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Charlie Christian artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music

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Revisiting the Sound of Guitar Pioneer Christian

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Tegan and Sara, Charlie Christian, The Flaming Lips

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October 28, 2002 Electric guitar great Charlie Christian; The unnatural sounds of Blip Hop; Reviving the Breton h...

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Take Five: A Jazz Sampler

Five Pioneers Of Electric Jazz Guitar

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January 15, 2013 Every guitarist now playing owes something to at least one of these pioneering jazz guitarists.

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Pass the Drumsticks: Thanksgiving Jazz

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November 19, 2007 Enjoy a cornucopia of jazz that celebrates family, friends and food, featuring Louis Armstrong.

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Bon Iver

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Charles Mingus

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Emerson String Quartet

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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Wye Oak

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M.I.A.

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Original Guitar Hero

by Charlie Christian

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Satch Plays Fats: The Music of Fats Waller [Bonus Tracks]

by Louis Armstrong

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  • Released: 1955
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Studio Jazz Party

by Johnny Griffin

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by Sean Jones

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