Hello Jordan… I consider myself to be a "hummer & strummer" and not a musician. I can't even read music but I have been an admirer of your musical talent for many years. I once had the pleasure of playing at the Wheel Club and being backed by yourself and Stephen Barry. I can only tell you that I will never forget that experience. I felt like a surfer and you and Stephen were the wave. You guys carried me along with such energy that I was continually elevated throughout the whole set. All that being said, I am very excited to see this new series that you are posting. I will never be a musician but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy your talent. For people who aspire to be a musician I can't think of a better source of inspiration.
Hey all right, you came up in my feed because I listen to Swing to Bop so much. You got chops man, glad to have found you. Yeah that solo is the best guitar solo I've ever heard, thanks for agreeing!
Great history of Charlie Christian and the emergence of the electric guitar. I was practically drooling over that guitar you are playing. I play a Tele, but I remember Joe Pass stating that he disliked solid body electric guitars, as they have no sound without being plugged in. Charlie and Joe and two of my favorite guitarists.
I appreciate that you remember Charlie Christian. They have a Charlie Christian Festival Every year on his birthday at his birthplace Bonham, TX ir at least they use to about 10 years ago.
Charlie Christian played a crucial role in the development of bebop by bridging the gap between swing and this new jazz style. His innovative guitar techniques and improvisational skills were showcased during jam sessions at Minton’s Playhouse in New York City, where he collaborated with bebop pioneers like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Christian’s use of the electric guitar for single-line solos introduced a new level of harmonic sophistication that influenced the bebop movement and set a precedent for future jazz guitarists.
Yes I totally agree with your words had so much feel and that raw but very technical style was the jimi Hendrix of the day reminds me of the gypsy jazz style to blues mixed in .Amazing
So out of the blue and revolutionary, a massive influence on everything that came after, died so young, I think it's definitely an appropriate comparison!!!
Thanks Jordan. Your work with Suzie really stood out for me. Many years ago. I would love a video on where you got your Gibson. I had a 1949 ES-150 but it had a P90 in that year. I have a 53 ES-175 now as I wanted the cut away.
Great, I am thrilled to hear such a talented player as you, mention Swing to Bop that way. I listened to it years ago by accident at a friend’s place, and, although I did not know anything about jazz or guitars, I had never heard anything so exciting and it changed my life. It remains, as you said one of best ever solos. Only Wes or Django have emulated such greatness. Thanks.
Very cool. I can't believe you learned how to play that. I've been trying to figure out that lick for years with no success. He was such an inventive guitarist.
Holy CRAPP!!! Just found your channel. Your playing is amazing. I would love a few videos about your comping you displayed here. Thanks for the uplink.
Man great stuff! This channel will be so much help thank you. Hard to find good stuff on Charlie where people explain what he’s thinking. It’s hard to get in his head cause he’s so fast moving and expressive
OK, man, you were just showing off. I do love your choice of the appropriate axe. I, too, have a 30s CC & understand that just feeling the guitar makes me wants to play just like you do. It aint working so far. I enjoyed this post & subscribed. Thanks.
I close my eyes and listen to Swing to Bop and can imagine the enormous effect he would have had. He'd kind of bait you into thinking he'd stalled out his solos somewhat, there is a lot of intentional holding back and staccato notes, and just when you are thinking he's starting to ease off, he hits the bridge and burns through those eight note clusters. When I listened to him as a teenager, I didn't like it that much. There were flashier guitarists since. But now I really like it, and his place in history, that it was so original.
When I first heard "Swing To Bop I realised what Alvin Lee had been listening to so that he could play like "that" on Ten Years After's "Undead" (live at Klooks Kleek).
Hello Jordan, which chord progression were you soloing over when you demonstrated that short chord solo? I'm currently learning it as I want to start improvising in this chordal style.
Overall, for me, your absolute love and respect for the genre shines through. I also came to Jazz through blues. My teacher was Mr Louis Gallo who, sadly, is no longer with us. BTW, your playing is wonderful.
Like Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt also has that driving line and seems to concoct fuly fomred advanced melodies out of thin air.Django's later electric stuff actually has that same sort of tone that Charlie had, biting but warm.
I would be interested to know what Charlie's previous musical education was. Was he trained or did he just figure it out with a little help from some horn players? For such a young player without obvious mentors, he was unique.
Thanks a lot! The suggestions posted here already are cool. The Godin 5th ave is cool too. I would also check out cool vintage archtops that are not too expensive. Everything's gone up in price in recent years, but I'm sure you could still find something fun under 1k
well.. thank you, but one thing that you passed over was that in the format of the big band he, with his "newly invented gtr." was not constrained by the volume of all those horn players... "Chonk Charlie Chonk"
I love Charlie Christian but you are giving him too much credit, at least as far as creating a new vocabulary in jazz. Yes, he was very innovative in the guitar world (he pioneered a guitar world) but his vocabulary was Benny Goodman's and, more importantly, Lester Young's. Charlie Christian proved that guitar could become a be bop instrument by translating the reed's idiom of the time into guitar. And even just that is no small feat!
This is completely false info. You are a hater. CC totally had his own style and sound. His music is timeless still to this day people can not get that sound.
To say that Charlie Christian merely translated the vocabulary of Goodman and other horn players of the era is buffoonery. You sound like a person who doesn’t play the guitar himself, and got this bogus information from some horn-centric academic or music critic who is a less than adequate listener. Christian employs a vocabulary all his own, one that is unique in that it is native to the instrument and demonstrates lines that are uniquely possible because of the way notes are laid out on the fretboard of the guitar. Furthermore, Christian was at the vanguard of chord substitution ideas, doing things in his lines that are stock in trade today, but stunned horn players of 1939 and pointed the way to the bebop harmony and language that was to come a few years after his death. Yes, Christian observed many of the musical conventions of his time, the repetition of single notes at the beginning or end of his phrases for example, or the long lines of triplets he frequently used that were common at the time, but in so many important ways he was a pure original. Posthumously, decades posthumously, Goodman said as much, calling him a “musical genius” in a 1970’s interview. Your unfortunate comment here is made all the more tragic by its arrogance. Few things worse than a know-it-all who is just wrong.
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Thanks for the post, Charlie Christian’s art just fascinates!
Amazing
Finally someone citing Bob Wills on a CC video. Thanks, man.
Hello Jordan… I consider myself to be a "hummer & strummer" and not a musician. I can't even read music but I have been an admirer of your musical talent for many years. I once had the pleasure of playing at the Wheel Club and being backed by yourself and Stephen Barry. I can only tell you that I will never forget that experience. I felt like a surfer and you and Stephen were the wave. You guys carried me along with such energy that I was continually elevated throughout the whole set.
All that being said, I am very excited to see this new series that you are posting. I will never be a musician but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy your talent. For people who aspire to be a musician I can't think of a better source of inspiration.
Thanks a lot, it's great to hear from you!
Really cool.. Thanks for taking to time to go onto this. Great observations. Please do more.
Hey all right, you came up in my feed because I listen to Swing to Bop so much. You got chops man, glad to have found you. Yeah that solo is the best guitar solo I've ever heard, thanks for agreeing!
Great history of Charlie Christian and the emergence of the electric guitar. I was practically drooling over that guitar you are playing. I play a Tele, but I remember Joe Pass stating that he disliked solid body electric guitars, as they have no sound without being plugged in. Charlie and Joe and two of my favorite guitarists.
Yaman. That's the guitar Charlie played too (he later switched to a fancier model ES-250). Thanks for your comment!
You are bringing tears to my eyes. Everything that you are saying is true.
Thank you for letting me know, that is beautiful.
Just killer… love this approachable style of jazz guitar, and Jordan crushes it both on tone and feel
Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying the clips and the music!
Great news!!!!! Can’t wait🤩. Thank you so much Jordan 🙏
Cool, my pleasure! Keep in touch.
I appreciate that you remember Charlie Christian. They have a Charlie Christian Festival Every year on his birthday at his birthplace Bonham, TX ir at least they use to about 10 years ago.
That's very cool.
Although I don't play guitar since a long time, I loved the fact that it can help me to understand music theory some more. Thanks Jordan !
That's great to hear Dan. All the best!
Thanks so much. Revelation
Charlie Christian played a crucial role in the development of bebop by bridging the gap between swing and this new jazz style. His innovative guitar techniques and improvisational skills were showcased during jam sessions at Minton’s Playhouse in New York City, where he collaborated with bebop pioneers like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Christian’s use of the electric guitar for single-line solos introduced a new level of harmonic sophistication that influenced the bebop movement and set a precedent for future jazz guitarists.
Good work, thank you!
God bless and be with you and thanks for sharing amazing guitar lesson...
Thank you, and all the best to you
Yes I totally agree with your words had so much feel and that raw but very technical style was the jimi Hendrix of the day reminds me of the gypsy jazz style to blues mixed in .Amazing
So out of the blue and revolutionary, a massive influence on everything that came after, died so young, I think it's definitely an appropriate comparison!!!
Thanks Jordan. Your work with Suzie really stood out for me.
Many years ago. I would love a video on where you got your Gibson.
I had a 1949 ES-150 but it had a P90 in that year.
I have a 53 ES-175 now as I wanted the cut away.
Charlie a unique talent and he rocks❤
Great, I am thrilled to hear such a talented player as you, mention Swing to Bop that way. I listened to it years ago by accident at a friend’s place, and, although I did not know anything about jazz or guitars, I had never heard anything so exciting and it changed my life. It remains, as you said one of best ever solos. Only Wes or Django have emulated such greatness. Thanks.
Yes it's incredible. Very lucky that we have those live recordings!!!
I love the lick that you are sharing. I have one of his albums on vinyl. I need to listen to more CC.
Great video man, much appreciated:)
Very cool. I can't believe you learned how to play that. I've been trying to figure out that lick for years with no success. He was such an inventive guitarist.
Holy CRAPP!!! Just found your channel. Your playing is amazing. I would love a few videos about your comping you displayed here. Thanks for the uplink.
Thanks for the comment, and suggestion. That would be cool, and I'll try to do that at some point! All the best.
Man great stuff! This channel will be so much help thank you. Hard to find good stuff on Charlie where people explain what he’s thinking. It’s hard to get in his head cause he’s so fast moving and expressive
Indeed. I love trying to get myself in there. I always learn so much.
So excited to hear this series!!! Subscribed!!!
Cool!
I know your video is about cc, but that earlier big band stuff is really nice. Do you have videos on that? How to do an chord-solo in that style?
great
Gracias
Your course is very helpful as a filmmaker. Perfect music for the comedy genre.
Thanks Alex!
Do you have a video or videos playing the rest of that bridge?
OK, man, you were just showing off. I do love your choice of the appropriate axe. I, too, have a 30s CC & understand that just feeling the guitar makes me wants to play just like you do. It aint working so far. I enjoyed this post & subscribed. Thanks.
I close my eyes and listen to Swing to Bop and can imagine the enormous effect he would have had. He'd kind of bait you into thinking he'd stalled out his solos somewhat, there is a lot of intentional holding back and staccato notes, and just when you are thinking he's starting to ease off, he hits the bridge and burns through those eight note clusters. When I listened to him as a teenager, I didn't like it that much. There were flashier guitarists since. But now I really like it, and his place in history, that it was so original.
ok nice thank you!!
what track did he play on that gave Chuck Berry the inspiration for the opening lick of Johnnie B Goode?
When I first heard "Swing To Bop I realised what Alvin Lee had been listening to so that he could play like "that" on Ten Years After's "Undead" (live at Klooks Kleek).
Hello Jordan, which chord progression were you soloing over when you demonstrated that short chord solo? I'm currently learning it as I want to start improvising in this chordal style.
Overall, for me, your absolute love and respect for the genre shines through. I also came to Jazz through blues. My teacher was Mr Louis Gallo who, sadly, is no longer with us. BTW, your playing is wonderful.
Thank you for letting me know. All the best!
People like you make me wonder why I even pick a guitar up LOL !! will like and subscribe.
Haha! Thanks for the comment, and happy picking! :-)
Love Charlie Christian
Amazing.
Important enough to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Like Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt also has that driving line and seems to concoct fuly fomred advanced melodies out of thin air.Django's later electric stuff actually has that same sort of tone that Charlie had, biting but warm.
I would be interested to know what Charlie's previous musical education was. Was he trained or did he just figure it out with a little help from some horn players? For such a young player without obvious mentors, he was unique.
Man, I play a bit of guitar, this is great! I want more... I want ot by a semi-acoustic ''jazzy'' electric, what would be a good ''budget'' axe?
Check Eastman guitar awsome quality/price ratio ….
Ibanez, I had two guitars of their Artcore series and you can find some used ones at a very good price.
Thanks a lot! The suggestions posted here already are cool. The Godin 5th ave is cool too. I would also check out cool vintage archtops that are not too expensive. Everything's gone up in price in recent years, but I'm sure you could still find something fun under 1k
well.. thank you, but one thing that you passed over was that in the format of the big band he, with his "newly invented gtr." was not constrained by the volume of all those horn players... "Chonk Charlie Chonk"
Charlie Christian is where you start if you want to learn Jazz. I did the same.
It worked great for me, endless learning from CC
Talker
I love Charlie Christian but you are giving him too much credit, at least as far as creating a new vocabulary in jazz. Yes, he was very innovative in the guitar world (he pioneered a guitar world) but his vocabulary was Benny Goodman's and, more importantly, Lester Young's. Charlie Christian proved that guitar could become a be bop instrument by translating the reed's idiom of the time into guitar. And even just that is no small feat!
This is completely false info. You are a hater. CC totally had his own style and sound. His music is timeless still to this day people can not get that sound.
He didn't say he created new vocabulary. He said he created a new voice to use the vocabulary. Which is exactly what he did.
To say that Charlie Christian merely translated the vocabulary of Goodman and other horn players of the era is buffoonery. You sound like a person who doesn’t play the guitar himself, and got this bogus information from some horn-centric academic or music critic who is a less than adequate listener. Christian employs a vocabulary all his own, one that is unique in that it is native to the instrument and demonstrates lines that are uniquely possible because of the way notes are laid out on the fretboard of the guitar. Furthermore, Christian was at the vanguard of chord substitution ideas, doing things in his lines that are stock in trade today, but stunned horn players of 1939 and pointed the way to the bebop harmony and language that was to come a few years after his death. Yes, Christian observed many of the musical conventions of his time, the repetition of single notes at the beginning or end of his phrases for example, or the long lines of triplets he frequently used that were common at the time, but in so many important ways he was a pure original. Posthumously, decades posthumously, Goodman said as much, calling him a “musical genius” in a 1970’s interview. Your unfortunate comment here is made all the more tragic by its arrogance. Few things worse than a know-it-all who is just wrong.
Dude, we know who CC is. You don't need to waste MORE THAN HALF THE VIDEO gobbing off.
Just play.
I didn't. All I'd ever heard of was the pickup they refer to as a "charlie christian pickup"
6:30 min of blah blah and 1 min noodling 😒