CHARLIE CHRISTIAN BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Originally published in the Annual Review of Jazz Studies 6 (1993) and updated in  Solo Flight:  The Charlie Christian Newsletter # 3 (1997), Clive Downs presents a detailed bibliography of Charlie Christian's transcribed solos.  Continually updated here, it gives details of approximately 400 transcriptions in about 100 publications listed by composition, date, and by source and gives details of representative issue (on CD where possible) for each performance.

     1.    PUBLICATIONS CONTAINING SOLO TRANSCRIPTIONS     (Listed by Publication)

     2.    ANALYSIS OF PUBLISHED SOLO TRANSCRIPTIONS     (Listed by Title of Composition)

Previously unpublished work originally submitted by Clive Downs for publication in  Solo Flight:  The Charlie Christian Newsletter which has now been incorporated into this site.  Regularly updated on this web site, it provides a comprehensive Charlie Christian bibliography excluding the transcription publications in the bibliography above.

    1.    BIOGRAPHICAL and HISTORICAL

    2.    DISCOGRAPHIES and SOLOGRAPHIES

    3.    MUSICAL ANALYSIS

    4.    SOLO FLIGHT:  THE CHARLIE CHRISTIAN NEWSLETTER

    5.    PART WORKS and SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS OF PERIODICALS

    6.    VIDEO and FILM

    7.    CC INTERNET SITES

    8.    MULTIMEDIA

    9.    BIBLIOGRAPHIC SOURCES

    10.  ORAL HISTORY