Grand Slam by Charlie Christian (Patreon)

Hi all! Let's go jazz this week. I wanted to look at one of the first jazz solos I ever learned note for note. At the time, I found it hugely beneficial to my playing and understanding of jazz. It's an approachable, perfectly-formed piece which contains many of the key elements of a good jazz solo.

There's no backing track to this one, but I have written out a simple rhythm part in the tab below, so it shouldn't be too hard to put together a quick backing of your own if you want to give the solo a bit of context.

Hope you enjoy it. I'm actually going to be away next week. I'm currently on a trip to the US and will spending be Thanksgiving with some friends. Normal service resumes the following week. And pretty soon Christmas will be upon us once again - Xmas Special lesson suggestions anyone?!

And if you want more Charlie Christian, I recommend checking out my guide to his guitar style, and also a lesson I did on his slightly more advanced solo, Rose Room. Both videos can be found here if you search on the homepage or the library section.

Speak soon,

Adrian