Tal Farlow "The Legendary Guitar Of Tal Farlow"

Tal Farlow "The Legendary Guitar Of Tal Farlow"

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Tal Farlow
The Legendary Guitar Of Tal Farlow
The Story
A true giant in the world of jazz guitar, Tal Farlow reveals many of his unique playing secrets in this now-classic instruction session, entitled "The Legendary Guitar Of Tal Farlow". He covers pre-electric rhythm guitar styles, tritones, playing in flat keys, chords within solos, chromatic movement, right-hand extensions and many more jazz guitar techniques. With contributions from Lenny Breau and George Benson, this DVD is a rare treat not only for long-time fans of the late, great Talmage Holt Farlow, but for anyone interested in the history of jazz guitar styles "The Legendary Guitar Of Tal Farlow"r features a new introduction by Woody Mann.

Jazz and blues guitarist Woody Mann learned from legendary Rev. Gary Davis and then played and recorded with Son House, Bukka White and John Fahey. He has performed throughout the world, recorded over a dozen CDs, and is an internationally renowned guitar teacher.

For the first time the legendary Hot Licks classic video titles are available on DVD, making it even easier to learn with top players... right in your own home!

You'll never miss a note! You see the music and the tablature on screen as it's being played! All right and left hand techniques are shown in close up and with helpful split-screen effects to make learning easy. Also features slow motion segments with standard pitch sound.

Special DVD features include: Booklet, Dolby Digital Stereo, Subtitles (Spanish, French, German, Italian), Artist Biography, Selected Discography, Suggested Listening.

DVD Video, NTSC, Regions: All

Additional Facts
Tal Farlow is nearly as famous for his reluctance to play as for his fast, bebop influenced work and the occasional use of percussive finger tapping. When he was younger, he played a mandolin tuned to that of a ukulele because his hands weren't big enough to play on his father's guitar. When his hands were big enough, he noticed that he had two extra strings to play, so he used his thumb on the 5th and 6th strings. By age 22, he was playing professionally, and in 1948 he was with Marjorie Hyams' band. While with the Red Norvo Trio (which originally included Charles Mingus) from 1949-1953, Farlow became famous in the jazz world.

After six months with Artie Shaw's Gramercy Five in 1953, Farlow put together his own group, which for a time included pianist Eddie Costa. Late in 1958, Farlow settled on the East Coast, became a sign painter, and only played locally. He only made one record as a leader during 1960-1975, but emerged a bit more often during 1976-1984, recording for Concord fairly regularly before largely disappearing again. Profiled in the definitive documentary "Talmage Farlow", the guitarist can be heard on his own records for Blue Note (1954), Verve, Prestige (1969) and Concord. He died of cancer at age 77.