tracks

Flying Home
Rose Room
Stardust
Haven't Named It Yet
Seven Come Eleven (Roast Turkey Stomp)
Shivers
Grand Slam (Boy Meets Goy)
It's Just Like Taking Candy From A Baby
Ad Lib Blues
Dickie's Dream (Lester's Dream)
Wholly Cats
Royal Garden Blues
As Long As I Live
Breakfast Feud
I've Found A New Baby
Gone With What Draft
Jammin' In Four
Solo Flight
Waitin' For Benny (A Smooth One)
A Smoo-ooth One
Air Mail Special
Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)
Topsy (Charlie's Choice) (Swing To Bop Pt. 2)
Smoke Get In Your Eyes

notes

This CD is part of the Fabulous Jazz Legend series. CD includes an eight page booklet listing credits and recording data for each selection, along with a short history of Charlie Christian.

credits

Alto Saxophone – Earl Bostic (tracks: 4), Gene Kinsey (tracks: 24), Gus Bivona (tracks: 18), Les Robinson (tracks: 24), Skippy Martin, (tracks: 18, 24)
Arranged By – Jimmy Mundy (tracks: 18)
Baritone Saxophone – Bob Snyder (tracks: 18)
Bass – Artie Bernstein (tracks: 1 to 8, 11 to 16, 18 to 22), Israel Crosby (tracks: 17), Nick Fenton (tracks: 23), Walter Page (tracks: 9, 10), Walter Yost (tracks: 24)
Celesta [Celeste] – Meade "Lux" Lewis (tracks: 17)
Clarinet – Benny Goodman (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 16, 18, 20 to 22, 24), Edmond Hall (tracks: 17)
Drums – Dave Tough (tracks: 18 to 22), Harry Jaeger (tracks: 11 to 13), J.C. Heard (tracks: 24), Jo Jones (tracks: 9, 10, 14 to 16), Kenny Clarke (tracks: 23), Nick Fatool (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 8), Sidney Catlett (tracks: 4)
Electric Guitar – Charlie Christian (tracks: 4, 8 to 16, 18 to 21)
Guitar – Charlie Christian (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 17, 22 to 24)
Piano – Clyde Hart (tracks: 4), Count Basie (tracks: 9 to 16), Fletcher Henderson (tracks: 1 to 3, 5), Johnny Guarnieri (tracks: 6 to 8, 18 to 22, 24), Kenny Kersey (tracks: 23)
Tenor Saxophone – Georgie Auld (tracks: 11 to 16, 18 to 22, 24), Lester Young (tracks: 9, 10), Pete Mondello (tracks: 18, 24)
Trombone – Cutty Cutshall (tracks: 18, 24), J.C. Higginbotham (tracks: 4), Lou McGarity (tracks: 18, 24)
Trumpet – Alec Fila (tracks: 18), Billy Butterfield (tracks: 24), Buck Clayton (tracks: 9, 10), Chris Griffin (3) (tracks: 24), Cootie Williams (tracks: 11 to 16, 18 to 22, 24), Henry "Red" Allen (tracks: 4), Irving Goodman (tracks: 18), Jimmy Maxwell (tracks: 18)
Vibraphone – Lionel Hampton (tracks: 1 to 8)
Vocals – Helen Forrest (tracks: 18, 24), Lionel Hampton (tracks: 4)
Vocals, Tap Dance – Fred Astaire

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Acrobat Licensing Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Acrobat Licensing Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Acrobat Licensing Ltd.

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