The Genius of the Electric Guitar

Album by Charlie Christian

JazzSwingBig Band

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Flying Home
    3:12
  2. 2.
    Rose Room
    2:47
  3. 3.
    Stardust
    3:14
  4. 4.
    Memories of You
    3:10
  5. 5.
    Soft Winds
    2:26
  6. 6.
    Seven Come Eleven
    2:46
  7. 7.
    Shivers
    2:48
  8. 8.
    AC/DC Current
    2:45
  9. 9.
    I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
    2:58
  10. 10.
    Till Tom Special
    3:04
  11. 11.
    Gone With What Wind
    3:22
  12. 12.
    Sheik of Araby
    3:15
  13. 13.
    Untitled Tune
    2:01
  14. 14.
    Poor Butterfly
    2:50
  15. 15.
    I Surrender, Dear
    3:00
  16. 16.
    Boy Meets Goy (Grand Slam)
    2:53
  17. 17.
    These Foolish Things
    3:12
  18. 18.
    Flying Home (alternate take)
    3:15
  19. 19.
    Memories of You (alternate take)
    3:08
  20. 20.
    Soft Winds (alternate take)
    2:28
  21. 21.
    Shivers (alternate take)
    2:30
  22. 22.
    Gone With What Wind (alternate take)
    3:15
  23. 23.
    Sheik of Araby (alternate take)
    3:26
  24. 24.
    I Surrender, Dear (alternate take)
    2:55
  25. 25.
    Boy Meets Goy (Grand Slam) (alternate take)
    2:50
  26. 26.
    These Foolish Things (alternate take)
    3:05

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) (take 4)
    3:18
  2. 3.
    Good Enough to Keep (Air Mail Special) (take 1)
    2:53
  3. 4.
    Ad Lib Blues
    3:20
  4. 5.
    Wholly Cats
    3:15
  5. 6.
    Charlie's Dream
    3:12
  6. 7.
    I Never Knew
    2:58
  7. 8.
    Lester's Dream
    3:16
  8. 9.
    Wholly Cats (take 4)
    3:03
  9. 10.
    Wholly Cats (take 5)
    2:59
  10. 11.
    Royal Garden Blues (take 3)
    3:01
  11. 12.
    As Long as I Live (take 2)
    3:19
  12. 13.
    Benny's Bugle
    3:05
  13. 14.
    Gilly (take 3)
    2:36
  14. 15.
    Six Appeal (take 1 - unused)
    3:13
  15. 16.
    Six Appeal (take 2 - unused)
    3:18
  16. 17.
    Six Appeal (take 3 - unused)
    2:52
  17. 18.
    Good Enough to Keep (take 2 - unused)
    2:47
  18. 19.
    Good Enough to Keep (take 3 - unused)
    2:56
  19. 20.
    Wholly Cats (take 1 - unused)
    2:58
  20. 21.
    Wholly Cats (take 2 - unused)
    3:05
  21. 22.
    Wholly Cats (take 3 - unused)
    3:03
  22. 23.
    Royal Garden Blues (take 1 - unused)
    2:46
  23. 24.
    Royal Garden Blues (take 2 - unused)
    3:02
  24. 25.
    As Long as I Live (take 1 - unused)
    3:22
  25. 26.
    Gilly (take 1 - unused)
    2:35
  26. 27.
    Gilly (take 2 - unused)
    2:35

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Breakfast Feud
    3:09
  2. 4.
    I Can't Give You Anything but Love
    3:23
  3. 5.
    Breakfast Feud (alternate take 1)
    3:03
  4. 6.
    On the Alamo
    3:24
  5. 7.
    I've Found a New Baby
    3:02
  6. 8.
    Gone With What Draft
    2:40
  7. 9.
    A Smo-o-o-oth One
    3:17
  8. 10.
    Air Mail Special (Good Enough to Keep)
    3:22
  9. 11.
    Breakfast Feud (alternate take 2)
    3:53
  10. 12.
    Breakfast Feud (alternate take 3)
    3:17
  11. 13.
    Breakfast Feud (alternate take 4)
    3:10
  12. 14.
    Breakfast Feud (alternate take 5)
    3:14
  13. 15.
    I Can't Give You Anything but Love (alternate take 1)
    3:23
  14. 16.
    I Can't Give You Anything but Love (alternate take 2)
    3:35
  15. 17.
    Breakfast Feud (alternate take 6)
    3:06
  16. 18.
    Breakfast Feud (alternate take 7)
    3:13
  17. 19.
    Breakfast Feud (alternate take 8)
    3:05
  18. 20.
    I've Found a New Baby (alternate take 1)
    2:55
  19. 21.
    Gone With What Draft (alternate take 1)
    2:42
  20. 22.
    Gone With What Draft (alternate take 2)
    2:43
  21. 23.
    A Smo-o-o-oth One (alternate take 1)
    3:17
  22. 24.
    A Smo-o-o-oth One (alternate take 2)
    3:19
  23. 25.
    Air Mail Special (Good Enough to Keep) (alternate take 1)
    3:22

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    All Star Strut
    3:07
  2. 5.
    Honeysuckle Rose
    3:02
  3. 6.
    Li'l Boy Love
    2:59
  4. 7.
    Solo Flight
    2:47
  5. 8.
    All Star Strut (alternate take 1)
    3:12
  6. 9.
    Li'l Boy Love (alternate take)
    2:57
  7. 10.
    Solo Flight (alternate take)
    2:46
  8. 11.
    [untitled tune] (breakdown)
    1:35
  9. 12.
    Poor Butterfly (false atart)
    0:29
  10. 13.
    I Surrender, Dear (breakdown)
    1:03
  11. 14.
    I Surrender, Dear (breakdown 2)
    1:10
  12. 15.
    Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) (breakdown)
    1:05
  13. 16.
    Six Appeal (My Daddy Rocks Me) (false start)
    0:19
  14. 17.
    These Foolish Things (false start)
    0:34
  15. 18.
    Tune Up & Blues (false start)
    0:16
  16. 19.
    Wholly Cats (breakdown)
    0:54
  17. 20.
    Breakfast Feud (false start)
    0:27
  18. 21.
    Breakfast Feud (false start 2)
    0:09
  19. 22.
    Gilly (breakdown)
    1:31
  20. 23.
    All Star Strut (breakdown)
    1:18
  21. 24.
    Benny's Bugle (rehearsal sequence, part 1)
    14:19
  22. 25.
    Benny's Bugle (rehearsal sequence, part 2)
    9:18
  23. 26.
    [jam session, 1941-03-13]
    21:02

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