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THE  CHARLIE  CHRISTIAN  LEGACY

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SIX APPEAL
 
mx  WCO 26940 z
 
JUNE  11,  1940   *     Tuesday HOLLYWOOD
World Broadcasting System
[ for COLUMBIA Records ]   *
 

 
  16-BARS   (ABCA) Key of   Fm Quarter Note =   148 Time:   0:12
 
 
  7  Bars  (False Start):
 
    2  bars  –  CC (chord Intro)  
    2  bars  –  CC & clt (chord Intro)  
 
      3  bars  –  clarinet (Theme) (over vib counterpoint)
      < false start >
 
 

 
Personnel:
 
  Benny Goodman Sextet
  CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Guitar
  BENNY GOODMAN clarinet
  LIONEL HAMPTON vibes
  DUDLEY BROOKS piano
  ARTIE BERNSTEIN bass
  NICK FATOOL drums
 
 

 
  * Matrix assigned on   JUNE 20, 1940.
  Recorded by the World Broadcasting System, Inc. (Hollywood)
  for the Columbia Recording Corp. (NYC)
 

Composed by: Charlie Christian - Benny Goodman
 
© VALDÉS   9/25/18


 

Six Appeal  —  11 June 1940  —  WCO 26940 z

Guitar Intro

 



C&A:

Pianist Dudley Brooks was subbing for Johnny Guarnieri on this studio date so the piano solo was selected for elimination from the routine, presumably to accommodate the phonograph record time restrictions (or possibly because Brooks was not a jazz soloist – he was a very skilled pianist though).

Only the master take had ever been issued until release of the 4-CD guitar-amp box set in 2002.  The additional items had two more complete takes and three breakdowns, one of which did not have a CC solo.  So we have six intros but only five solos from this session.

Charlie Christian’s solos follow the same basic pattern on all takes but there are some comparatively interesting variations on the first eight measures;  the last eight are pretty much set from the very first take.

SIX APPEAL – Columbia Recording Session,  June 11, 1940

Take 1:  WCO 26940 y  (breakdown)

Take 2:  WCO 26940 B

Take 3:  WCO 26940 z  (false start)

Take 4:  WCO 26940 C

Take 5:  WCO 26940 x  (breakdown)

Take 6:  WCO 26940 A  (master)  78 Columbia 35553



 
Issued Recordings:
 
  [ CD ] Columbia/Legacy AC4K 65564 (disc 4, track 13)
    Columbia/Legacy C4K 65564 (disc 4, track 13)
    Sony/Legacy 93035 (disc 4, track 13)
 
 

 



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