Charlie Christian

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American jazz musician human jazz guitarist musician

Charlie Christian was a pioneering American jazz guitarist whose innovative electric guitar solos with the Benny Goodman Sextet helped shape the sound of modern jazz and bebop.

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Charlie Christian canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American jazz musician ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz guitarist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1942 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930 ⓘ
associatedAct Benny Goodman ⓘ
Count Basie ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Kenny Clarke ⓘ
Lester Young ⓘ
Minton's Playhouse jam sessions ⓘ
Tadd Dameron ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ
awardReceived Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (sideman) 1990 ⓘ
birthName Charles Henry Christian ⓘ
burialPlace Guthrie ⓘ
surface form: Guthrie, Oklahoma, United States
causeOfDeath tuberculosis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1916-07-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1942-03-02 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
genre bebop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
influenced Barney Kessel ⓘ
Herb Ellis ⓘ
Tal Farlow ⓘ
Wes Montgomery ⓘ
modern jazz guitar ⓘ
instrument electric guitar ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
memberOf Benny Goodman Orchestra ⓘ
Benny Goodman Quintet ⓘ
Benny Goodman Sextet ⓘ
notableFor development of single-note guitar soloing style ⓘ
influence on the emergence of bebop ⓘ
pioneering use of the electric guitar in jazz ⓘ
notableWork Air Mail Special ⓘ
Breakfast Feud ⓘ
Rose Room (improvised solos with Benny Goodman) ⓘ
Seven Come Eleven ⓘ
Solo Flight ⓘ
Stompin’ at the Savoy ⓘ
surface form: Stompin’ at the Savoy (recordings with Benny Goodman)
occupation composer ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bonham, Texas, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Vocalion Records ⓘ
residence Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States ⓘ
stageName Charlie Christian self-link ⓘ

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Hammond → promoted → Charlie Christian ⓘ
subject surface form: John H. Hammond Jr.
Riley B. King → influencedBy → Charlie Christian ⓘ
Joe Pass → influencedBy → Charlie Christian ⓘ
Charlie Christian → stageName → Charlie Christian self-link ⓘ
Jim Hall → influencedBy → Charlie Christian ⓘ
Kenny Burrell → influencedBy → Charlie Christian ⓘ
Stompin’ at the Savoy → notablePerformer → Charlie Christian ⓘ
Grant Green → influencedBy → Charlie Christian ⓘ