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AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NOTATED CHARLIE CHRISTIAN SOLOS

1.   Publications Containing Solo Transcriptions     (Listed by Publication)

2.   Analysis of Published Solo Transcriptions     (Listed by Title of Composition)

 

 

AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF

NOTATED CHARLIE CHRISTIAN SOLOS

 

Clive Downs

 

 

Last Updated on  05/03/08

Copyright Clive Downs © 1992

 

 

INTRODUCTION

My aim in this paper is to give details of all publications containing notated solos of Charlie Christian, and to identify every solo included in them.   Several authors have already listed published transcriptions, for example Summerfield (1978), Voigt (1978), Koger (1985), Hitchcock & Sadie (1986), and Kernfeld (1989), but all are incomplete and are not intended to be comprehensive.  Most list only five or so sources.

As a discography lists deleted records, so this bibliography gives details of out-of-print books and periodicals.  This will be of value for those who study Christian’s music.  Christian recorded several versions of certain compositions, and some records contain solos spliced from different performances or takes.   Most published transcriptions do not give full discographical data, so the aim here is to provide that information so each notation can be readily identified.

There are few bibliographies of solo transcriptions;  Koger (1985) lists solos published in Down Beat from 1939 to 1985;  Downs (1986) is an earlier attempt to document Christian solos;  and Downs (1989) deals with Eric Dolphy solos.  A related genre, the solography, which gives discographical information and discusses all solos by a specific artist (but does not list published notations) was pioneered by Jan Evensmo, and Evensmo (1976) documents all known Christian solos.

As Kernfeld (1989) points out, it is accepted that jazz musicians use solo transcriptions to develop their art, yet there is little discussion of the history or process in the literature.  Notated solos began to be published in the 1920s and more frequently in the 1930s in such journals as Melody Maker and Down Beat;  and in the 1940s collected albums of transcriptions appeared;  jazz education flourished in the 1970s and 1980s and with it the number of published transcriptions increased.

Charlie Christian played, it is reported, in a number of local bands during his youth, but was never recorded then.  It is said he was heard by the impresario John Hammond, who in 1939 arranged for him to audition with Benny Goodman, with whom he then played until his hospitalization in 1941, shortly followed by his death from tuberculosis in 1942.

Christian’s brief recording career, from August 1939 to June 1941, comprises mainly tunes with the Goodman small groups, where he usually plays short solos of one chorus or less.  He recorded also with Lionel Hampton and Edmond Hall; further recordings with Jerry Jerome and at Minton’s have more extended solos.  He is generally acknowledged to be the major influence on jazz guitar playing ever since.

 

METHOD USED TO COMPILE BIBLIOGRAPHY

My personal collection was the starting point for the bibliography, supplemented by inquiries to many publishers, periodicals, libraries, correspondence with jazz educators, and checking of reference books.  In addition, I learned of some sources through responses to my earlier published bibliography, which included a request for information.

 

 

1.  PUBLICATIONS CONTAINING SOLO TRANSCRIPTIONS

Each publication is followed by a summary of the notated solos it contains, in alphabetical order of title.  Some sources contain photographic reproductions of previously published notations, and these are indicated.  In some cases, sources include notations which have been transcribed from previous publications, and these too are identified where possible.  In order to avoid undue repetition in this section, only such comments that apply to all notations in a compilation are noted.  For publications consisting of a single solo notation, or where only some solos in a compilation are not original transcriptions, this fact is noted in the next section, a listing of notations in alphabetical order of solo title.

Some publications do not acknowledge that notations have been copied from previous sources, and in such cases they have been compared with other transcriptions and a judgment formed of the most likely source.

Details of each solo are followed by brief discographical information showing where it was issued.  Wherever possible, the most recent US issue on CD (or CD available in the USA as an import) is cited, except where notations are clearly transcribed from particular LP issues with tracks containing solos spliced from various master takes.  If a track has not been issued on CD, details of a representative LP issue are provided, or if never issued on LP, the 78-rpm catalog number.

 

 

Aledorf, Andy   (see Hal Leonard)

 

Almo Publications  (1978a).  World’s Greatest Jazz Solos:   Flute.  Hollywood:  Almo Publications.

(——)  (1978b).  World’s Greatest Jazz Solos:  Guitar.   Hollywood:  Almo.

(——)  (1978c).  World’s Greatest Jazz Solos:  Saxophone.  Hollywood:  Almo.

(——)  (1978d).  World’s Greatest Jazz Solos:  Trombone.  Hollywood:  Almo.

(——)  (1978e).  World’s Greatest Jazz Solos:  Trumpet.  Hollywood:  Almo.

Note:  All the above publications notate the same solo, transposed for the specified instrument.

Solo Flight  (take -2)     March 4, 1941     Columbia CL 652

 

Amelar, Chris   (see Guitar World)

 

Antonich, Mark E.  (1982).  The Jazz Style and Analysis of the Music of Charlie Christian.
                Thesis, Duquesne University.

Note:  All notations in this thesis are transcribed from previously published sources.

Air Mail Special  (spliced)     March 13, 1941     Columbia CL 652
Breakfast Feud  (spliced)     Dec. 19, 1940 / Jan. 15, 1941     Columbia CL 652
Grand Slam     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Guy’s Got to Go     May 1941     Vogue 600135
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love  (take -1)     December 19, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
I Found a New Baby  (take -2)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779
Lips Flips     May 1941     Vogue 600135
Profoundly Blue  (take -1)     February 5, 1941     Blue Note 21260 2
Rose Room     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
Six Appeal     June 11, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
A Smo-o-o-oth One  (take -X)     March 13, 1941     Columbia Co 36099
Solo Flight  (take -1)     March 4, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
Swing to Bop     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135
Till Tom Special     February 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Up on Teddy’s Hill     May 1941     Vogue 600135

 

Ayeroff, Stan  (ed.)  (1979).  Charlie Christian.  New York:  Consolidated Music Publishers.

As Long as I Live  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Dinah     December 16, 1939     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Good Morning Blues     December 24, 1939      Vanguard 169/71-2
Guy’s Got to Go  (I Got Rhythm)     May 1941     Vogue 600135
Honeysuckle Rose     November 22, 1939    Columbia CG 30779
Honeysuckle Rose     December 24, 1939      Vanguard 169/71-2
Honeysuckle Rose     November 19, 1940      Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love  (take -1)     December 19, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
I Found a New Baby  (take -1)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
I Found a New Baby  (take -2)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779
I Surrender, Dear     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider     April 14, 1941      Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Lips Flips  (Stompin’ at the Savoy)     May 1941     Vogue 600135
Paging the Devil     December 24, 1939    Vanguard 169/71-2
The Sheik of Araby  (take A)     April 3, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
The Sheik of Araby     April 12, 1940      Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Star Dust     September 24, 1939     Columbia CG 30779
Star Dust     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
Swing to Bop  (Topsy)     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135
Up on Teddy’s Hill  (Honeysuckle Rose)     May 1941     Vogue 600135

 

(——)  (2005).  Swing to Bop: The Music of Charlie Christian.  Pacific, Mo:  Mel Bay Publications.

All transcriptions:  Complete;  chords identified;  detailed analysis;
chord changes in CC’s solos are identified; left-hand fingering denotation
(no guitar tablature).

Note: Transcriptions of tunes marked * have never been previously published.

Ad-Lib Blues     October 28, 1940     JazzDocument va-7997
Good Morning Blues     December 24, 1939      Vanguard 169/71-2
Guy’s Got to Go  (I Got Rhythm)     May 1941     Vogue 600135
Honeysuckle Rose     November 22, 1939    Columbia CG 30779
Honeysuckle Rose     November 19, 1940      Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Honeysuckle Rose     December 24, 1939      Vanguard 169/71-2
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love  (take -1)     December 19, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
I Found a New Baby  (take -2)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779
I Found a New Baby  (take -1)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
I Got Rhythm   (spliced)     September 24, 1939      Columbia CG 30779
I Never Knew     October 28, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider     April 14, 1941      Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
I’m Confessin’     December 20, 1939      Columbia C4K 65564   (track A9)
* Jamming in Four     February 5, 1941     Blue Note 21260 2
Lips Flips  (Stompin’ at the Savoy)     May 1941     Vogue 600135
* Oh, Lady Be Good     December 24, 1939      Vanguard 169/71-2
On the Alamo     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 45144
Paging the Devil     December 24, 1939    Vanguard 169/71-2
Poor Butterfly     April 3, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
Profoundly Blue  (take -1)     February 5, 1941     Blue Note 21260 2   (track 3)
Profoundly Blue  (take -2)     February 5, 1941     Blue Note 21260 2   (track 4)
* Riffin’ Around     March 13, 1941     Columbia C4K 65564   (track D23a)
Rose Room     October 2, 1939    Columbia CK 40846
Rose Room     October 9, 1939    Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Rose Room     March 13, 1941    Masters of Jazz MJCD 74
Royal Garden Blues  (take -1)     November 7, 1940    Columbia CK 40846
* Royal Garden Blues  (take -3)     November 7, 1940    Columbia C4K 65564   (track B22)
Royal Garden Blues  (take -2)     November 7, 1940    Columbia CG 30779
The Sheik of Araby  (take A)     April 3, 1940    Columbia CK 45144
* The Sheik of Araby  (take B)     April 3, 1940    Columbia C4K 65564   (track A23)
The Sheik of Araby     April 12, 1940    Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Swing to Bop  (Topsy)     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135
Tea for Two     September 24, 1939    Columbia CG 30779
These Foolish Things  (take A)     June 11, 1940    Columbia CK 45144
* These Foolish Things  (take B)     June 11, 1940    Columbia C4K 65564   (track A26)
* These Foolish Things  (breakdown)     June 11, 1940    Columbia C4K 65564   (track D14)
Untitled Tune     April 3, 1940    Columbia C4K 65564   (track A13)
Untitled Tune  (breakdown)     April 3, 1940    Columbia C4K 65564   (track D8)
Up on Teddy’s Hill  (Honeysuckle Rose)     May 1941     Vogue 600135
* Way Down Yonder in New Orleans     December 24, 1939    Vanguard 169/71-2

 

Bell, Anne M. (n.d.).  Styles Lessons:  Charlie Christian.  Boston:   Freelance Music.

Note:  This publication consists of loose-leaf, photocopied sheets.

Breakfast Feud  (take -3)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779
Breakfast Feud  (take -4)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779
Good Enough to Keep  (take -2)     March 13, 1941     Columbia CG 30779
Grand Slam     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
I Found a New Baby  (take -2)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779
I Got Rhythm  (take 2)     September 24, 1939     Columbia CG 30779
On the Alamo     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 45144
Star Dust     September 24, 1939     Columbia CG 30779
Waitin’ for Benny     March 13, 1941     Columbia CK 40846

 

Berklee School of Music  (n.d.).  Transcriptions Library Archive.   Boston:  Freelance Music.

Note:  This source consists of photocopied, loose-leaf sheets.

Air Mail Special  (spliced)     March 13, 1941     Columbia CL 652
As Long as I Live  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Benny’s Bugle  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Breakfast Feud  (spliced)     Dec. 19, 1940 / Jan. 15, 1941      Columbia CL 652
Flying Home  (take A)     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
Gone with “What” Wind  (take B)     February 7, 1940      Columbia CG 30779
Grand Slam     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Honeysuckle Rose     November 22, 1939    Columbia CG 30779
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love  (take -1)     December 19, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
I Found a New Baby  (take -2)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779
I Surrender, Dear     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
Memories of You  (take A)     November 22, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
Memories of You  (take B)     November 22, 1939     Columbia CG 30779
Poor Butterfly     April 3, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
Profoundly Blue  (take -1)     February 5 1941     Blue Note 21260 2
Rose Room     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939    Columbia CK 40846
The Sheik of Araby     April 3, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
A Smo-o-o-oth One  (take -X)     March 13, 1941     Columbia CL 652
Solo Flight  (take -1)     March 4, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
These Foolish Things     June 11, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
Wholly Cats  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CL 652

 

(——)  (also see Down Beat)

 

Billmann, Pete   (see Hal Leonard)

 

Birkett, James G.  (transcr.)  (1987).  Jazz Guitar.  Woodford Green, England.
                International Music Publications.

I Got Rhythm  (spliced)     September 24, 1939     Columbia CG 30779

 

(——)  (1994).  “Gaining Access to the Inner Mechanisms of Jazz Improvisation.”
                Ph. D. Thesis, The Open University.
                [see also Biographical Bibliography, section 3:  Musical Analysis]

I Can’t Give You Anything But Love  (take -1)     December 19, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
I Got Rhythm  (take 2)     September 24, 1939     Columbia G 30779

 

ten Boske, Jim  (1989).  Akkoord:  “Christian liet kicks steeds weer anders klinken.”
                JazzNu, February, 10/123,  pp. 176-177.

Solo Flight  (take -2)     March 4, 1941     Columbia CL 652

 

Britt, Stan  (1984).  The Jazz Guitarists.  New York:   Sterling.

I Can’t Give You Anything But Love  (take -1)     December 19, 1940     Columbia CK 45144

 

Brown, Anthony  (1990).  “Modern Jazz Drumset Artistry.”  Black Perspective in Music, no. 18, pp. 39-58.

Swing to Bop     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135

 

Carter, Rich  (1979).  Jazz Guitar Masterpieces.  Flat Five Publishing.

I Found a New Baby  (take -2)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779

 

Chapman, Richard  (2000).  Guitar:  Music • History • Players.  London:  Dorling Kindersley, pp. 102-103..

Solo Flight  (take -1)     March 4, 1941     Columbia CK 40846

 

Cherry Lane Music  (1997).  The Jazz Guitar Sampler.  Port Chester, New York:  Cherry Lane Music.

Air Mail Special  (take -2)     March 13, 1941     Masters of Jazz MJCD 75

 

Chord Melody Productions  (n.d.).  Annapolis, Maryland.

Note:  Photocopied, loose-leaf, hand-copied sheets.

I Found a New Baby  (take -1)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
Solo Flight  (take -1)     March 4, 1941     Columbia CK 40846

 

Colombo, Roberto  (1994).  Dentro le note:  “Charlie Christian era squadrato?”
                Musica Jazz, January, 50/1, pp. 52-54.

Gone with “What” Wind  (take A)     February 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Grand Slam     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
I Found a New Baby  (take -1)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
Solo Flight  (take -1)     March 4, 1941     Columbia CK 40846

 

Denny, Michael P.  (1995).  “The Influence of Charlie Christian on Four Modern Jazz Guitarists:
                A Comparison of Style through Their Solos on a Twelve-Bar Blues Progression.”
                Master of Arts Thesis, University of Oregon.
                [see also Biographical Bibliography, section 3:  Musical Analysis]

Wholly Cats     October 28, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2

 

DeVeaux, Scott  (1997).  The Birth of Bebop:  A Social and Musical History.  University of California Press.

Swing to Bop     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135

 

Dochtermann, Joe.  (2005).  The Charlie Christian Method for Jazz Guitar.  Hamburg:  author.

 Flying Home  (take A)     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
Gone with “What” Wind  (take A)     February 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love  (take -1)    Dec. 19, 1940    Columbia CK 45144
I Found A New Baby  (take -1)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
Poor Butterfly     April 3, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
Profoundly Blue  (take -1)     February 5, 1941     Blue Note 21260 2   (track 3)
Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
Six Appeal     June 11, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Star Dust     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
Wholly Cats  (take -2)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846

 

Dodge, Roger Pryor  (1995).  Hot Jazz and Jazz Dance.  New York:  Oxford University Press.

Honeysuckle Rose     November 22, 1939    Columbia CG 30779

 

Down Beat  (1940, April 15), p. 17.  “Charlie Christian’s Guitar Get-Offs on ‘Flying Home’.”
                Hoyt Jones.

Flying Home  (take A)     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 45144

 

(——)  (1943, January 15), p. 22.  “By the Late Charlie Christian.”

Rose Room     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846

 

(——)  (1950, February 10), p. 16.    Jazz off the Record.   Bill Russo & Lloyd Lifton.

I Found a New Baby  (take -1)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 40846

 

(——)  (1950, August 25), p. 12.  Jazz off the Record.  Bill Russo & Lloyd Lifton.

Rose Room     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846

 

(——)  (1961, July 20), pp. 25-28.  Up Beat:  “Charlie Christian.”

Note:  All solos, with the exception of “I Found a New Baby,”
          were transcribed for Down Beat by the Berklee School of Music.

Grand Slam     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Honeysuckle Rose     November 22, 1939    Columbia CG 30779
I Found a New Baby  (take -1)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
On the Alamo     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 45144
Profoundly Blue  (take -1)     February 5, 1941     Blue Note 21260 2
A Smo-o-o-oth One  (take -2)     March 13, 1941     Columbia CO 36099

 

(——)  (1968, October 31), pp. 36-37.  “Gone with What Wind.”

Gone with “What” Wind  (take B)     February 7, 1940      Columbia CG 30779

 

(——)  (1969, July 10).  “Charlie Christian Solo on Rose Room.”

Rose Room     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846

 

(——)  (1970, June 11), p. 36.  “A Charlie Christian Blues Solo.”

Grand Slam     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 40846

 

(——)  (1991, May), pp. 56-57.  “Charlie Christian’s Solo on ‘I Got Rhythm’.”

I Got Rhythm  (spliced)     September 24, 1939     Columbia CG 30779

 

Down Beat  (1978).  Music ’78:  The Music Reference Handbook  no. 23,  pp. 60-61.
                Music Workshop:  “Charlie Christian’s Classic ‘Rose Room’ Solo.”

Rose Room     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846

 

Downs , Clive  (2002).  “Metric Displacement in the Improvisation of Charlie Christian.”
                Annual Review of Jazz Studies 11, 2000-2001.  pp. 39-68.  Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies.

Benny’s Bugle  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Breakfast Feud     December 19, 1940 / January 15, 1941     Columbia CL 652 & CG30779
Dinah     December 16, 1939      Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Flying Home  (take A)     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
Flying Home  (take B)     October 2, 1939     Masters of Jazz MJCD 24   (track 8)
Flying Home     October 16, 1939      Masters of Jazz MJCD 24   (track 17)
Good Enough to Keep  (take -2)      March 13, 1941     Masters of Jazz MJCD 75    (track 2)
Haven’t Named it Yet     October 12, 1939      Avid AMSC 612
Honeysuckle Rose  (Up on Teddy’s Hill)      May 1941     Vogue 600135
I Found a New Baby  (take -1)      January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider     April 14, 1941      Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939      Columbia CK 40846
Seven Come Eleven     May 28, 1939      Masters of Jazz MJCD 40
The Sheik of Araby     April 26, 1940      Masters of Jazz MJCD 40   (track 18)
Shivers  (take A)     December 20, 1939      Columbia CK 45144
Stompin’ At The Savoy     May 12, 1941      Vogue 600135
Tea for Two     September 24, 1939      Arbors ARCD 19168
Topsy  (Swing to Bop)     May 12, 1941      Vogue 600135

Note:  The solo transcriptions in this article were adapted from unpublished notations by LeoValdes.
Versions of his transcriptions published on this site are similar, but in most cases revised and more
accurate, chiefly in details such as grace notes, tablature, and articulation.

 

Duchossoir, René  (1987).  Jazz Guitar True Notes, vol. 1.  Paris:  Behar.

Star Dust     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 45144

 

Edmonds, Hank  &  Bob Prince  (transcr.)   (1958).  The Swingingest Charley Christian.
                New York:  Charles Colin.

Guy’s Got to Go     May 1941     Vogue 600135
Lips Flips     May 1941     Vogue 600135
Swing to Bop     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135
Up on Teddy’s Hill     May 1941     Vogue 600135

 

Feather, Leonard  (1957).  The Book of Jazz.  New York:   Horizon.

Up on Teddy’s Hill     May 1941     Vogue 600135

 

Finkelman, Jonathan  (1993).  “Charlie Christian, Bebop, and the Recordings at Minton’s.”
                  Annual Review of Jazz Studies 6.  Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies.

Charlie’s Choice     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135
I Found a New Baby  (take -1)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
I Found a New Baby  (take -2)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779
I Got Rhythm  (spliced)     September 24, 1939     Columbia CG 30779
Seven Come Eleven    November 22, 1939   Columbia CK 40846
Stompin’ at the Savoy     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135
Tea for Two     September 24, 1939     Columbia CG 30779

 

(——)  (1997).  “Charlie Christian and the Role of Formulas in Jazz Improvisation.” 
                Jazz Research / Jazzforschung,  pp. 159-188.

Note:  All transcriptions based on Fox (1964), Ayeroff (1979), and Spring (1980)
          except “Haven’t Named it Yet” which was transcribed by the author.

As Long As I Live  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Benny’s Bugle  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Benny’s Bugle     November 19, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Benny’s Bugle     May 28, 1941     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Breakfast Feud  (spliced)     December 19, 1940 / January 15, 1941     Columbia CL 652
Charlie’s Choice  (Swing to Bop)     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135
Flying Home     August 19, 1939     Jazz Archives JA-23
Flying Home     March 10, 1941     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Gone with “What” Wind  (take B)     February 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Gone with “What” Wind     April 6, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Good Enough to Keep  (take -2)     March 13, 1941     Masters of Jazz MJCD 75
Grand Slam     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Guy’s Got to Go     May 1941     Vogue 600135
Haven’t Named it Yet     October 12, 1939     Avid AMSC 612
Honeysuckle Rose     November 19, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
I Found a New Baby  (take -1)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
I Got Rhythm  (spliced)     September 24, 1939     Columbia CG 30779
Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider     April 14, 1941     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Lester’s Dream     October 28, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Lips Flips     May 1941     Vogue 600135
Paging the Devil     December 24, 1939     Vanguard 169/71-2
Rose Room     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
Solo Flight  (take -1)     March 4, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
Star Dust     September 24, 1939     Columbia CG 30779
Stompin’ at the Savoy     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135
The Sheik of Araby     April 3, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
The Sheik of Araby     April 12, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Up on Teddy’s Hill     May 1941     Vogue 600135
Wholly Cats  (take -X)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Wholly Cats  (take -Y)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Wholly Cats     November 19, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2

 

Fox, Dan  (ed.)  (1964).  The Art of the Jazz Guitar:  Charley Christian.
                New York:  Regent Music.  [reprinted 1988]

Air Mail Special  (spliced)     March 13, 1941     Columbia CL 652
Benny’s Bugle  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Breakfast Feud  (spliced)     Dec. 19, 1940 / Jan. 15, 1941      Columbia CL 652
Gone with “What” Wind  (take B)     February 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Grand Slam     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939      Columbia CK 40846
Shivers  (take A)     December 20, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
Six Appeal     June 11, 1940       Columbia CK 40846
A Smo-o-o-oth One  (take -X)     March 13, 1941     Columbia CL 652
Solo Flight  (take -1)     March 4, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
Till Tom Special     February 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Wholly Cats  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CL 652

 

Grassell, Jack  (1998).  Jazz Guitar Standards.  Milwaukee:   Hal Leonard.

Stompin’ at the Savoy     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135

 

Gress, Jesse   (see Guitar Player;  Hal Leonard)

 

Guitar Extra  (1990, Summer), p. 15.  “Analyzing Charlie Christian.”

Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939      Columbia CK 40846

 

GuitarOne  (2001, February), pp. 125-130.  “What’s Between the Lines:  Charlie Christian • Solo Flight.”
                Adam Perlmutter.

Solo Flight  (take -1)     March 4, 1941    Columbia CK 40846

 

(——)  (2002, November), pp. 147-150.  “What’s Between the Lines:  Charlie Christian ‘Seven Come Eleven’.”
                Adam Perlmutter.

Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939    Columbia CK 40846

 

(——)  (2004, July), pp. 146-150.  “What’s Between the Lines:  ‘Flying Home’ Charlie Christian.”
                Tom Kolb.

Flying Home     October 2, 1939    Columbia CK 45144

 

Guitar Player  (1982, March), pp. 56-57.  “Charlie Christian’s Solo Style:  ‘Honeysuckle Rose’.”
                Jas Obrecht.

Honeysuckle Rose     November 22, 1939    Columbia CG 30779

 

(——)  (2000, April), pp. 145-148.  “Play it Right!:  ‘Rose Room’ Solo Transcription.”
                Jesse Gress.

Rose Room     October 2, 1939    Columbia CK 40846

 

Guitar Player  (1995).  How to Play Guitar—Jazz  (special magazine from the publishers of Guitar Player), p.57.
                “Honeysuckle Rose:  Charlie Christian in Full Bloom.”
                Jas Obrecht & Richard Johnston.

Honeysuckle Rose     November 22, 1939    Columbia CG 30779

 

(——)  (1997, May/June).  How to Play Guitar,  vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 15-20.
                David Hamburger.

Flying Home  (take A)     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 45144

 

Guitar World  (1982, January), p. 73.  “Charlie Christian Takes Off.”
                Dave Steen.

Breakfast Feud  (take -4)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779

 

(——)  (2001, April), p. 93-96.  “The Ax Museum:  Portraits of Guitar Heroes:  Charlie Christian.”
                Keith Wyatt.

Breakfast Feud  (spliced)     Dec. 19, 1940 / Jan. 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779

 

(——)  (2002, October), p. 154-157.  “Flying Home:  Charlie Christian.”
                Chris Amelar.

Flying Home  (take A)     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 45144

 

Hal Leonard  (2000).  Guitar Standards.  Milwaukee:  Hal Leonard.
                Jesse Gress.

Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939     Columbia CK 40846

 

(——)  (2001).  Jazz Guitar Bible.  Milwaukee:  Hal Leonard.
                Jesse Gress.

Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939     Columbia CK 40846

 

(——)  (2003a).  Charlie Christian:
                A Step-by-Step Breakdown of the Style and Techniques of the Father of Modern Jazz Guitar.
                Milwaukee:  Hal Leonard.  Featuring Andy Aledorf.
                Video DVD.
                [does not include any printed notation, but does demonstrate and/or identify each note of the solos, in most cases]
                [see also Biographical Bibliography, Section 3: Musical Analysis]

Benny’s Bugle  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Gone with “What” Wind  (take B)     February 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Good Enough to Keep  (take -2)     March 13, 1941     Masters of Jazz MJCD 75
Grand Slam  (Boy Meets Goy)     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
Shivers  (take A)     December 20, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
Solo Flight  (take -1)     March 4, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
Till Tom Special     February 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846

 

(——)  (2003b).  Charlie Christian:  The Definitive Collection.  Milwaukee:  Hal Leonard.
                Pete Billmann, Jeff Jacobson, Wolf Marshall.

Note:  Transcriptions marked * are reproduced from Marshall (2002).

Flying Home  (take A)     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
* Gone with “What” Wind  (take B)     February 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
* Good Enough to Keep  (take -1)     March 13, 1941     Masters of Jazz MJCD 75
* Grand Slam  (Boy Meets Goy)     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
* Honeysuckle Rose     November 22, 1939     Columbia CG 30779
Rose Room     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
* Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
* Shivers  (take A)     December 20, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
* Six Appeal     June 11, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Solo Flight  (take -1)     March 4, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
* Star Dust     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
Stompin’ at the Savoy     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135
* Till Tom Special     February 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Topsy  (Swing to Bop)     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135
* Wholly Cats  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CL 652

 

Hamburger, David   (see Guitar Player)

 

Hansen, Garry  (1998-1999).  Charlie Christian:  Legend of the Jazz Guitar.  “Solo Transcriptions”
                Internet site:  http://www3.nbnet.nb.ca/hansen/Charlie/ccsolos.htm

All transcriptions:  Complete;  chords identified;  not annotated;
include RealAudio sound-clip of solo.  Most with separate guitar tablature.

Airmail Special     March 17, 1941      Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
All Star Strut  (take B)     February 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Breakfast Feud  (take -1)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779
Dinah     December 16, 1939     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Flying Home  (take A)     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
Flying Home     December 24, 1939     Vanguard 169/71-2
Good Enough to Keep     June 11, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
Grand Slam     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Haven’t Named It Yet     October 12, 1939     Avid AMSC 612
I Found a New Baby  (take -1)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
I Got Rhythm  (take 2)     September 24, 1939     Suisa JZCD 379
I Never Knew     October 28, 1940      Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
On the Alamo     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 45144
Rose Room     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
Rose Room     October 9, 1939      Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Royal Garden Blues  (take -1)     November 7, 1940      Columbia CK 40846
Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939      Columbia CK 40846
Six Appeal      June 11,1940     Columbia CK 40846
A Smo-o-o-oth One  (take -X)     March 13, 1941     Columbia CL 652
Star Dust     October 4, 1940     Columbia CL 6067
Till Tom Special     February 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Wholly Cats  (take -2)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846

 

Hitchcock, H. Wiley  &  Stanley Sadie  (eds.)   (1986).  The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, vol. 1.
                New York:  Macmillan.  (Thomas Owens, “Charlie Christian.”)

Breakfast Feud  (take -1)     Dec. 19, 1940 / Jan. 15, 1941      Columbia CL 652

 

Ingram, Adrian  (1980).  Modern Jazz Guitar Technique.  Northampton, England:  Hampton.

Grand Slam     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
I Found a New Baby  (take -2)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779

 

Jacobson, Jeff   (see Hal Leonard)

 

Jazz Educators Journal  (1979, December/January), p. 38.

Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939      Columbia CK 40846

 

Jazz Hot  (1972, May), p. 283.  “Charlie Christian:   From Swing to Bop.”

Swing to Bop     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135

 

Johnston, Richard   (see Guitar Player)

 

Jones, Hoyt   (see Down Beat)

 

Kernfeld, Barry  (ed.)  (1989).  The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz.   New York:  Macmillan.
                (Thomas Owens, “Charlie Christian.”)

Breakfast Feud  (take -1)     December 19, 1940      Columbia CL 652

 

Kolb, Tom   (see GuitarOne)

 

Kuboki, Yasushi  (1995).  Jazz Guitar Improvisation:  Charlie Christian.  Tokyo:  Ryuginsha.

Benny’s Bugle  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Flying Home  (take A)     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
Gone with “What” Wind  (take B)     February 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Good Enough to Keep  (take -1)     March 13, 1941     Masters of Jazz MJCD 75
Good Morning Blues     December 24, 1939     Vanguard 169/71-2
Grand Slam  (Boy Meets Goy)     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Honeysuckle Rose  (Up on Teddy’s Hill)     May 1941     Vogue 600135
I Found a New Baby  (take -1)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
I Got Rhythm  (Guy’s Got to Go)     May 1941     Vogue 600135
Oh, Lady be Good     December 24, 1939     Vanguard VCD2-47/48
Rose Room     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
Shivers  (take A)     December 20, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
Solo Flight  (take -1)     March 4, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
Star Dust     September 24, 1939     Columbia CG 30779
Stompin’ at the Savoy  (Lips Flips)     May 1941     Vogue 600135
Topsy  (Swing to Bop)     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135
Wholly Cats  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CL 652

 

Lifton, Lloyd   (see Down Beat)

 

Mairants, Ivor  (1988).  Famous Jazz Guitar Solos 2.  London:  International Music Publications.

Flying Home     October 6, 1939     Collector’s Classics CC 18
Solo Flight  (take -1)     March 4, 1941     Columbia CK 40846

 

(——)  (1996)  The Great Jazz Guitarists.  Ely, England:  Musicmaker Books.

Honeysuckle Rose     November 22, 1939     Columbia CG 30779
I Surrender, Dear     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
Rose Room     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
The Sheik of Araby     April 3, 1940     Columbia CK 45144

 

(——)  (2002)  The Great Jazz Guitarists, Part 1.  London:  Sanctuary.
                [revised version of Mairants (1996), published in two volumes]

Honeysuckle Rose     November 22, 1939     Columbia CG 30779
I Surrender, Dear     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
The Sheik of Araby     April 3, 1940     Columbia CK 45144

 

(——)  (also see Melody Maker)

 

Marshall, Wolf  (2000).  Best of Jazz Guitar.  Milwaukee:  Hal Leonard.

Honeysuckle Rose     November 22, 1939     Columbia CG 30779

 

(——)  (2002)  The Best of Charlie Christian:
                A Step-by-Step Breakdown of the Styles and Techniques of the Father of Modern Jazz.
                Milwaukee:  Hal Leonard.

Benny’s Bugle  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Gone with “What” Wind  (take B)     February 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Good Enough to Keep  (take -1)     March 13, 1941     Masters of Jazz MJCD 75
Good Enough to Keep  (take -2)     March 13, 1941     Masters of Jazz MJCD 75
Grand Slam  (Boy Meets Goy)     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Honeysuckle Rose     November 22, 1939     Columbia CG 30779
I Found a New Baby  (take -1)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
Shivers  (take A)     December 20, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
Six Appeal     June 11, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
A Smo-o-o-oth One  (take -1)     March 13, 1941     Columbia CK 45144
Solo Flight  (take -1)     March 4, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
Star Dust     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
Till Tom Special     February 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Wholly Cats  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CL 652

 

(——)  (also see Hal Leonard)

 

Martin, Henry  (1986).  Enjoying Jazz.  New York:   Schirmer.

I Found A New Baby  (take -1)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 40846

 

Matzner, Antonín  &  Igor Wasserberger  (1969).  Jazzové Profily.  Prague:  Supraphon.

Up on Teddy’s Hill     May 1941     Vogue 600135

 

Melody Maker  (1947, August 23), p. 3.  “Theme—and extemporisation.”
                Ivor Mairants.

I Surrender, Dear     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 45144

 

Mongan, Norman  (1983).  The History of the Guitar in Jazz.  New York:  Oak Publications.

Swing to Bop     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135

 

Obrecht, Jas   (see Guitar Player)

 

Owens, Thomas   (see Hitchcock & Sadie;  Kernfeld;  Sadie & Tyrrell)

 

Perlmutter, Adam   (see GuitarOne)

 

Petersen, Jack  (1979).  Jazz Styles & Analysis:  Guitar.   Chicago:  Down Beat.

Air Mail Special  (take -1)     March 13, 1941     Columbia CL 652
Grand Slam     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Rose Room     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
Solo Flight  (take -1)     March 4, 1941     Columbia CK 40846

 

Polillo, Arrigo  (1979).  I Grandi del Jazz:  Gli Stilisti.   Milan:  Fabbri.

On the Alamo     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 45144

 

Porter, Lewis  &  Michael Ullman  with Edward Hazell  (1993).  Jazz:  From Its Origins to the Present.
                Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:  Prentice-Hall.

Ad-Lib Blues     October 28, 1940     JazzDocument va-7997

 

Regent Music  (1944).  Solo Flight:  Charlie Christian Guitar Solo with Piano Accompaniment.
                New York.  [sheet music]

Solo Flight  (take -1)     March 4, 1941     Columbia CK 40846

 

Richardson, Jerry  (1996).  “B.B. King:  Analysis of the Artist’s Evolving Guitar Technique.”
                American Music Research Center Journal,  vol. VI,  pp. 89-107.

Wholly Cats  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CL 652

 

Rossi, Umberto  (2003).  Chitarrista Jazz:  Autodidatta  [Teach Yourself Jazz Guitar]
                Milan:  Carisch.

Rose Room     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846

 

Russo, Bill   (see Down Beat)

 

Sadie, Stanley  &  John Tyrrell  (eds.)   (2001).  The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, vol. 5,  p. 795.
                London:  Macmillan.  (Thomas Owens, “Charlie Christian.”)

Breakfast Feud  (take -1)     December 19, 1940      Columbia CL 652

 

Schmitz, Alexander  (1992).  Jazz Gitarristen.   Collection Oreos.  Schaftlach.

Honeysuckle Rose     November 22, 1939    Columbia CG 30779
Solo Flight  (take -2)     March 4, 1941     Columbia CL 652

 

Schuller, Gunther  (1989).  The Swing Era.  New York:   Oxford University Press.

Breakfast Feud  (spliced)     Dec. 19, 1940 / Jan. 15, 1941      Columbia CG 30779
I Found a New Baby  (take -1)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
Memories of You     December 24, 1939     Vanguard 169/71-2
Rose Room     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
Star Dust     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
Stompin’ at the Savoy     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135

 

Schütze, Dennis  (2003).  Der Jazzgitarrist Charlie Christian:
                Studien zu musikalischen Gestaltung anhand von
                Transkription der Columbia Studioaufnahmen von 1939 bis 1941.
                M.A. Thesis:  Julius-Maximilian-Universität Würzburg.

Note:  Transcriptions of tunes marked * have never been previously published.

* AC-DC Current  (take A)     December 20, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
* All Star Strut  (take A)     February 7, 1940     Masters of Jazz MJCD 40  (track 5)
All Star Strut  (take B)     February 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
* All Star Strut  (take x)     February 7, 1940     Masters of Jazz MJCD 40  (track 4)
As Long As I Live  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
* As Long As I Live  (take -2)     November 7, 1940     Columbia C4K 65564  (track B24)
Benny’s Bugle  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
* Breakfast Feud  (take -3)     December 19, 1940     Columbia C4K 65564  (track C11)
Breakfast Feud  (take -1)     December 19, 1940     Columbia C4K 65564  (track C1)
Breakfast Feud  (take -4)     January 15, 1941     Columbia C4K 65564  (track C15)
Breakfast Feud  (take -3)     January 15, 1941     Columbia C4K 65564  (track C16)
Breakfast Feud  (take -2)     January 15, 1941     Columbia C4K 65564  (track C3)
Breakfast Feud  (take -1)     January 15, 1941     Columbia C4K 65564  (track C17)
Flying Home  (take A)     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
* Flying Home  (take B)     October 2, 1939     Masters of Jazz MJCD 24  (track 8)
* Gone with What Draft  (Gilly)     December 19, 1940     Columbia C4K 65564  (track B13)
Gone with “What” Wind  (take A)     February 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Gone with “What” Wind  (take B)     February 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Good Enough to Keep  (take A)     June 11, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
Good Enough to Keep  (take -1)     March 13, 1941     Masters of Jazz MJCD 75  (track 1)
Good Enough to Keep  (take -2)     March 13, 1941     Masters of Jazz MJCD 75  (track 2)
Grand Slam     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK40846
Honeysuckle Rose     November 22, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love  (take -1)     December 19, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
I Found a New Baby  (take -1)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
I Found a New Baby  (take -2)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779
I Surrender, Dear     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
* I’m Confessin’     December 20, 1939     Columbia C4K 65564  (track A9)
* Li’l Boy Love  (take A)     June 25, 1940     Columbia C4K 65564  (track D3)
* Li’l Boy Love  (take B)     June 25, 1940     Columbia C4K 65564  (track D6)
Memories of You  (take A)     November 22, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
Memories of You  (take B)     November 22, 1939     Columbia CG 30779
On the Alamo     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 45144
Poor Butterfly     April 3, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
Rose Room     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
Royal Garden Blues  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
The Sheik of Araby     April 3, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
Shivers     December 20, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
Six Appeal     June 11, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
A Smo-o-o-oth One  (take -2)     March 13, 1941     Columbia C4K 65564  (track C7)
Solo Flight  (take -1)     March 4, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
Star Dust     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
These Foolish Things     June 11, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
Till Tom Special     February 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Untitled Tune     April 3, 1940     Columbia C4K 65564  (track A13)
Untitled Tune  (breakdown)     April 3, 1940     Columbia C4K 65564  (track D8)
* Wholly Cats  (take -W)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Wholly Cats  (take -X)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Wholly Cats  (take -Y)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Wholly Cats  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CL 652
Wholly Cats  (take -2)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846

 

Schwab, Jürgen  (1998).  Die Gitarre im Jazz:  Zur stilistischen Entwicklung von den Anfängen bis 1960.
                Regensburg:  ConBrio.  Ch. 3  “Charlie Christian und der Wechsel zur E-Gitarre.”
                [see also Biographical Bibliography, section 3:  Musical Analysis]

Breakfast Feud  (take -4)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779
Flying Home  (take A)     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 45144
Flying Home     October 6, 1939     Collector’s Classics CC18
Gone with "What" Wind  (take A)     February 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love  (take -1)     December 19, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
A Smo-o-o-oth One  (Waitin’ For Benny)     March 13, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
Tea for Two     September 24, 1939     Columbia CG 30779

 

Shinko Music  (2008).  Jazz Guitar Book, Vol. 16.
                Japan:  Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd

Note:  All notations are excerpts with the exception of two complete transcriptions,
as marked with an *

Gone with “What” Wind  (take A)  [p.27, ex.3&4]     February 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Good Enough to Keep  (take C)  [p.27, ex.2]     June 11, 1940     Columbia C4K 65584
Honeysuckle Rose  (Up On Teddy’s Hill)  [p.31&33, ex.3&4]     May 1941     Vogue 600135
I Found a New Baby  (take -2)  [p.29, ex.6]     January 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779
I Got Rhythm  (Guy’s Got to Go)  [p.33, ex.5]     January 15, 1941     Vogue 600135
Rose Room  [p.29, ex.5]     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
Seven Come Eleven  [p.27, ex.1]     November 22, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
Solo Flight  (take -1)  [p.29, ex.7]     March 4, 1941     Columbia CK 40846
* Stompin’ at the Savoy  [complete]     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135
Stompin’ at the Savoy  [p.31, ex.2]     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135
Stompin’ at the Savoy  (Lips Flips)  [p.33, ex.6]     May 1941     Vogue 600135
* Tea for Two  [complete]     September 24, 1939     Columbia CG 30779
Topsy  (Swing to Bop)  [p.31, ex.1]     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135

 

Smith, Earl  &  Paul Tharp  (transcr.)  (1958).  Hot Jazz Guitar Solos.
                Pueblo, Colorado:  Smith-Tharp Publishing.

Grand Slam     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Rose Room     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
These Foolish Things     June 11, 1940     Columbia CK 45144

 

Sokolow, Fred  (1988).  Solos for Jazz Guitar.  New York:  Carl Fischer.  Ronny S. Schiff (ed.)

Air Mail Special     June 11, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
Air Mail Special  (spliced)     March 13, 1941     Columbia CG 30779

 

(——)  (1999).  The Roots of Jazz Guitar.  Milwaukee:  Hal Leonard.  Ronnie Schiff (ed.)

Honeysuckle Rose     November 22, 1939     Columbia CG 30779
Honeysuckle Rose     November 19, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2

 

Spaces IV   Jazz Fake Book.

Note:  All notations are transcribed from previously published sources.
           A notation of “I Got Rhythm” is included that is attributed to Charlie Christian,
           but it does not correspond to any known performance of that tune.

Gone with “What” Wind  (take B)     February 7, 1940      Columbia CG 30779
Profoundly Blue  (take -1)     February 5, 1941     Blue Note 21260 2
Rose Room     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846

 

Spring, Howard A. (1980).  The Improvisational Style of Charlie Christian.
                MFA Thesis, York University.

AC-DC Current     December 2, 1939     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
AC-DC Current     June 30, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Ad-Lib Blues     October 28, 1940     Jazz Document va-7997
Air Mail Special     March 17, 1941     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
All Star Strut  (take B)     February 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
As Long as I Live  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Benny’s Bugle  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Benny’s Bugle     November 19, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Benny’s Bugle     May 28, 1941     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Breakfast Feud  (take -1)     December 19, 1940     Columbia CL 652
Breakfast Feud  (spliced)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779
Charlie’s Dream     October 28, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Dinah     December 16, 1939     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Flying Home     August 19, 1939     Jazz Archives JA-23
Flying Home    March 10, 1941    Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Gone with “What” Wind  (take B)     February 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Gone with “What” Wind     April 6, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Good Enough to Keep     June 11, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
Good Enough to Keep  (spliced)     March 13, 1941     Columbia CG 30779
Good Morning Blues     December 24, 1939     Vanguard 169/71-2
Grand Slam     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Guy’s Got to Go     May 1941     Vogue 600135
Honeysuckle Rose     November 22, 1939    Columbia CG 30779
Honeysuckle Rose     November 19, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love  (take -1)     December 19, 1940     Columbia CK 45144
I Found a New Baby  (take -2)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779
I Got Rhythm  (spliced)     September 24, 1939     Columbia CG 30779
I Never Knew     October 28, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider     April 14, 1941     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Lester’s Dream     October 28, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Lips Flips     May 1941     Vogue 600135
Memories of You     October 23, 1939     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Memories of You  (take B)     November 22, 1939     Columbia CG 30779
On the Alamo     January 15, 1941     Columbia CK 45144
Rose Room     October 2, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
Rose Room     October 9, 1939     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Royal Garden Blues  (take -2)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
The Sheik of Araby     April 12, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Six Appeal     June 11, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Six Appeal     June 22, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Stompin’ at the Savoy     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135
Till Tom Special     December 31, 1939     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Till Tom Special     February 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Up on Teddy’s Hill     May 1941     Vogue 600135
Wholly Cats     October 28, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Wholly Cats  (take -X)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Wholly Cats  (take -Y)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Wholly Cats     November 19, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Wholly Cats     April 7, 1941     Jazz Archives JA-23

 

(——)  (1990).  “The Use of Formulas in the Improvisations of Charlie Christian.”
                Jazz Research / Jazzforschung  no. 22,  pp. 11-51.

Note:  All notations transcribed (some are extracts) from Spring (1980).

Air Mail Special     March 17, 1941     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
All Star Strut  (take B)     February 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Benny’s Bugle  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Benny’s Bugle     November 19, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Benny’s Bugle     May 28, 1941     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Breakfast Feud  (spliced)     January 15, 1941     Columbia CG 30779
Dinah     December 16, 1939     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Flying Home     August 19, 1939     Jazz Archives JA-23
Flying Home     March 10, 1941     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Gone with “What” Wind     April 6, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Good Enough to Keep  (spliced)     March 13, 1941     Columbia CG 30779
Grand Slam     April 10, 1940     Columbia CK 40846
Guy’s Got to Go     May 1941     Vogue 600135
Honeysuckle Rose     November 22, 1939    Columbia CG 30779
Honeysuckle Rose     November 19, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Lips Flips     May 1941     Vogue 600135
Memories of You     October 23, 1939     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Royal Garden Blues  (take -2)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Seven Come Eleven     November 22, 1939     Columbia CK 40846
The Sheik of Araby     April 12, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Stompin’ at the Savoy     May 12, 1941     Vogue 600135
Up on Teddy’s Hill     May 1941     Vogue 600135
Wholly Cats     October 28, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Wholly Cats  (take -X)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Wholly Cats  (take -Y)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Wholly Cats     November 19, 1940     Vintage Jazz Classics VJC-1021-2
Wholly Cats     April 7, 1941     Jazz Archives JA-23

 

Steen, Dave   (see Guitar World)

 

Takayanagi, Masayuki.  (1975).  Charlie Christian Jazz Improvisation.  Tokyo:  Nichion.

As Long as I Live  (take -1)     November 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Gone with “What” Wind  (take B)     February 7, 1940     Columbia CG 30779
Honeysuckle Rose     November 22, 1939     Columbia CG 30779     (note: complete score)
I Can’t Give You Anything But Love  (take -1)     December 19, 1940   &nbs