Description

Charlie Christian is considered to be the prime architect of the modern guitar style. His pioneering vision resulted in liberating the electric guitar, showing it could have a distinct voice equivalent to a clarinet or saxophone, capable of the same level of expressiveness.

Although musically active for a short time, he died when he was 25, he left behind a large body of work, mostly recorded by Benny Goodman’s Sextet. He was also a key figure in the development of bebop.

In this workshop Darren Dutson Bromley will look at key melodic devices used by Charlie Christian to create his distinctive solo lines as well as examining important solos recorded by Christian that influenced so many guitarists which followed.