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THE  CHARLIE  CHRISTIAN  LEGACY

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AS LONG AS I LIVE
 
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NOVEMBER  7,  1940     Thursday Columbia Studios,  NYC
 

 
  32  BARS    (AABA) Key of   F Quarter Note =   118 Time:   3:15
 
 
  3  CHORUSES:
 
    16  bars  –  piano
      8  bars  –  clarinet
      8  bars  –  piano
 
    16  bars  –  trumpet
    8  bars  –  CC
      8  bars  –  trumpet
 
    16  bars  –  tenor sax
      8  bars  –  clarinet
      8  bars  –  piano
 
 

 
Personnel:
 
  Benny Goodman and his Sextet
  CHARLIE CHRISTIAN Guitar
  GEORGIE AULD tenor sax
  BENNY GOODMAN clarinet
  COOTIE WILLIAMS trumpet
  COUNT BASIE piano
  ARTIE BERNSTEIN bass
  HARRY JAEGER drums
 
 

Composed by: Harold Arlen  (lyrics by Ted Koehler)
 
©   VALDÉS   6/19/17


 

Transcription Page:     As Long as I Live    (master take)

 



C&A:

Short and Sweet and Lovely. Two 8-bar bridges, encased within trumpet solos, are the only surviving recordings of Charlie Christian solos on As Long as I Live:  studio master and alternate takes with the sextet on November 7, 1940.  The two solos, as expected, are quite different in conception other than a slight similarity in the brief F measure and also in the ending C7 on which he executes the master take (-1) in triplets and the first take in actual eights.  Two charming, distinct little gems.  Best of a long recording session.

 


 
Issued Recordings:
 
  [ 78 ] Columbia 35901 (b/w Benny’s Bugle)
    Columbia 36723 (b/w 1942 sextet Wang Wang Blues)
    Columbia C-102 (side 8)
    V Disc 714B (p/w Benny’s Bugle)
 
  [ 45 ] Columbia G 4-2 (G 4-2-10)
 
  [ EP ] Columbia B-350 (side E, track 2)
 
  [ LP ] CBS 159.028/29 (side C, track 2)
    CBS 2BP 220094 (side C, track 2)
    CBS 62.581 (side B, track 7)
    CBS 62581 (side B, track 7)
    CBS 67233 (side C, track 2)
    CBS BPG 62581 (side B, track 7)
    CBS / Sony 56AP 674~6 (side D, track 6)
    CBS / Sony SOPM 162 (side B, track 4)
    CBS / Sony SOPZ4~6 (side D, track 6)
    Columbia 33SX 1035 (side B, track 4)
    Columbia CG 30779 (side C, track 2)
    Columbia CL 500 (side B, track 4)
    Columbia G 30779 (side C, track 2)
    Columbia GL 500 (side B, track 4)
    Philips BBL 7178 (side A, track 3)
    Sunbeam SB-144 (side A, track 1)
    Time-Life STL-J05 (side E, track 4)
 
  [ CD ] ABM ABMMCD 1209 (track 17)
    Acrobat ACRCD 160 (track 17)
    Acrobat ACTRCD 9103 (disc 3, track 9)
    Classics 1131 (track 21)
    Collectors’ Choice CCM 3592 2 (disc 1, track 9)
    Columbia/Legacy AC4K 65564 (disc 2, track 11)
    Columbia/Legacy C4K 65564 (disc 2, track 11)
    Definitive DRCD11176 (disc 3, track 3)
    Edel 093692ERE (track 17)
    Fabulous / Acrobat FABCD352 (track 13)
    Masters of Jazz MJCD 67 (track 4)
    Membran 232094 [see Album Index]
    Membran 232568 [see Album Index]
    Primo / Proper PRMCD 6092 (disc 1, track 18)
    Proper P1490 (track 7)
    Proper PROPERBOX 98 (disc 2, track 7)
    Sony/Legacy 93035 (disc 2, track 11)
    Universe UV 129/2 (disc 1, track 21)
 

 



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