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C&A:

Charlie Christian’s solo on this “Stompin’…” is a notch or two below the much longer 12 May 1941 version.  The rhythm section from the Minton’s version is sorely missed here.  This one starts out with a two-chorus solo by Williams on alto (no theme is stated) and three choruses by Lips Page before Charles takes his 2˝ choruses.

1st Chorus:
Not much on which to comment on his first chorus.  CC takes four bars before he gets his solo going, then seems to use this first chorus to build up to the second where he really lets go.

2nd Chorus:
First four bars consist of 6ths on alternating strings.  Measures 9-11 contain some half-stepping/skipping down the fretboard—CC seems to miss a note by a fret (A instead Bb) when he switches strings on the third beat of mm 10.  On the first two bars of the bridge (mm17-18), Charles plays a sequence that I don’t believe I’ve heard him play anywhere else.  Another unique sequence is the flat-3rd / 6th double-stops on the last bar of the chorus—sort of the reverse of the last bar on his first solo chorus on the 12 May “Stompin’….”

3rd Chorus:
CC may have actually intended to end his solo after two choruses.  These last 16 bars of guitar settle back down below the level of the first chorus—mostly just a riffing kinda thing (possibly no one was ready to take a solo) until Byas comes in at the bridge.  The final eight-bar section is an ensemble ride-out.

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