| | |  | Big Dance Bands | Home » » » Charlie Christian- The Life & Music of the Legendary Jazz Guitarist | | | | | | | Description: | | This DVD covers all aspects of Charlie's life and music, featuring interviews with family, friends, fellow Oklahoma jazz musicians and music luminaries like Claude 'Fiddler' Williams, Jerry Jerome and Les Paul. Also included are a large array of musical performances by such guitarists as Herb Ellis, Eldon Shamblin, Zeke Campbell and others. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Charlie Christian | | Director:
| Charlie Christian | | Format:
| Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Vestapol | | Run Time:
| 95 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| January 16, 2007 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 3 reviews |
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 I watched the birth of electric guitar.Feb 22, 2008
By Devin Winter
This is a fabulous DVD. Charlie Christian was one of the greats, in some ways the father of the electric guitar. Born in 1916, he died in 1942. For less than three years he recorded and played with the likes of Benny Goodman. The bulk of his life was spent in Oklahoma, where he was part of a thriving jazz scene ... and was also influenced by some western swing guitarists. This DVD includes interviews with an array of folks who knew him when he was a kid (!), who played jazz with him during his formative period in Oklahoma, and famous folks he met/played with once he left Oklahoma (including Les Paul, Claude "The Fiddler" Williams, and Lawrence Lucie). They stories they tell are fun, but maybe the real treat is the music on this disc. Like a lot of early greats (inc. Robert Johnson), no film camera ever captured Charlie Christian. But this disc includes a quite a number of cuts that range from guitarists who influenced Christian (Eldon Shamblin), guitarists who were his contemporaries (Les Paul), and guitarists who were influenced by him (Herb Ellis and Benny Garcia, the latter who also ended up recording with Benny Goodman). The accumulation gives a very good impression of the music and life of a man who has been somewhat of a shadowy figure in jazz and guitar history.
 Not Ken Burns!Apr 17, 2012
By D. Freeman
As mentioned in another review--virtually no Charlie Christian here. No film of him playing, no photos, no music. Very amateur video and audio. Interviews are barely edited and go on ad infinitum. The interview with Les Paul is a highlight, but even Les needs edited. Basically, this a few interviews--mostly with people who have vague memories of Christian--connected by slides of very basic history--plus performances by players including Eldon Shamblin (of Bob Wills/Playboys fame)--but they are performing today, not in their prime--and not putting out the sort of raw juice that must have inspired Christian. This video is not helpful even as a simple primer on Christian's life and music, since the "history" it provides is very superficial. Overall this thing looks like a home movie.
2 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Not much Charlie ChristianNov 04, 2007
By Richard E. Johnson
"Just another fan"
There's no footage of Charlie in this, but mainly a narative over stills. The music played is not by Charlie, but by some unknown old-timers. This is pretty amaturish over all. Can't recommend it. Better yet, get the excellent Charlie Christian DVD box set. The Genius of the Electric Guitar
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