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    Charlie Christian was considered the first real electric guitar soloist. He rose to prominence with the Benny Goodman Sextet in the late 1930's and early 1940's. Christian's influence permeates every style of electric guitar playing.

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    Charlie Christian was considered the first real electric guitar soloist. He rose to prominence with the Benny Goodman Sextet in the late 1930's and early 1940's. Christian's influence permeates every style of electric guitar playing.

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    Charlie Christian was considered the first real electric guitar soloist. He rose to prominence with the Benny Goodman Sextet in the late 1930's and early 1940's. Christian's influence permeates every style of electric guitar playing.

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    Charlie Christian was considered the first real electric guitar soloist. He rose to prominence with the Benny Goodman Sextet in the late 1930's and early 1940's. Christian's influence permeates every style of electric guitar playing.

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    Charlie Christian (1916-1942) is considered to be the first real electric guitar soloist as well as an important figure in the development

    of bebop. Born in Texas and raised on Oklahoma, Christian rose to prominence with the Benny Goodman Sextet in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Although he died of tuberculosis when he was only twenty-five, Charlie Christians influence permeates every style of electric guitar playing.

    Billy Bauer (1915-2005) was an influential swing, bebop, and cool-school guitar player from New York City. He joined Woody Hermans big band in 1944 and began working with Lennie Tristano in 1946, playing on landmark cool school albums such as Lee Konitzs album Subconcious-Lee. Although he only recorded one album as a leader, Plectrist (1956), Bauer is remembered as a musicians musician whose restrained and sophisticated style has appeared on hundreds of albums.

    Charlie Christian's Solo on "Grand Slam (Boy Meets Goy)"


    with the Benny Goodman Sextet (1940)

    Benny Goodman

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    D min7

    4 4

    q = 195

    b
    3 3

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    b #
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    .
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    #
    F6

    G min7

    13

    n &b
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    F6

    17

    . J

    21

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    D min7

    G min7

    C b J
    7

    F6

    25

    transcribed by Sam Hoffman

    Charlie Christian on "Air Mail Special"


    with the Benny Goodman Sextet (1941)

    &c
    r #

    q = 210 7

    Charlie Christian, Benny Goddman, & Jimmy Mundy

    C maj

    . . . J J
    A min7 D min7 G7 A min7 D min7 G7

    C maj7

    b b #
    A min7 D min7 G7
    3

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    C maj7 A min7 D min7

    G7

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    r #

    A min7

    j
    D min7

    D min7

    r #

    G7

    G7

    C maj7

    13

    r j # . &

    C maj7 A min7

    # J

    C maj7

    b b J #
    A min7 D min7 G7
    r

    r #

    A min7

    D min7

    r #

    G7

    17

    &

    C`

    b
    F`

    b b b b
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    b E`

    b.
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    21

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    A
    3

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    b J J b . J

    25

    r . &J
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    C maj7

    A min7

    . J
    D min7

    D min7

    r #

    . J

    G7

    C maj7

    29

    & J

    A min7

    b
    G7 C maj7 A min7 D min7 G7
    transcribed by Sam Hoffman

    A min7

    . J J

    D min7

    r #

    G7

    Charlie Christian on "Rose Room"


    with the Benny Goodman Sextet (1939)

    bbbb &
    E min7

    q = 135

    b b b b n b j . & b & b bb b & bbbb


    B D min7

    B B min E A b n r . b n J
    7

    b7

    b7

    b6

    Art Hickman and Harry Williams

    b n J J
    D

    b7

    b6

    b7

    b6

    n b b

    10

    14

    n b
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    3 3

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    18

    b b b n n b b n r . J &b
    B B min7 E A

    . J J
    B min7 E

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    22

    &

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    D min7 G A F7

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    A D

    b7

    b6

    b7

    b6

    30

    b & b bb .

    B min7

    b n j r n J
    3

    b7

    b6

    transcribed by Sam Hoffman

    Billy Bauer on "Trombone Blues"


    bb &
    E
    q = 170

    b & b b
    C min7

    b7

    4 4 #
    B

    b7

    with the J.J. Johson/Kai Winding Quintet (1954)

    J.J. Johnson

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    F7 B

    !
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    b7


    F7

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    17

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    D min7

    21

    bb

    C min7

    25

    b &b

    b7

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    B F7
    3

    b7

    transcribed by Sam Hoffman

    Billy Bauer on "Lullaby of the Leaves"


    Billy Bauer Plectrist (1956)

    Bernice Petkere and Joe Young

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    D min7 ( 5)
    b

    C min7

    4 4

    q = 115


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    b

    j # n n
    G7 G min7


    G7

    C7

    F min7


    D min7 ( 5)
    b


    G min7

    C min7

    n
    F min7

    b7

    ! b.
    G7

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    12

    . b n
    G7 C7
    3 3

    16

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    A A

    D min7 ( 5)

    G7

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    b7

    20

    24

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    C min.7

    b7

    lay back on beat

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    n n. . b J
    D min7 ( 5)

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    G .
    7

    28

    J
    G min7

    C7

    F min7

    transcribed by Sam Hoffman

    32

    r bb n n n n # &b

    D min

    7 (b 5)

    Lullaby of the Leaves

    C min7

    b7

    G7

    36

    b &bb

    C min7

    Billy Bauer on "You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To"


    Billy Bauer Plectrist (1956)

    Cole Porter

    Electric Guitar

    bb &
    G min7

    Up h = 125


    D7

    #
    G min7

    # .
    b

    bb & b ( ) b &b
    F min7

    A min7 ( 5)

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    #
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    b

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    11

    &

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    A min7 ( 5)


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    3

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    F min7

    23

    27

    b . &b J

    b B`

    D7
    3

    G min G min # E maj7

    B maj7

    b # n .
    A min7 ( 5)

    C7

    #D . J
    7

    transcribed by Sam Hoffman

    31

    bb & & bb

    Gbmin7
    3

    D b n # # n C7 F7 B maj7 A min7 ( 5)
    7

    G min7

    35

    A min7 ( 5)

    #
    D7

    G min7

    39

    b & b . & bb

    F min7

    A min7 ( 5)

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    7

    b7

    G min7 (b5)

    C7

    43

    D7

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    #

    n
    7

    G min7

    47

    b &b

    E min7 ( 5)

    7 bA
    3

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    A min7 ( 5)
    b

    b7

    51

    b &b
    F min7

    G min7

    b n . J
    G min7 B

    D7

    G min7 ( 5) C 7

    55

    b n b # b J J &b
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    b7

    59

    b &b

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    3

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    A min7 ( 5)

    # J
    D7

    63

    bb & b &b

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    7

    B maj

    A min

    # D
    7

    7 (b 5)

    G min7

    67

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