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CALENDAR of EVENTS
Charlie Christian’s itinerary and recording history
from August 1939 through June 1941
Tune titles listed are the recordings on which Charles solos or has a
prominent role.
AUGUST
1939 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
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1 |
2 |
3
Charles Christian
auditioned for John Hammond
at Ruby's Grill
Oklahoma City
Ruby’s Grill
Oklahoma City
Led his own band
Billed as
“Charles Christian
& His Electric Guitar”
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4
(In New York City:
Count Basie & His Orchestra
recorded
Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie
for Vocalion Records) |
5
Ruby’s Grill
Oklahoma City
“Charles Christian
& His Electric Guitar”
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6
Ruby’s Grill
Oklahoma City
“Charles Christian
& His Electric Guitar”
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7 |
8 |
9 |
10
Ruby’s Grill
Oklahoma City
“Charles Christian
& His Electric Guitar”
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11 |
12
Ruby’s Grill
Oklahoma City
“Charles Christian
& His Electric Guitar”
|
13
Ruby’s Grill
Oklahoma City
Going away party
held for Charles
|
14
Oklahoma City
Charles boarded
afternoon train for audition
with Benny Goodman
in Los Angeles
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15
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16
West Coast Recorders
Western Avenue
Los Angeles
Afternoon Audition
French Garden Room
Victor Hugo Restaurant
Beverly Hills
Evening Audition
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17 |
18 |
19
“Camel Caravan”
radio broadcast
Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood
Goodman Sextet
FLYING HOME
|
20
Blue Room
Wichita, Kansas
radio broadcast
Goodman Sextet
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21
Marine Ballroom
Steel Pier
Atlantic City, NJ
radio
broadcast
Goodman Sextet
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22
Marine Ballroom
Steel Pier
Atlantic City, NJ
radio
broadcast
Goodman Sextet
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23
Marine Ballroom
Steel Pier
Atlantic City, NJ
radio
broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
24
Marine Ballroom
Steel Pier
Atlantic City, NJ
radio
broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
25
Marine Ballroom
Steel Pier
Atlantic City, NJ
radio
broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
26
“Camel Caravan”
radio
broadcast
Marine Ballroom
Steel Pier
Atlantic City, NJ
Goodman Sextet
|
27
Marine Ballroom
Steel Pier
Atlantic City, NJ
radio
broadcast
Goodman Sextet |
28 |
29 |
30 |
31
Canadian National Exhibition
New Dance Pavilion
Toronto, Ontario
NBC broadcast
Goodman Sextet
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SEPTEMBER
1939 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
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1
Michigan State Fair
Detroit
Goodman Sextet
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2
“Camel Caravan”
NBC broadcast
Michigan State Fair
Detroit
Goodman Sextet
STAR DUST
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3 |
4
Canadian National Exhibition
New Dance Pavilion
Toronto, Ontario
NBC broadcast
Goodman Sextet
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5 |
6
New York World’s Fair
Flushing Meadows
Queens, NYC
Goodman Sextet
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7
New York World’s Fair
Flushing Meadows
Queens, NYC
Goodman Sextet
|
8
New York World’s Fair
Flushing Meadows
Queens, NYC
Goodman Sextet
|
9
New York World’s Fair
Flushing Meadows
Goodman Sextet
“Camel Caravan”
NBC broadcast
NBC Studios, NYC
Goodman Sextet
FLYING HOME
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10
New York World’s Fair
Flushing Meadows
Queens, NYC
Goodman Sextet
|
11
Victor Recording Session
NYC
Lionel Hampton &
his orchestra
ONE SWEET LETTER
FROM YOU
New York World’s Fair
Flushing Meadows
Goodman Sextet
|
12
Martin Block’s “Swing Session”
radio
broadcast
Manhattan Center
Goodman Sextet
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13 |
14 |
15
Shea’s Theater
Buffalo, NY
Goodman Sextet
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16
“Camel Caravan”
NBC broadcast
Shea’s Theater
Buffalo, NY
Goodman Sextet
OPUS LOCAL 802
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17
Shea’s Theater
Buffalo, NY
Goodman Sextet
|
18
Shea’s Theater
Buffalo, NY
Goodman Sextet
|
19
Shea’s Theater
Buffalo, NY
Goodman Sextet
|
20
Shea’s Theater
Buffalo, NY
Goodman Sextet
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21
Shea’s Theater
Buffalo, NY
Goodman Sextet
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22
Orpheum Theater
St. Paul, Minn
Goodman Sextet
|
23
“Camel Caravan”
NBC broadcast
Orpheum Theater
St. Paul, Minn
Goodman Sextet
OPUS ½
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24
Orpheum Theater
St. Paul, Minn
Goodman Sextet
Harlem Breakfast Club
Minneapolis, Minn
I GOT RHYTHM
I GOT RHYTHM
STAR DUST
TEA FOR TWO
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25
Orpheum Theater
St. Paul, Minn
Goodman Sextet
|
26
Orpheum Theater
St. Paul, Minn
Goodman Sextet
|
27
Orpheum Theater
St. Paul, Minn
Goodman Sextet
|
28
Orpheum Theater
St. Paul, Minn
Goodman Sextet
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29 |
30
“Camel Caravan”
NBC broadcast
Chicago Theater
Chicago
Goodman Sextet
STAR DUST
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OCTOBER
1939 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
1
“Rodeo & Swing Concert”
Municipal Stadium
Cleveland, Ohio
Goodman Sextet
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2
Columbia Recording Session
NYC
Goodman Sextet
FLYING HOME
FLYING HOME
(Homeward Bound)
ROSE ROOM
STAR DUST
New York World’s Fair
Flushing Meadows
Goodman Sextet
|
3
New York World’s Fair
Flushing Meadows
Queens, NYC
Goodman Sextet
|
4
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
5
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
6
“Swing Concert”
Carnegie Hall
NYC
Goodman Sextet
FLYING HOME
STAR DUST
|
7
“Camel Caravan”
NBC broadcast
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
MEMORIES OF YOU
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8 |
9
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Sextet
ROSE ROOM
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10 |
11
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
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12
Victor Recording Session
NYC
Lionel Hampton & his orchestra
HAVEN’T NAMED IT YET
HEEBIE JEEBIES
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
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13 |
14
“Camel Caravan”
NBC broadcast
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet:
AC-DC CURRENT
Goodman Sextet & Orchestra
with guest Louis Armstrong
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15 |
16
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Sextet
FLYING HOME
|
17 |
18
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
19
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
20 |
21
“Camel Caravan”
NBC broadcast
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
SOFT WINDS
|
22 |
23
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Sextet
MEMORIES OF YOU
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24 |
25
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
26
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
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27 |
28
“Camel Caravan”
NBC broadcast
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
ROSE ROOM
|
29 |
30
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Sextet
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31
Vocalion Recording Session
NYC
Ida Cox acc. by her All-Star Band
DEEP SEA BLUES
DEATH LETTER BLUES
ONE HOUR MAMA
FOUR DAY CREEP
PINK SLIP BLUES
HARD TIME BLUES
TAKE HIM OFF MY MIND
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NOVEMBER
1939 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
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1
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
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2
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
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3 |
4
“Camel Caravan”
NBC broadcast
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
SHIVERS
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5 |
6
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Sextet
SHIVERS
|
7 |
8 |
9
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
10 |
11
“Camel Caravan”
NBC broadcast
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
|
12 |
13
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
14 |
15
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
16
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
17 |
18
“Camel Caravan”
NBC broadcast
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
|
19 |
20
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
21 |
22
Columbia Recording Session
NYC
Goodman Sextet:
MEMORIES OF YOU
SOFT WINDS
SEVEN COME ELEVEN
Goodman Orchestra:
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
FLYING HOME
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23
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
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24 |
25
“Swingin’ the Dream”
rehearsal
Center Theatre
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
“Camel Caravan”
NBC broadcast
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
SEVEN COME ELEVEN
(Roast Turkey Stomp)
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26 |
27
NYC Local 802 Benefit
Madison Square Garden
Goodman Sextet
“Swingin’ the Dream”
rehearsal
Center Theatre
Goodman Sextet
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Sextet
AC-DC CURRENT
|
28
“Swingin’ the Dream”
rehearsal
Center Theatre
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
Charles attended
Billie Holiday’s opening night
at Kelly’s Stable
(accompanied by
Lionel Hampton &
Zutty Singleton
from “Swingin’ the Dream”) |
29
“Swingin’ the Dream”
Opening at Center Theatre
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
OPUS ½
|
30
“Swingin’ the Dream”
Center Theatre
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
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DECEMBER
1939 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
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1
“Swingin’ the Dream”
Center Theatre
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet |
2
“Swingin’ the Dream”
Center Theatre
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
“Camel Caravan”
NBC broadcast
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
AC-DC CURRENT
|
3
“Swingin’ the Dream”
Center Theatre
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet |
4
“Swingin’ the Dream”
Center Theatre
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Sextet
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE
|
5
“Swingin’ the Dream”
Center Theatre
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet |
6
“Swingin’ the Dream”
Center Theatre
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
SEVEN COME ELEVEN
(Roast Turkey Stomp)
|
7
“Swingin’ the Dream”
Center Theatre
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
8
“Swingin’ the Dream”
Center Theatre
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet |
9
“Swingin’ the Dream”
Center Theatre
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
“Camel Caravan”
NBC broadcast
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
PICK-A-RIB
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10 |
11
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
12 |
13
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
14
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
15 |
16
“Camel Caravan”
NBC broadcast
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
DINAH
|
17 |
18
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Sextet
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19 |
20
Columbia Recording Session
NYC
Goodman Sextet
SHIVERS
AC-DC CURRENT
I’M CONFESSIN’
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
21
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE
|
22 |
23
“Camel Caravan”
NBC broadcast
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
|
24
“From Spirituals to Swing” concert
Carnegie Hall
NYC
Kansas City Six:
GOOD MORNING BLUES
PAGING THE DEVIL
WAY DOWN YONDER
IN NEW ORLEANS
Goodman Sextet:
FLYING HOME
MEMORIES OF YOU
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE
Jam Session:
OH, LADY BE GOOD
|
25
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
26 |
27
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
28
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
29 |
30
“Camel Caravan”
NBC broadcast
Radio City Studios
NYC
Goodman Sextet
PICK-A-RIB
|
31
“Fitch Bandwagon”
NBC broadcast
Empire Room
Waldorf-Astoria
NYC
Goodman Sextet
TILL TOM SPECIAL
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JANUARY
1940 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
|
1
Charles left NYC
for Oklahoma City
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2
vacation
OKC
|
3
vacation
OKC
|
4
vacation
OKC
|
5
vacation
OKC
|
6
vacation
OKC
|
7
vacation
OKC
|
8
vacation
OKC
|
9
vacation
OKC
|
10
vacation
OKC
|
11
Ruby's Grill
Oklahoma City
Charles honored as Special Guest
at sell-out Jam Session
“The Grill Boys”
|
12
vacation
OKC
|
13
Charles left OKC
in the morning
for NYC
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14 |
15
NBC Studios
Rockefeller Center
NYC
NBC shortwave broadcast to
Scandinavia
Goodman Sextet
STAR DUST
FLYING HOME
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16 |
17 |
18 |
19
George F Pavilion
Johnson City, NY
Goodman Sextet
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20 |
21
Strand Theater
Portland, Maine
Goodman Sextet
|
22
Strand Theater
Portland, Maine
Goodman Sextet
|
23
Strand Theater
Portland, Maine
Goodman Sextet
|
24
Strand Theater
Portland, Maine
Goodman Sextet
|
25
Strand Theater
Portland, Maine
Goodman Sextet
|
26
Strand Theater
Portland, Maine
Goodman Sextet
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27
Strand Theater
Portland, Maine
Goodman Sextet
|
28
Worcester
Auditorium
Worcester, Mass
Goodman Sextet
|
29
State Theater
Hartford, Conn
Goodman Sextet
|
30
State Theater
Hartford, Conn
Goodman Sextet
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31
State Theater
Hartford, Conn
Goodman Sextet
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FEBRUARY
1940 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
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1
Arcadia Ballroom
Providence, RI
Goodman Sextet
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2
Georgetown University prom
Wardman Park Hotel
Washington, DC
radio broadcast
Goodman Sextet
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3
Winter Carnival Ball
NY State Armory
125 Washington Ave
Schenectady, NY
Goodman Sextet
|
4
Westchester County Center
White Plains, NY
Goodman Sextet
|
5
Willard Hotel
Washington, DC
radio broadcast
Goodman Sextet
|
6
Empire Ballroom
Allentown, Penn
Goodman Sextet
|
7
Columbia Recording Session
NYC
Metronome All Stars
ALL STAR STRUT
Columbia Recording Session
NYC
Goodman Sextet
TILL TOM SPECIAL
GONE WITH WHAT WIND
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8 |
9
Stanley Theater
Pittsburgh, Penn
Goodman Sextet
|
10
Stanley Theater
Pittsburgh, Penn
Goodman Sextet
|
11
Stanley Theater
Pittsburgh, Penn
Goodman Sextet
|
12
Stanley Theater
Pittsburgh, Penn
Goodman Sextet
|
13
Stanley Theater
Pittsburgh, Penn
Goodman Sextet
|
14
Stanley Theater
Pittsburgh, Penn
Goodman Sextet
|
15
Stanley Theater
Pittsburgh, Penn
Goodman Sextet
|
16
Lyric Theater
Indianapolis, Ind
Goodman Sextet
|
17
Lyric Theater
Indianapolis, Ind
Goodman Sextet
|
18
Lyric Theater
Indianapolis, Ind
Goodman Sextet
|
19
Lyric Theater
Indianapolis, Ind
Goodman Sextet
|
20
Lyric Theater
Indianapolis, Ind
Goodman Sextet
|
21
Lyric Theater
Indianapolis, Ind
Goodman Sextet
|
22
Lyric Theater
Indianapolis, Ind
Goodman Sextet
|
23
Chicago Theater
Chicago
Goodman Sextet
|
24
Chicago Theater
Chicago
Goodman Sextet
|
25
Chicago Theater
Chicago
Goodman Sextet
|
26
Chicago Theater
Chicago
Goodman Sextet
|
27
Chicago Theater
Chicago
Goodman Sextet
|
28
Chicago Theater
Chicago
Goodman Sextet
|
29
Chicago Theater
Chicago
Goodman Sextet
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MARCH
1940 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
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1 |
2
vacation
|
3
vacation
|
4
vacation
|
5
vacation
|
6
vacation
|
7
vacation
|
8
vacation
|
9
vacation
|
10
vacation
|
11
vacation
|
12
vacation
|
13
vacation
|
14
vacation
|
15
vacation
|
16
vacation
|
17
vacation
|
18
vacation
|
19
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
NBC broadcast
Goodman Sextet:
GONE WITH WHAT WIND
Goodman Orchestra
|
20 |
21 |
22
Charles absent
from gig at
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
NBC broadcast
Goodman ‘quintet’
& orchestra
|
23
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
NBC broadcast
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
24 |
25 |
26
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
27 |
28 |
29
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
30
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
NBC broadcast
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
31
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APRIL
1940 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
|
1 |
2
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
3
Columbia Recording Session
Hollywood
Goodman Sextet:
THE SHEIK OF ARABY
UNTITLED TUNE
POOR BUTTERFLY
Goodman Orchestra
|
4 |
5
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
NBC broadcast
Goodman Sextet:
SOFT WINDS
Goodman Orchestra
|
6
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
NBC broadcast
Goodman Sextet:
GONE WITH WHAT WIND
Goodman Orchestra
|
7 |
8 |
9
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
10
Columbia Recording Session
Hollywood
Goodman Sextet:
I SURRENDER, DEAR
GRAND SLAM
Goodman Orchestra
|
11 |
12
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
NBC broadcast
Goodman Sextet:
THE SHEIK OF ARABY
Goodman Orchestra
|
13
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
NBC broadcast
Goodman Sextet:
SOFT WINDS
Goodman Orchestra
|
14 |
15 |
16
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
17 |
18 |
19
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
NBC broadcast
Goodman Sextet:
I SURRENDER, DEAR
Goodman Orchestra
|
20
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
21 |
22 |
23
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
24 |
25 |
26
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
NBC broadcast
Goodman Sextet:
THE SHEIK OF ARABY
Goodman Orchestra
|
27
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
NBC broadcast
Goodman Sextet:
POOR BUTTERFLY
Goodman Orchestra
|
28 |
29 |
30
Columbia Recording Session
Hollywood
Fred Astaire with
Goodman Orchestra
JUST LIKE TAKING CANDY
FROM A BABY
Goodman Orchestra
The Cocoanut Grove
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
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MAY
1940 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
|
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1
Benefit Concert
Hollywood Bowl
Hollywood
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
2
Hotel Adams
Phoenix, Ariz
broadcast
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
3
Hotel Adams
Phoenix, Ariz
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
4
Hotel Adams
Phoenix, Ariz
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
5
Hotel Adams
Phoenix, Ariz
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
6 |
7
Tucson, Ariz
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
8
Tucson, Ariz
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
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9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
mid-MAY
Pacific Northwest gigs: Seattle, Wash; Portland, Ore; Eugene,
Ore; Vancouver, BC, Canada |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28
Peacock Court
The Mark Hopkins Hotel
San Francisco
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Sextet:
SEVEN COME ELEVEN
Goodman Orchestra
|
29 |
30 |
31 |
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JUNE
1940 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
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1
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2 |
3 |
4
Peacock Court
The Mark Hopkins Hotel
San Francisco
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Sextet:
SIX APPEAL
Goodman Orchestra
|
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11
Columbia Recording Session
Hollywood
Goodman Sextet:
SIX APPEAL
THESE FOOLISH THINGS
GOOD ENOUGH TO KEEP
|
12 |
13
Vogue Ballroom
Los Angeles
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
14 |
15
Hotel St. Catharine
& Catalina Casino
Santa Catalina Island
Casino broadcast
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
16
Hotel St. Catharine
& Catalina Casino
Santa Catalina Island
Casino broadcast
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22
Hotel St. Catharine
& Catalina Casino
Santa Catalina Island
Casino broadcast
Goodman Sextet:
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE
SIX APPEAL
Goodman Orchestra
|
23
Hotel St. Catharine
& Catalina Casino
Santa Catalina Island
Casino broadcast
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
24 |
25
Columbia Recording Session
Hollywood
Goodman Orchestra:
LI’L BOY LOVE
|
26 |
27 |
28 |
29
Hotel St. Catharine
& Catalina Casino
Santa Catalina Island
Casino broadcast
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
30
Hotel St. Catharine
& Catalina Casino
Santa Catalina Island
Casino broadcast
Goodman Sextet:
AC-DC CURRENT
Goodman Orchestra
|
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between
15-30 June:
Hotel St. Catharine
& Catalina Casino
Santa Catalina Island
Casino broadcast
Goodman Sextet
AVALON
|
JULY
1940 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6
Hotel St. Catharine
& Catalina Casino
Santa Catalina Island
Casino broadcast
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
7
Hotel St. Catharine
& Catalina Casino
Santa Catalina Island
Casino broadcast
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13
Hotel St. Catharine
& Catalina Casino
Santa Catalina Island
Casino broadcast
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
14
Hotel St. Catharine
& Catalina Casino
Santa Catalina Island
Casino broadcast
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
|
15
Goodman Sextet
& Orchestra
disbanded till
October 1940
|
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21
|
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29
Charlie Christian’s
twenty-fourth birthday
anniversary
|
30 |
31 |
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ORCHESTRA DISBANDED FOR THREE MONTHS — CHARLIE CHRISTIAN KEPT ON
SALARY
OCTOBER
1940 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
|
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4
Columbia Recording Session
NYC
Eddy Howard with
octet under the direction of
Teddy Wilson
STARDUST
WRAP YOUR TROUBLES
IN DREAMS
|
5 |
6
|
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18
Washington & Lee University
prom
Lexington, Va
Goodman Septet
& Orchestra
|
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24
Apollo Theater
Charles sits in with
Count Basie & his Orchestra
|
25
Lehigh University
prom
Bethlehem, Penn
Goodman Septet
& Orchestra
|
26 |
27
New Haven Arena
New Haven, Conn
Goodman Septet
& Orchestra
|
28
Columbia Studios
NYC
Rehearsal with octet
including Lester Young
AD-LIB BLUES
I NEVER KNEW
DICKIE’S DREAM
(Charlie’s Dream)
DICKIE’S DREAM
(Lester’s Dream)
WHOLLY CATS
|
29 |
30 |
31 |
|
|
NOVEMBER
1940 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
|
|
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|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4
Democratic Rally
Madison Square Garden
NYC
radio broadcast
Goodman Quintet
including
Count Basie rhythm section
GONE WITH WHAT WIND
|
5 |
6 |
7
Columbia Recording Session
NYC
Goodman & Sextet
WHOLLY CATS
ROYAL GARDEN BLUES
AS LONG AS I LIVE
BENNY’S BUGLE
|
8 |
9
Junior Hadassah Benefit
Manhattan Center
NYC
Goodman & Sextet
|
10
|
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18
Local 802 Benefit
Manhattan Center
NYC
radio
broadcast
Goodman & Sextet
|
19
Martin Block Show
“Make Believe Ballroom”
NYC
radio
broadcast
Goodman & Sextet
BENNY’S BUGLE
WHOLLY CATS
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE
|
20 |
21 |
22
New Bradford Theater
Bradford, Penn
Goodman & Sextet
|
23
Valley Dale Ballroom
Columbus, Ohio
Goodman & Sextet
|
24
Trianon Ballroom
Cleveland, Ohio
Goodman & Sextet
|
25 |
26
Lowell Memorial Auditorium
Lowell, Mass
Goodman & Sextet
|
27
Worcester Memorial Auditorium
Worcester, Mass
Goodman & Sextet
|
28
Broadwood Hotel
Philadelphia
fraternity dance
Goodman & Sextet
|
29 |
30 |
DECEMBER
1940 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10
“We the People”
NYC
CBS broadcast
Goodman & Sextet
FLYING HOME
|
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19
Columbia Recording Session
NYC
Goodman & Sextet
BREAKFAST FEUD
I CAN’T GIVE YOUANYTHING
BUT LOVE
GONE WITH WHAT DRAFT
|
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25
radio broadcast
Goodman & Sextet
WHOLLY CATS
|
26 |
27
Trianon Ballroom
Cleveland, Ohio
Goodman & Sextet
|
28
Youngstown, Ohio
Goodman & Sextet
|
29 |
30
Cleveland Country Club
Cleveland, Ohio
Goodman & Sextet
|
31
Sunnybrook Ballroom
Pottstown, Penn
Goodman & Sextet
|
|
|
|
|
JANUARY
1941 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
|
|
|
1
Convention Hall
Philadelphia
Goodman & Sextet
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5
Lyric Theater
Bridgeport, Conn
Goodman & Sextet
|
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15
Columbia Recording Session
NYC
Goodman & Sextet
BREAKFAST FEUD
ON THE ALAMO
I FOUND A NEW BABY
GONE WITH WHAT DRAFT
|
16
Columbia Recording Session
NYC
The Charioteers
MAY I NEVER LOVE AGAIN
Victor Recording Session
NYC
Metronome All Star Band
ONE O’CLOCK JUMP
|
17
Providence Theater
Providence, RI
Goodman & Sextet
|
18
Providence Theater
Providence, RI
Goodman & Sextet
|
19
Providence Theater
Providence, RI
Goodman & Sextet
|
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30
President’s Birthday Ball
Washington, DC
Goodman & Sextet
CC meets and shakes hands
with FDR
|
31 |
|
FEBRUARY
1941 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
|
|
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|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5
Blue Note Recording Session
NYC
Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet
JAMMING IN FOUR
EDMOND HALL BLUES
PROFOUNDLY BLUE
CELESTIAL EXPRESS
|
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10
“What’s New? –
The Old Gold Show”
NBC broadcast
NYC
Goodman & Sextet:
WHOLLY CATS
Goodman Sextet & Orchestra
with guest Red Norvo:
FLYING HOME
|
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16
“Fitch Bandwagon”
NYC
NBC broadcast
Goodman & Sextet
GONE WITH WHAT DRAFT
|
17
“What’s New? –
The Old Gold Show”
NBC broadcast
NYC
Goodman & Sextet
BREAKFAST FEUD
|
18 |
19
“America in Swingtime”
American Music Festival
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman & Sextet
ROSE ROOM
FLYING HOME
THE BLUES
GONE WITH WHAT WIND
STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY
|
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24
“What’s New? –
The Old Gold Show”
NBC broadcast
NYC
Goodman & Sextet
GONE WITH WHAT DRAFT
|
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
|
MARCH
1941 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
2 |
3
“What’s New? –
The Old Gold Show”
NBC broadcast
NYC
Goodman & Sextet:
SIX APPEAL
Goodman Orchestra:
SOLO FLIGHT
|
4
Columbia Recording Session
NYC
Goodman Orchestra
SOLO FLIGHT
|
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10
“What’s New? –
The Old Gold Show”
NBC broadcast
NYC
Goodman & Sextet
FLYING HOME
|
11 |
12 |
13
Columbia Recording Studios
NYC
Pre-rehearsal Jam
RIFFIN’ AROUND
A SMO-O-O-OTH ONE
I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT
YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH ME
ROSE ROOM
I HADN’T ANYONE TILL YOU
BLUES IN B
Columbia Recording Session
NYC
Goodman & Sextet
A SMO-O-O-OTH ONE
GOOD ENOUGH TO KEEP
|
14 |
15 |
16 |
17
“What’s New? –
The Old Gold Show”
NBC broadcast
NYC
Goodman & Sextet
GOOD ENOUGH TO KEEP
|
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24
“What’s New? –
The Old Gold Show”
NBC broadcast
NYC
Goodman & Sextet
|
25 |
26 |
27
Columbia Recording Session
NYC
Goodman Orchestra
|
28 |
29 |
30 |
31
“What’s New? –
The Old Gold Show”
NBC broadcast
NYC
Goodman & Sextet
|
|
|
|
|
|
APRIL
1941 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7
“What’s New? –
The Old Gold Show”
NBC broadcast
NYC
Goodman & Sextet
WHOLLY CATS
|
8 |
9 |
10 |
11
Paramount Theatre
NYC
1st night of a 3-week gig
Goodman & Sextet
|
12 |
13 |
14
“What’s New? –
The Old Gold Show”
NBC broadcast
NYC
Goodman & Sextet
IDA, SWEET AS
APPLE CIDER
BREAKFAST FEUD
|
15 |
16
Paramount Theatre
NYC
Goodman & Sextet
|
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21
“What’s New? –
The Old Gold Show”
NBC broadcast
NYC
Goodman & Sextet
|
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28
“What’s New? –
The Old Gold Show”
NBC broadcast
NYC
Goodman & Sextet
SONG OF THE ISLANDS
|
29 |
30 |
|
|
|
MAY
1941 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
|
|
|
|
1
Shenandoah Apple Blossom
Festival
Alexandria, Va
Mutual broadcast
Goodman & Sextet
A SMO-O-O-OTH ONE
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5
“What’s New? –
The Old Gold Show”
NBC broadcast
NYC
Goodman Sextet & Orchestra
FLYING HOME
|
6 |
7 |
8
Minton’s Playhouse
NYC
Jam Session
STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY
|
9 |
10 |
11 |
12
Minton’s Playhouse
NYC
Jam Session
TOPSY (Swing to Bop)
STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY
|
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
|
sometime in May |
|
Minton’s Playhouse
NYC
Jam Session
HONEYSUCKLE ROSE (Up on Teddy’s Hill)
I GOT RHYTHM (Down on Teddy’s Hill)
|
Monroe’s Uptown House
NYC
Jam Session
I GOT RHYTHM (Guy’s Got to Go)
STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY (Lips Flips)
|
18
vacation
OKC
|
19
vacation
OKC
|
20
vacation
OKC
|
21
vacation
OKC
|
22
vacation
OKC
|
23
vacation
OKC
|
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28
“Monte Proser Dance Carnival”
Madison Square Garden
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman & Sextet:
BENNY’S BUGLE
Goodman Orchestra
|
29 |
30
“Monte Proser Dance Carnival”
Madison Square Garden
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Orchestra
|
31
“Monte Proser Dance Carnival”
Madison Square Garden
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Orchestra
|
JUNE
1941 |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
SATURDAY |
1
“Monte Proser Dance Carnival”
Madison Square Garden
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Orchestra
|
2
“Monte Proser Dance Carnival”
Madison Square Garden
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Orchestra
|
3 |
4
Columbia Recording Session
NYC
Goodman Orchestra
|
5 |
6
“Monte Proser Dance Carnival”
Madison Square Garden
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman & Sextet:
ROSE ROOM
Goodman Orchestra
|
7 |
|
early June |
|
“Monte Proser Dance Carnival”
Madison Square Garden
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman Orchestra
SOLO FLIGHT
|
“Monte Proser Dance Carnival”
Madison Square Garden
NYC
Mutual broadcast
Goodman & Sextet
STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY
|
8 |
9 |
10 |
11
Columbia Recording Session
NYC
Goodman Orchestra
|
12 |
13 |
14
Cedar Point Ballroom
Sandusky, Ohio
Goodman & Sextet
Goodman Orchestra
1st night of
Charlie Christian’s last gig
|
Charles
became ill between 14 & 16 June. He was rushed to Bellevue
Hospital in NYC. Transferred to Sea View Sanatorium on 11 July. |
15
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16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22
|
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29
|
30 |
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|
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN REMAINED HOSPITALIZED FOR TUBERCULOSIS IN NEW YORK
CITY
UNTIL HIS PASSING EIGHT MONTHS LATER AT 8:15 a.m. ON MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1942
AT SEA VIEW HOSPITAL ON STATEN ISLAND
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