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Charles Christian
in Bonham |
Charles & his dog Chubby |
Charles Christian’s family |
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Charles in the 1st grade
at Douglas School |
Charles with Leslie Sheffield
& His Rhythmaires |
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On Stage with the Benny Goodman Sextet
Autumn 1939 |
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| The Benny Goodman Sextet |
“Swingin’ the
Dream” rehearsal
November 25-28, 1939 |
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Posing with Gibson ES-250 |
Posing in early 1940 |
with Vega guitar &
amp
at the Golden Gate Ballroom
Harlem –
February 1940 |
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Gibson Guitar demo in early 1940
for the New York Band Instrument Co |
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First Metronome All Stars recording
session – February 7, 1940
Columbia Studios – New York City |
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Metronome All Star Band |
Metronome All Star Nine |
playback |
First Metronome All Stars recording
session – February 7, 1940
Columbia Studios – New York City |
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On the
Santa Catalina Island ferry |
Sextet at the Catalina Casino |
| June 15 thru July 14, 1940 while on the West Coast |
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Ruby’s Grill, OKC
Summer 1940 |
Jammin’
w/ Harlan Leonard’s band
Lincoln Hall, Kansas City |
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Commercial Photography Studio
– Summer 1940 – Kansas City |
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October 4, 1940
Columbia recording session |
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sittin'-in with the
Basie orchestra |
backstage at the
Apollo Theatre |
Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame
(August 25, 1966 DB issue) |
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October 24, 1940 |
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October 28, 1940 rehearsal
Columbia Studios – NYC
CC, BG with nucleus of the Basie orchestra |
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October 28, 1940 rehearsal – Columbia Studios – NYC
CC, BG with nucleus of the Basie orchestra |
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November 7, 1940 – Columbia
recording session |
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| November-December 1940 –
Goodman septet gig |
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Charlie &
Georgie
winter of 1940-1941 |
with Oklahoma friends
Count Basie, Ernie Fields, Melvin Moore,
Charles, Jimmy Rushing |
with bandleaders
Don Redman
and Count Basie |
Adam Hats advertisement
Artie, Cootie, Davey,
Benny, Bernie, Georgie, Charlie |
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¾ of the All Star rhythm section
Rich, Christian, Basie |
¾ of the All Star rhythm section
Bernstein, Christian, Basie |
January 16, 1941 – Victor Studios, NYC
Metronome All Star Band |
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Meade Lux Lewis, Edmond Hall, Israel Crosby, Charles |
Charlie Christian with Gibson L5N
acoustic guitar |
| February 5, 1941 –
“Profoundly Blue” recording session at Reeves Sound Studio in New York City |
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February 19, 1941
“America in Swingtime” |
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BG septet
after the “Waitin’ for Benny” jam |
Listening to playback |
March 13, 1941 –
Columbia Recording Studios |
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| March 27, 1941 – BG Orchestra
– Columbia Studios |
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March 31, 1941
“What’s New? – The Old Gold Show” |
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Auld, Goodman,
Christian, Bernstein |
Georgie, Benny,
Charlie, Artie, Cootie |
Cootie, Johnny, Charlie |
| April 11-28, 1941 —
Paramount Theatre, NYC |
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Charlie Christian
with Benny Goodman |
Charlie Christian
close-up from previous photo |
April 1941
Carl Fischer recording studio |
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Charlie Christian
with Benny Goodman
John Hammond seated at left
producer Morty Dalitz standing at right |
Charlie Christian
close-up from previous photo |
Georgie Auld,
Benny Goodman,
Cootie Williams,
Charlie Christian |
Columbia recording session in 1941 |
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FUNERAL |
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March 9, 1942 |
March 9, 1942 |
Calvary Baptist Church
Oklahoma City |
Calvary Baptist Church
Oklahoma City |
| CERTIFICATES |
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| Certificate of Birth |
Signature |
Certificate of Death |
| GUITARS |
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_small.jpg "shipped to Charles on April 19, 1940 with EH-150 amp") |
Charles’ actual Gibson ES-250
which he played
mid-1940 to early 1941 |
Gibson ES-250
with L7-style fretboard
used in this ad before it was delivered to Charles in March 1941 |
| MORE PHOTOS |
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Eddie Christian
at piano |
Clarence Christian
on bass |
Willie Mae Christian
front row, second from right |
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Billie Jean Christian |
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Margretta Lorraine Christian |
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bassist / guitarist / mentor
Ralph Hamilton
“Big Foot Chuck” |
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| MORE RECENT PHOTOS
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Billie Jean Christian accepts
Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame Award for her father
June 1989 |
Billie and friend
at the
Charlie Christian Jazz Festival
May 1990 |
Texas State
Historical Marker |
Charlie Christian’s
Headstone |
Marker
&
Headstone |
| Gates Hill Cemetery, Bonham, Texas
– April 23, 1994 |
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Charlie Christian Avenue
Oklahoma City
December 5, 2006 |
Bonham House
Side View from East |
Bonham House Front Entrance
only front steps still remain today |
Bonham House
peeking in side windows |
Charles’ Headstone
at Gates Hill Cemetery
two decades later |
511 W Johnson Street
Charles’ birthplace in Bonham, Texas
before this Texas Historical Landmark was inadvertently demolished |
Proclamation issued in Fannin County, Texas,
commemorating Charlie Christian on the 100th anniversary of his birth
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09/29/21
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.jpg "shipped to Charles on April 19, 1940 with EH-150 amp")
