George Benson: The Album That Changed My Life

[MarkRhodes]

George Benson: the album that changed my life | Jazzwise

I have a question about this article but I don't want to ask it until others have read it.

[neatomic]

SPOILER ALERT

hah

goodman used cc in his small bands..sextet...and in solo features of his big band recordings...he however did not tour with cc in the big band..he had other players who "fit in more" on tour dates...mostly mike bryan in that particular period

when i read title before reading i thought it was going to be another benson fave- hank garlands jazz winds from a new direction

nice mention of shearing...who's guitarist in that era was chuck wayne! (who we've been talking about in the listening to now thread!)

cheers

[Doctor Jeff]

George Benson: the album that changed my life | Jazzwise

I have a question about this article but I don't want to ask it until others have read it.

I did not know Benson played with Charlie Christian. Man that guy (GB) played with everybody!

George Benson Meets The King of Swing

I thought Benson said in other interviews that his dad or stepdad made his first guitar, not a uke. In any event, like many of us I'm sure it was a painful to play instrument that tested our interest in playing a stringed instrument.

[grahambop]

I did not know Benson played with Charlie Christian. Man that guy (GB) played with everybody!

I think you meant Benny Goodman? Otherwise we are getting into the world of seances, mediums, etc.

[Doctor Jeff]

I think you meant Benny Goodman? Otherwise we are getting into the world of seances, mediums, etc.

LOL! I musta had a brain fart...too common at my age. Could be related to an unhealthy diet of factoids from the internet.

Yes, of course Benny Goodman. Though maybe George might be *channeling* Charlie through his playing?

[grahambop]

Well CC died in 1942 and GB was born in 1943, so if you believe in reincarnation...

[MarkRhodes]

I'm wondering which album George heard.

In the article, the Columbia record from the '80s is pictured but at the bottom of the article the track listing is for "The Genius of Electric Guitar", which came out in 1990.

The material was far older than that and some versions of all those tunes were released, but I don't know that they were readily available on one disc when George was a kid. (Born in '43.)

I don't doubt George heard Charlie but it's still not clear to me WHICH album changed George's life. ;o) But near as I can figure, it would be the Minton's Playhouse material, which came out in the early '50s.

[neatomic]

george b was born a year after cc's passing..but many of the older guitar greats who loved charlie christian, heard him on benny goodman radio broadcasts...in those days of radio, live broadcasts from clubs throughout the country were a very common & popular thing...not until later that some made their way to vinyl

cheers

ps- they show the lp in the top pic of the benson interview...came out on columbia in 1955!..when george was abt 12!!...(makes sense!)

Charlie Christian – With The Benny Goodman Sextet And Orchestra




Tracklist

A1	Blues In B
A2	Wholly Cats
A3	Till Tom Special
A4	Gone With "What" Wind
A5	Breakfast Feud
A6	Air Mail Special
B1	Waitin' For Benny
B2	A Smo-o-o-oth One
B3	Seven Come Eleven
B4	Six Appeal
B5	Gone With What Draft
B6	Solo Flight

Charlie Christian - With The Benny Goodman Sextet And Orchestra (1955, Vinyl) | Discogs


cheers

[Jazzstdnt]

george b was born a year after cc's passing..but many of the older guitar greats who loved charlie christian, heard him on benny goodman radio broadcasts...in those days of radio, live broadcasts from clubs throughout the country were a very common & popular thing...not until later that some made their way to vinyl

cheers

ps- they show the lp in the top pic of the benson interview...came out on columbia in 1955!..when george was abt 12!!...(makes sense!)

Charlie Christian – With The Benny Goodman Sextet And Orchestra




Tracklist

A1	Blues In B
A2	Wholly Cats
A3	Till Tom Special
A4	Gone With "What" Wind
A5	Breakfast Feud
A6	Air Mail Special
B1	Waitin' For Benny
B2	A Smo-o-o-oth One
B3	Seven Come Eleven
B4	Six Appeal
B5	Gone With What Draft
B6	Solo Flight

Charlie Christian - With The Benny Goodman Sextet And Orchestra (1955, Vinyl) | Discogs


cheers

Cool, I have that exact LP. My aunt who lived in New York at the time bought it for my birthday in 1976. I transcribed solos using the "lift the needle" method.