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Kiwi teens dig jazz
January 13th, 2021
By
Aleisha Ward
Jazz historian Dr Aleisha Ward looks at how teen entertainment magazines Count Down and Teen Beat reflected the shifting music interests of young New Zealanders in the 1960s.
Jazz in New Zealand and overseas in the 1960s
A research inquiry recently led me to look at two New Zealand 1960s teen entertainment magazines. While the client in question was interested in some of the pop and rock material, I couldn’t help but notice that there was quite a bit of jazz material in these magazines (and even classical music, too).
A crucial technological boost to Christian’s pioneering style was the development of amplification in the 1930s. By 1937, he was using an electric guitar and word of his extraordinary ability began to spread far beyond the local scene, leading to an invitation to audition for the King of Swing, Benny Goodman, in 1939. Despite an unfortunate first impression – Charlie appeared in a bright green suit with a purple shirt, yellow shoes and a ten-gallon hat – the new Benny Goodman Sextet came into being there and then. Jazz guitar would never be the same again.
Christian starred with Goodman for the rest of his short life (he died of tuberculosis in 1942, aged only 25) and the Definitive compilation, devoted to him, conveys the unique flavour of the sextet’s recordings. Regardless of tune or tempo, their pervasive mood is a kind of elation, which seems to stem directly from Charlie Christian’s presence. Every solo he plays, however brief, says something, with a captivating mix
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