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"The short films included in this compilation are known as Soundies. These musical films were shown in a jukebox machine called Panoram. Over 2000 of these films were made between 1941 and 1947. This edition includes many of the hits of the 1940's performed by some of the biggest stars of the era."--Container.
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"Charlie Christian was one of the key figures who shaped the development of jazz guitar, in particular the use of the amplified electric guitar. His use of the single-string solo technique, aided by the amplification which brought the instrument out of the rhythm section and into the front-line solos, revolutionised the role of the guitar in jazz, especially in a small group context. Despite his tragically short life - he died from tuberculosis in...
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The short films included in this compilation are known as Soundies. These musical films were shown in a jukebox machine called Panoram. Over 2000 of these films were made between 1941 and 1947. This volume features three of the most accomplished African American musicians of the 1940s.
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