Welcome
to the cyberhome
of the legendary jazz guitarist
Charlie
Christian !
PLACES TO VISIT
- ANNOUNCEMENTS, NEWS, UPDATES
- SOLOGRAPHY
- DISCOGRAPHY
- PHOTO GALLERY
- SOLOS TRANSCRIPTIONS
- ANALYSES OF MANY SOLOS
- A CHARLIE CHRISTIAN CHRONOLOGY
- CALENDAR OF EVENTS
- BIBLIOGRAPHIES
- CD REVIEWS
- BOOK & VIDEO REVIEWS
- SPLICED RECORDINGS ANALYSIS
- NEWSLETTERS
- LINKS TO RELATED SITES
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COMING ATTRACTIONS
- THE COMPLEAT TRANSCRIPTIONS
- MORE ANALYSES OF SOLOS
- BIOGRAPHY
- MORE
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The SOLOGRAPHY
Comprehensive and detailed discography in conventional format.
Lists dates, locations, personnel, instrumentation, titles and issues on 78-rpm, EP, LP
and CD.
Includes a “solography” feature detailing Charlie Christian’s participation
on each title, including unissued recordings.
Also contains a short version of the Solography for quick
reference and a separate list of unissued recordings.
The DISCOGRAPHY
Comprehensive and detailed. Lists all issued and unissued material.
Includes indices by catalogue number and by composition, and an itemized listing of
albums.
Consists of three sections: Album Index, Tune Title Index, Catalog Number Index.
The PHOTO GALLERY
An album of photographs of Charlie Christian, his family, friends, and fellow musicians.
More coming.
The TRANSCRIPTIONS
Many transcriptions of Charlie Christian solos, intros, riffs, accompaniments, etc., in
standard notation with tablature.
The title page of each transcription contains recording date, matrix, location, personnel,
form, key, tempo, time, theme/solo routine, issued recordings, composer, and other notes
relevant to that particular recording of the tune.
Many more to come !
Comments & Analyses are located at the bottom
of the title page of each transcription.
The CHRONOLOGY
A biographical outline of the life of Charlie Christian.
Includes a section on posthumous events and awards.
The CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Twenty-one monthly calendars detailing Charlie Christian’s activities while on the
national scene.
The BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Two comprehensive bibliographies by Clive Downs list and describe all publications with
significant reference to Charlie Christian.
“A Bibliography of Notated Charlie Christian Solos”
presents a detailed bibliography of Charlie Christian’s transcribed solos.
“A Charlie Christian Bibliography” is a complete
bibliography less the transcription publications detailed in the solos bibliography.
The CD REVIEWS
In-depth assessment of the essential, notable, and enticing Charlie Christian CDs.
Reviews of new issues and updated extracts from the previously published newsletters.
Plus an analysis of the recordings that were omitted from the Masters of Jazz compilation.
The BOOK-VIDEO REVIEWS
Discursive look at significant publications on Charlie Christian.
Extracted from the previously published newsletters plus additional reviews of new items.
The SPLICED RECORDINGS
An analysis in graphic format explaining the source of the various spliced tracks on some
LPs and CDs.
These charts should clear up the confusion regarding Charlie Christian’s spliced
solos.
Revised and updated from a previously published newsletter plus new material.
The NEWSLETTERS
Reproductions of Solo Flight: The Charlie Christian Newsletter
published annually from 1995 through 1997 by LeoValdes. Intended for jazz
researchers and dedicated fans, they contained the latest news of Charlie
Christian-related recordings, publications and events, accompanied by photographs,
transcriptions, commentary and reviews. (Now incorporated within this Web site.)
The LINKS
Web links to other sites associated with Charlie Christian, the best jazz guitar sites,
and link-sites to jazz places on the Internet.
COMING SOON
MORE TRANSCRIPTIONS
The Compleat transcriptions of Charlie Christian solos, intros, riffs, accompaniments,
etc.
in standard notation and tablature format. Over 200 hundred titles—more than
400 pages.
All transcribed by your host.
Currently being formatted for the Web.
MORE ANALYSES OF CHARLIE CHRISTIAN
SOLOS
Comments & analyses of Charlie Christian solos,
as perceived by your host.
To be posted along with the transcriptions.
COMING EVENTUALLY
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The Charlie Christian
Discussion Group
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Solo Flight: The Charlie
Christian Web Site !
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to: soloflt@elp.rr.com
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