from the vaults: Charlie Christian; The Genius of the Electric Guitar; COLUMBIA LEGACY

From: Philadelphia Weekly | Date: October 9, 2002 | Copyright information

Swing revivals come around every seven or eight thousand years, and seeing as how the last one ran out of steam about 15 minutes ago, it's not likely I'll see another one in my lifetime. However, much of this music is so deathless, it doesn't need a Gap commercial or an army of trendy suburban swing-dance-class pupils to validate it. As the guitarist in Benny Goodman's Orchestra, Charlie Christian rubbed elbows on the ...

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