DB Hall of Fame

SOLO  FLIGHT

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DB Hall of Fame

 


 OH, LADY BE GOOD


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DECEMBER  24,  1939 Concert “FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING”

CARNEGIE HALL,  NYC



32  BARS    (AABA) Key of G Quarter Note = 210 Time:   9:47

( Actual Time: 10:22 )


8-bar Intro,  8  CHORUSES,  31 Bars  <splice>  1  Bar,  7  CHORUSES

( Actual Take:  8-bar Intro,  17  CHORUSES )




  8 bars  –  piano (Intro) {Basie}


  1 chor  –  piano {Basie}

  1 chor  –  piano {Johnson}

  2 chor  –  tenor sax {Young}

  1 chor  –  piano {Sullivan}

  1 chor  –  piano {Lewis}

  1 chor  –  piano {Ammons}


  1 chor  –  CC {Christian}


31 bars  –  CC {Christian}       < last bar of 2nd chorus omitted >

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  1  bar  –  CC {Christian}       < first 31 bars of 3rd chorus omitted >


  2 chor  –  trumpet {Edison}

  1 chor  –  piano {Henderson}

  1 chor  –  bass {Page}

  1 chor  –  bass {Bernstein}


16 bars  –  ensemble

  8 bars  –  piano (bridge) {Henderson}

  8 bars  –  ensemble


16 bars  –  ensemble

  8 bars  –  CC (bridge) {Christian}

  8 bars  –  ensemble



Personnel: Issued Recordings:


CHARLIE CHRISTIAN.........Guitar All  LP and CD releases omit the third chorus

LESTER YOUNG....................tenor sax of  CC’s  first solo  as depicted above,

HARRY EDISON....................trumpet except:

COUNT BASIE.......................piano

PETE JOHNSON.....................piano Complete  CC  3-chorus solo,  but omit 8-bar piano intro:

JOE SULLIVAN.......................piano From Spirituals to Swing

MEADE LUX LEWIS.............piano Vanguard  169/71-2   (3-CD box set)

ALBERT AMMONS..............piano From Spirituals to Swing

FLETCHER HENDERSON.....piano Definitive  DRCD11182   (double-CD)

WALTER PAGE......................bass

ARTIE BERNSTEIN................bass Complete  Take:

JO JONES.................................drums Charlie Christian — Complete Live Recordings

NICK FATOOL........................drums Definitive  DRCD11177   (4-CD set)

+  reeds & brass from the Count Basie Band Charlie Christian • Volume 9 • 1939-1941

Masters of Jazz  MJCD 189

Charlie Christian • Radioland • 1939-1941

Fuel 2000  302 061 167 2


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