First Master of the Electric Guitar: Selected Broadcasts & Jam Sessions, Remastered

~ Release by Charlie Christian (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: 1939 / Broadcasts With the Old Benny Goodmen Sextet
▶ CD 2: 1939-40 / Broadcasts and "Spirituals to Swing" Concerts
▶ CD 3: 1940-41 / Broadcasts With the New Benny Goodman Sextet
▼ CD 4: 1941 / Broadcasts and Jam Sessions
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Wholly Cats (live, NBC Radio Network, 1941-04-07: Manhattan Center, New York, NY, USA)
The Benny Goodman Sextet2:16
2Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider (live, NBC Radio Network, 1941-04-14: Manhattan Center, New York, NY, USA)
recording of:
Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider
lyricist:
Eddie Leonard (in 1903)
composer:
Eddie Munson (in 1903)
The Benny Goodman Sextet2:44
3Breakfast Feud (live, NBC Radio Network, 1941-04-14: Manhattan Center, New York, NY, USA)
The Benny Goodman Sextet2:59
4Song of the Islands (live, NBC Radio Network, 1941-04-28: Manhattan Center, New York, NY, USA)
The Benny Goodman Sextet3:06
5Flying Home (live, NBC Radio Network, 1941-05-05: Manhattan Center, New York, NY, USA)
live recording of:
Flying Home (instrumental version)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Lionel Hampton
publisher:
Ragbag Music (ASCAP) and Regent Music (BMI)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:10
6Topsy (Swing to Bop) (live, 1941-05-12: Minton's Play House, Hotel Cecil, Harlem, New York, NY, USA)
Joe Guy, Kenny Kersey, Charlie Christian, Nick Fenton & Kenny Clarke8:48
7Stompin' at the Savoy (live, 1941-05-12: Minton's Play House, Hotel Cecil, Harlem, New York, NY, USA)
Joe Guy, Kenny Kersey, Charlie Christian, Nick Fenton & Kenny Clarke8:30
8Honeysuckle Rose (live, 1941-05: Minton's Play House, Hotel Cecil, Harlem, New York, NY, USA)
Joe Guy, Don Byas & Charlie Christian6:15
9I Got Rhythm (live, 1941-05: Minton's Play House, Hotel Cecil, Harlem, New York, NY, USA)
Joe Guy, Don Byas & Charlie Christian3:12
10I Got Rhythm (live, 1941-05: Clark Monroe's Uptown House, Harlem, New York, NY, USA)
Joe Guy, Don Byas, Allen Tinney, Charlie Christian, Ebenezer Paul & Taps Miller2:30
11Stompin' at the Savoy (live, 1941-05: Clark Monroe's Uptown House, Harlem, New York, NY, USA)
Hot Lips Page, Joe Guy, Rudy Williams, Don Byas, Allen Tinney, Charlie Christian, Ebenezer Paul & Taps Miller5:01
12Benny's Bugle (live, Mutual Radio Network, 1941-05-28: Monte Proser Dance Carnival, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA)
The Benny Goodman Sextet3:22
13Rose Room (live, Mutual Radio Network, 1941-06-06: Monte Proser Dance Carnival, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA)
The Benny Goodman Sextet2:24
14Solo Flight (Chock, Charlie, Chonk) (live, Mutual Radio Network, 1941-06: Monte Proser Dance Carnival, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA)
live recording of:
Solo Flight (Chonk, Charlie, Chonk)
composer:
Charlie Christian and Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
arranger:
Jimmy Mundy
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra2:41