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DECEMBER 24, 1939 |
Sunday |
“FROM SPIRITUALS
TO SWING” CONCERT |
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32 BARS (AABA) |
Key of |
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Db |
Quarter Note = |
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216 |
Time: |
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3:47 |
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12-BAR INTRO + 6
CHORUSES: |
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4 bars – CC |
(Intro riffs) |
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4 bars –
CC, clt |
(Intro riffs) |
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4 bars –
CC, clt, vibes |
(Intro riffs) |
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1 chor –
clarinet |
(Melody) |
(over vib obbl) |
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1 chor –
clarinet |
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(over vib obbl) |
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16 bars – CC,
vib, clt |
(riffs) |
[as on Intro] |
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8 bars –
CC, vib, clt |
(arpeggios) |
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8 bars –
CC, vib, clt |
(riffs) |
[as on Intro] |
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Personnel: |
Issued Recordings: |
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Benny Goodman Sextet |
[ LP ] |
CBS / 51 West |
Q 16007 |
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CHARLIE CHRISTIAN..........Guitar |
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Fontana |
FJL 402 |
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BENNY GOODMAN..............clarinet |
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Fontana |
TFL 5187 |
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LIONEL HAMPTON..............vibes |
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Top Rank |
35/065 |
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FLETCHER HENDERSON.....piano |
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Vanguard |
VRS-8524 |
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ARTIE BERNSTEIN...............bass |
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Vanguard |
VSD-48 |
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NICK
FATOOL.......................drums |
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Vogue |
VJD 550 |
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[ CD ] |
Definitive |
DRCD11177 (disc
2, track 6) |
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JSP |
JSP909
(disc 2, track 6) |
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Masters of Jazz |
MJCD 29
(track 17) |
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Masters of Jazz |
MJCD 9004 (disc
2, track 17) |
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Music Memoria |
87998 2
(disc 1, track 12) |
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Composed by: |
Fats Waller - Andy Razaf |
First
Page: Intro
Second Page: Guitar
Solo
Third Page: Out Chorus
| C&A:
Charlie Christian’s first live solo on Honeysuckle Rose
is another gem. Measures 8 and 9 have the pedal root, octave, Maj7 that he played a month before but this time it’s not
repeated for three bars—and it’s not right after the bridge as is usual.
This is where Charles really gets going on his solo.
An excellent bridge where at bar 18 he plays a couple of open-string notes to set
himself up for another pedal root, this time with four ascending chromatic notes. CC
closes the bridge out with a beautiful slide at bar 22 followed by a familiar lick
containing another open string.
There are several repeated Bbs played on
alternating strings at mm 26-28 before Charles dances his way out on the last three
measures. |
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