Despite having such a short recording career, the original guitar hero Charlie Christian single-handedly revolutionised the electric guitar. With having no direct influence on his guitar playing, he used the horn and reed lines he heard from the likes of Lester Young as inspiration to develop his unique single line phrasing - and so was born the guitar solo. Christian tragically died at 25 of tuberculosis, just as he was jamming with cool cats Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker on the East coast, developing the future sound of be-bop.Our collection features some of the best material he recorded with the legendary Benny Goodman small bands. Playing alongside such luminaries of the jazz world as Goodman himself, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Papa Jo Jones, Lester Young and Lionel Hampton, Christian shone above them all with his utterly unique and pioneering playing.
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Unprocessed Angel
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October 31, 2025 -
Still in Love Recovery Language
Church Road Records
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Yazmin Lacey Teal Dreams
Virgin Music International
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Between the Buried and Me Blue Nowhere (Blue & White Haze) [4xLP]
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Jim White Inner Day
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Dreamville / Interscope
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Spite House Desertion
Pure Noise Records
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The Shame Cutthroat
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Prewn System (Orange)
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