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DECEMBER 24, 1939

Concert

“FROM SPIRITUALS TO SWING”

CARNEGIE HALL, NYC

32 BARS (AABA)

Key of

Quarter Note =

210

Time:

9:47

( Actual Time:

10:22 )

8-Bar Intro, 8 CHORUSES, 31 Bars <splice> 1 Bar, 7 CHORUSES

[ Charlie Christian’s 3rd chorus extracted ]

( Actual Performance: 8-Bar Intro, 17 CHORUSES )

8 bars – piano

(Intro)

{Basie}

1 chor – piano

{Basie}

1 chor – piano

{Johnson}

2 chor – tenor sax

{Young}

1 chor – piano

{Sullivan}

1 chor – piano

{Lewis}

1 chor – piano

{Ammons}

1 chor – CC

{Christian} < 1st CC chorus >

31 bars – CC

{Christian} < last bar of 2nd CC chorus omitted >

< splice >

1 bar – CC

{Christian} < first 31 bars of 3rd CC chorus omitted >

2 chor – trumpet

{Edison}

1 chor – piano

{Henderson}

1 chor – bass

{Page}

1 chor – bass

{Bernstein}

16 bars – ensemble

8 bars – piano

(bridge)

{Henderson}

8 bars – ensemble

16 bars – ensemble

8 bars – CC

(bridge)

{Christian}

8 bars – ensemble

Personnel:

CHARLIE CHRISTIAN

Guitar

LESTER YOUNG

tenor sax

HARRY EDISON

trumpet

COUNT BASIE

piano

PETE JOHNSON

piano

JOE SULLIVAN

piano

MEADE LUX LEWIS

piano

ALBERT AMMONS

piano

FLETCHER HENDERSON

piano

WALTER PAGE

bass

ARTIE BERNSTEIN

bass

JO JONES

drums

NICK FATOOL

drums

+ reeds & brass fanfare from the Count Basie Band

Issued Recordings: (all of these releases omit the third chorus of CC’s first solo)

TT: 9:47

LP:

Spirituals to Swing

[2-LP box set]

Vanguard

1959

[USA]

VRS-8523/8524

(side 3, track 6)

Spirituals to Swing, Vol. 2

Top Rank

1959

[ENG]

35/065

(side 1, track 6)

Spirituals to Swing, Vol. 2

Fontana

1962

[ENG]

TFL 5188

(side 1, track 6)

Spirituals to Swing, Vol. 2

Fontana

1962

[ENG]

FJL 402

(side 2, track 6)

Spirituals to Swing: Carnegie Hall Concerts 1938/39 (II)

Amiga Jazz

1969

[GER]

8 50 061

(side 1, track 6)

From Spirituals to Swing

[double-LP]

Vanguard

1973

[USA]

VSD-47/48

(side 3, track 6)

From Spirituals to Swing

[double-LP]

Vogue

1978

[ENG]

VJD 550

(side 3, track 6)

CD:

From Spirituals to Swing

[double-CD]

Vanguard

1987

[USA]

VCD2-47/48

(disc 2, track 6)

Charlie Christian � Volume 2 � 1939

Masters of Jazz

1992

[FRA]

MJCD 29

(track 21)

Charlie Christian Live � 1939-1941

[double-CD]

Music Memoria

1992

[FRA]

87998 2

(disc 1, track 13)

From Spirituals to Swing

[double-CD]

Music Memoria

1992

[FRA]

88048 2

(disc 2, track 13)

Charlie Christian � Volumes 1 - 4 � 1939-1940

[4-CD box set]

Masters of Jazz

1993

[FRA]

MJCD 9004

(disc 2, track 21)

Lester Young � The Quintessence � 1936-1944

[double-CD]

Fr�meaux

1995

[FRA]

FA 210

(disc 2, track 18)

Charlie Christian � Blues in B

[double-CD triptych]

Le Chant du Monde

2007

[FRA]

274 1459.60

(disc 1, track 14)

� VALD�S

2/25/01