[Dixielandjazz] Johnny Guarnieri Blues in B

[Stephen G Barbone]

> "ROBERT R. CALDER" <serapion at btinternet.com> wrote (polite snip)
>
> Guarnieri was wonderfully caught by engineers jamming in this key  
> with Charlie Christian,

From: Blackwell's guide to Recorded Jazz:

Start Quote: "On Blues in B someone asks Charlie (Christian) to play a  
blues in B. (Is this the recording engineer, who perhaps did not know  
the difference between B and Bb?) The horn players are flustered, this  
being a difficult key for them, and in the background you can hear,  
'what the hell . . . in B' as they noodle about, but for guitar this  
is one of the easiest keys, and Christian plunges right in." - End Quote


Some think that it was Guarnieri who said; "Let's play the blues in  
B". In any event, the group plays the Blues in B.  Guarnieri pno;   
Artie Bernstein bs;  Georgie Auld T Sax;
Dave Tough Dms;  Charlie Christian gui.

You can hear a snip of it at:  (scroll down)

http://www.emusic.com/album/Charlie-Christian-The-Genius-Of-The-Electric-Guitar-MP3-Download/11490536.html