Askaterine – Chuck Wayne

A beautiful, plaintive samba. On the recording, Chuck Wayne plays the melody in four-note voicings; we have a guitar chord melody part with tab, as well as a top-line melody transcription and also a transcription of Chuck's solo.

Chuck Wayne

February 27, 1923 – July 29, 1997

Born Charles Jagelka, New Yorker Chuck Wayne was a jazz guitarist, composer and arranger noted for distinctive bebop style and legato technique. He became an expert in the banjo, mandolin and balalaika as a child, focusing on swing. He was heavily influenced by classical music in addition to jazz. He became prominent in the early 1940s on NYC's 52nd Street and in Greenwich Village where he made the transition to bebop. Influenced by Oscar Moore and Charlie Christian, and horn players of the day like Coleman Hawkins and Charlie Parker, Chuck made his way into Woody Herman's big band and later worked with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, spreading the bebop revolution with recordings like Groovin' High and Blue 'n' Boogie. Read more...

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