EDDIE DURHAM

  

Según todos los indicios Eddie Durham fué el primer guitarrista en utilizar una guitarra eléctrica, Tejano él,.  abrió la puerta a la experimentación de nuevos sonidos con su grupo KANSAS CITY SIX, grabando el que sería histórico primer solo de guitarra eléctrica.Como fuere que Eddie se sentía mas atraído ( tal como podréis comprobar ) por el Jazz , Hablando de Blues, todas las informaciones confirman eso sí , como todos ya sabemos el precursor de la guitarra eléctrica en el Blues fue T.BONE WALKER. en 1941 , tres años después del citado Eddie Durham., os dejamos con la info que aparece en la Wikipedia y unos videos de audio. 

Eddie Durham

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Eduard "Eddie" Durham (19 August 1906 – 6 March 1987) was an American jazz guitarist, trombonist, composer and musical arranger of the swing music medium born in San Marcos, Texas, probably best known for his work with musicians like Cab Calloway, Willie Bryant, Andy Kirk, Glenn Miller, Jimmie Lunceford and Count Basie, among others.[1] He is the co-composer (with Edgar Battle) of the tune "Topsy", recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra and later by many others. He also was the arranger for Glenn Miller's "In the Mood". He is also credited for recording the world's first jazz electric guitar solo with a Gibson ES-150 guitar in 1938 on Lester Young's Kansas City Five sessions. Other electric guitars had been recorded that year by other players, including George Barnes with Big Bill Broonzy.

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           Eddie Durham play guitar on this song from jimmie luceford (1935), esta información estaría por confirmar. 

                             

                              

This is a special gift to Pentecost, for all my friends at YouTube, and elsewhere. -- Lester "Pres" Young is the nominal leader of the "Kansas City Six" who has recorded twice (in 1938 & 1944) for Milt Gabler's Commodore Label.

The electric guitar was still rarely heard in 1938, but multi talent Eddie Durham -- who also played the trombone, and who arranged a lot of charts for many bands, including Count Basie & Glenn Miller -- masters it with bravura on all the sides with the sextet.

Personnel & date: 

Lester Young (ts, cl) Buck Clayton (tp) Eddie Durham (g) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d) - New York City, NY September 27, 1938.

I have included both takes of "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans". They can be found on one of the German LP editions (TELDEC-6.24057 AG) of the "Commodore Classics" series from 1979.

This is swinging chamber jazz at its best, and it was so successful that the band was featured with this very number during the first of producer John Hammond's "From Spiritual To Swing" concerts at Carnegie Hall on December 23, 1938. -- There you can hear Charlie Christian on the electric guitar, 'cause Eddie was fulfilling his main duty in Count Basie's brass section.

The track was transferred from vinyl, and it is not "enhanced" with artificial reverb, or fake stereo. 

Special hint for jazz historians: One can hear a glimpse of Joe Garland's "In The Mood" in the little introduction.