Benny Goodman Sextet's 1976 Concert Photos

An expanded version of the groundbreaking racially integrated Benny Goodman Quartet, chiefly notable for incorporating pioneering electric guitarist Charlie Christian. This made it the first group in American jazz to give a guitar solo instrument space since the very different-sounding and much quieter handful of 1920s groups to use the acoustic instrument. Christian's progressive tendencies also meant the group foreshadowed bebop.

Mississippi River Festival SIU Edwardsville 1976 on Jun 23, 1976 [438-small]

Mississippi River Festival SIU Edwardsville 1976
Jun 23 - Jul 13, 1976
 Edwardsville, Illinois, United States
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1977 1 photo
1976 1 photo

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