Solo Flight

Solo Flight features recordings of Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Sextet and related small-group sessions, highlighting his pioneering amplified single-note guitar lines within a swing-era context. The album pairs driving, rhythmically propulsive ensemble work with Christian's blues-tinged, hornlike improvisations, illustrating the sound and approach that helped bridge big band swing and later modern jazz guitar styles. The emphasis is on tight group interplay, concise arrangements, and the electric guitar foregrounded as a solo voice.