I would urge a young player to listen to Charlie Christians' sense of time. . . I'll never forget listening to my father (Bucky Pizzarelli) and Tal Farlow playing Christians' 'Solo Flight' backstage at a gig. . . that's when it hit me how big of an effect Christian had on jazz guitar. 'Solo Flight' was like the gospel.
Vodka is tasteless going down, but it is memorable coming up.