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Strong Solos, Vol. 2: Electric Guitar-aloo

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Evolution of Jazz Guitar: From Benny Goodman to Larry Carlton

The evolution of jazz guitar can be traced from Benny Goodman's collaboration with guitarist Charlie Christian in 1939, where Christian recorded one of the first essential jazz electric guitar solos. This marked an in-between time for jazz, as the Big Band era was fading and the revolutionary bebop style was yet to emerge. Fast forward to the mid-1970s, progressive jazz players like Larry Carlton synthesized previous ideas with a newfound harmonic complexity, bringing jazz guitar to a modern and innovative level.

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