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Charlie Christian

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Charlie Christian is a Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Charlie Parker, Benny Goodman, Thelonious Monk, Lester Young and Lonnie Johnson. Those roots explain a lot about how Charlie Christian arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery, Benny Goodman, Charlie Byrd and Count Basie, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kenny Burrell, Chuck Berry, Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix and Dizzy Gillespie, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Charlie Christian, reaching back through Charlie Parker and forward to Kenny Burrell. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Charlie ChristianCharlie ParkerBenny GoodmanThelonious MonkLester YoungLonnie JohnsonDjango ReinhardtMary Lou WilliamsKenny BurrellChuck BerryCarlos SantanaJimi HendrixDizzy GillespieCharlie ParkerThelonious MonkMiles DavisDjango ReinhardtWes MontgomeryBenny GoodmanCharlie ByrdCount BasieHoward RobertsDizzy GillespieDuke Ellington

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Charlie Christian connections

Charlie Christian grew out of Charlie Parker, Benny Goodman, Thelonious Monk and Lester Young, shares an orbit with Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery, Benny Goodman and Charlie Byrd, went on to shape Kenny Burrell, Chuck Berry, Carlos Santana and Jimi Hendrix. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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