Charlie Christian/The Genius of the Electric Guitar (1939-1941)

An American jazz guitarist who established the style of playing the electric guitar as a melody instrument by playing it solo on a single tone in the swing jazz era, just before the birth of bebop jazz, and greatly influenced not only jazz after bop, not also blues, rock and popular music in general. A compilation album which includes his essential recordings with the Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra in 1939-1941, such as "Seven Come Eleven", "Royal Garden Blues" and "Blues In B". The three bonus tracks, "Stompin' At the Savoy", "Topsy (Swing To Bop)" and "Honeysuckle Rose (Up On Teddy's Hill)" are taken from the legendary jam sessions at Minton's Playhouse in New York in May 1941. A must have for any jazz guitar fans, especially those who love Wes Montgomery.