DECEMBER 24, 1939
Sunday |
FROM SPIRITUALS
TO SWING CONCERT |
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32 BARS (AABA) |
Key of |
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E♭ |
Quarter Note = |
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164 |
Time: |
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3:15 |
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4-Bar Intro + 4
CHORUSES: |
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16 bars
CC & vibes |
(Theme) |
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8 bars
CC & vibes |
(Theme) |
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16 bars vibes |
(over CC chord
accents) |
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8 bars vibes |
(over CC riffs) |
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8 bars vibes |
(over CC chord
accents) |
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16 bars
CC & ens |
(Riffs) |
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8 bars
CC & ens |
(Riffs) |
Composed by: |
Charlie Christian -
Leslie Sheffield - Lionel Hampton |
C&A:
Charlie Christian starts his solo with the by-now well-known, four-note
figure often used on Flying Home – here repeated three times.
Indeed, the first four bars are quite similar to the “Homeward Bound” version
before he veers off on an entirely diverse path.
A couple of E♭dim7 runs are inserted in the third four-bar section (mm
9-12).
At mm 15-16 we find a sequence Charles used on occasion but here it is with
a exquisitely distinctive lead-in that gives it a very different flavor. He
employed it on Maj and
dom7 tracts by traversing just two frets going from a
semitone below up to the chord tone (chord tone being on the offbeat) – this
sequence reminds me of going a few rungs quickly up a ladder then back down
to the landing.
Excellent, exhilarating bridge. Normally, Charles begins the bridge a beat
or two early, here he delays the start by a half-beat then takes it in one
virtually unbroken run. It’s mostly variations on typical CC sequences but
it is brilliantly executed.
The whole solo, and the riffing, is inspired. This may well be the best of
the dozen versions of Flying Home as regards the guitar interest. It’s a
beauty. Final aside: this is the only version where he foregoes the first
chord leading into the next chorus and incorporates the second chord into
the last upbeat of his solo chorus.
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[ LP ] |
Amadeo |
AVRS 9014 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Amadeo |
AVRS 9014/15 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Amiga / Amiga Jazz |
8 50 060 |
(side A, track 2) |
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CBS / 51 West |
Q 16007 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Fontana |
680 978 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Fontana |
FJL 401 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Fontana |
TFL 5187 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Jazztone |
J-1248 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Music Hall |
20-70.774 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Top Rank |
35/064 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Vanguard |
0082.091 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Vanguard / King |
GXC 3124 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Vanguard / King |
K18P 9160 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Vanguard / King |
LAX-3076 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Vanguard / King |
SR 3045 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Vanguard |
VRS-8523 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Vanguard |
VSD-47 |
(side A, track 2) |
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Vogue |
VJD 550 |
(side A, track 2) |
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[ CD ] |
DeAgostini |
MJ 1007-1 |
(track 10) |
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Definitive |
DRCD11177 |
(disc 2, track 3) |
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Definitive |
DRCD11182 |
(disc 2, track 5) |
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Frémeaux |
FA 218 |
(disc 1, track 5) |
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JSP |
JSP909 |
(disc 2, track 3) |
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Le Chant du Monde |
274 1357.58 |
(disc 1, track 22) |
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Le Chant du Monde |
274 1448.49 |
(disc 1, track 5) |
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Le Chant du Monde |
274 1459.60 |
(disc 1, track 11) |
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Masters of Jazz |
MJCD 29 |
(track 15) |
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Masters of Jazz |
MJCD 9004 |
(disc 2, track 15) |
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Masters of Jazz |
R2CD 8004 |
(disc 1, track 7) |
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Music Memoria |
87998 2 |
(disc 1, track 10) |
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Music Memoria |
88048 2 |
(disc 2, track 9) |
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Saga Jazz |
066 449-2 |
(track 20) |
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Vanguard |
169/71-2 |
(disc 3, track 2) |
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Vanguard |
VCD 79553-2 |
(track 11) |
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Vanguard |
VCD2-47/48 |
(disc 1, track 2) |
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Warner Music France |
3007-2 |
(track 7) |
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