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| Charles & his dog Chubby |
Charles in the 1st grade
at Douglas School |
Charles Christian’s family |
Eddie Christian
& His Blue Devils |
Charles with Leslie Sheffield
& His Rhythmaires |
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Boarding the Super Chief
OKC to L.A. – 14 Aug 39 |
Posing with Gibson ES-150 |
CC’s first studio recording session - w/
Hampton orch. |
On Stage with the Benny Goodman
Sextet in Autumn 1939 |
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| On Stage with the Sextet |
Posing with Gibson ES-150
October 1939 |
The Goodman Sextet |
“Swingin’ the
Dream” rehearsal
November 25-28, 1939 |
The Benny Goodman Sextet |
| Waldorf-Astoria Hotel —
October-December 1939 |
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Posing with Gibson ES-250 |
Posing in early 1940 |
Gibson Guitar demo in early 1940
for the New York Band Instrument Co. |
First Metronome All Stars session – 7
Feb 40 |
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Metronome All Stars recording
session – February 7, 1940 – Columbia Studios – New York City |
On the Catalina Island ferry |
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Ruby’s Grill, OKC
Summer 1940 |
Lincoln Hall
Kansas City |
Jamming
w/ Harlan Leonard’s band |
Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame
(August 25, 1966 DB issue) |
Studio Photo
Summer 1940 - KC |
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Commercial Photography Studio
(Summer 1940 - Kansas City) |
October 4, 1940
Columbia recording session |
October 24, 1940
sitting-in w/ Basie orchestra |
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| October 28, 1940 rehearsal at NYC
Columbia Studio |
November 7, 1940 – Columbia
recording session |
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| November-December 1940 –
Goodman septet gig |
Benny, Charlie,
Georgie & Cootie |
Charlie &
Georgie
Winter 1940-41 |
Adam Hats advertisement |
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Christian &
Basie
Metronome All Stars |
February 5, 1941 –
“Profoundly Blue” recording session
Meade Lux Lewis, Edmond Hall, Israel Crosby, Charles |
BG septet – live:
Williams, Auld, Goodman, Christian, Dave Tough |
March 13, 1941 – BG
septet
Studio session after the “Waitin’ for Benny” jam |
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| March 13, 1941 – Columbia
Recording Studios – Listening to playback |
March 27, 1941 – BG Orchestra
– Columbia Studios |
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Auld, Goodman,
Christian, Bernstein |
Georgie, Benny,
Charlie, Artie, Cootie |
Cootie, Johnny, Charlie |
Charlie Christian
with Benny Goodman |
Charlie Christian
with Benny Goodman |
April 11-28, 1941 —
Paramount Theatre, NYC |
April 1941
Carl Fischer recording studio |
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with Vega guitar &
amp
at the Golden Gate Ballroom
February 1940 |
with Oklahoma friends
Count Basie, Ernie Fields, Melvin Moore,
CC, Jimmy Rushing |
CC with bandleaders
Don Redman
and Count Basie |
March 9, 1942 |
Calvary Baptist Church
Oklahoma City |
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| CERTIFICATES |
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Certificate of Birth |
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Certificate of Death |
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Billie Jean Christian accepts
Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame Award for her father
June 1989 |
Billie and friend
at the
Charlie Christian Jazz Festival
May 1990 |
Texas State
Historical Marker |
Charlie Christian’s
Headstone |
Marker
&
Headstone |
| Gates Hill Cemetery, Bonham, Texas
– April 23, 1994 |
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