie Christian was noted for. The concepts and fingerings presented in this book have been developed by analyzing many of the licks often used by Charlie Christian in his solos. One can play the riffs in virtually any key without difficulty by simply moving the shape and fingerings, up or down the fingerboard. Just one of the elements of Charlie Christian's genius in making the guitar a bona fide solo instrument in the jazz ensemble! 93 tracks are included on the CD.
Standard notation and chord diagrams...................................Price - $19.95  ON SALE NOW! - $16.95