biography
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Christian, Charlie
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popular name of Charles Christian
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1916–42)
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| biography:
| Jazz guitarist, born in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was hired by bandleader Benny Goodman in 1939, playing mainly with the Goodman sextet rather than the big band. Christian pioneered the use of the amplified guitar as a solo instrument, freeing the guitar from a purely rhythmic role. He was one of the musicians whose after-hours sessions at Minton's Playhouse in New York City laid the basis of the bebop revolution. He died aged only 25 of TB and pneumonia. |
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