Tal Farlow

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Tal Farlow was an influential American jazz guitarist renowned for his exceptional speed, harmonic sophistication, and work in the bebop tradition.

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Tal Farlow canonical 10

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instanceOf American jazz musician
human
jazz guitarist
musician
activeYearsEnd 1990s
activeYearsStart 1940s
associatedAct Artie Shaw
Buddy DeFranco
Charles Mingus
Oscar Pettiford
Red Norvo
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1921-06-07
dateOfDeath 1998-07-25
familyName Farlow
fullName Talmage Holt Farlow
genre bebop
cool jazz
jazz
givenName Talmage
hasHonor DownBeat magazine critics poll winner
linked to: DownBeat
influenced Bill Frisell
John Scofield
Larry Coryell
Pat Metheny
influencedBy Charlie Christian
Django Reinhardt
instrument guitar
movement bebop
modern jazz
nickname Tal
notableFor exceptional speed on the guitar
harmonic sophistication
work in the bebop tradition
notableWork A Sign of the Times
Tal
Tal Farlow Plays the Music of Harold Arlen
The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow
The Tal Farlow Album
occupation guitarist
jazz guitarist
sign painter
placeOfBirth Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
placeOfDeath New York, New York, United States
recordLabel Blue Note Records
Concord Records
Verve Records
residence Sea Bright, New Jersey, United States
style complex chord voicings
rapid single-note lines
use of wide intervals

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Alan Dawson associatedWith Tal Farlow
Charlie Christian influenced Tal Farlow
How High the Moon recordedBy Tal Farlow
Red Norvo collaboratedWith Tal Farlow
Barry Galbraith associatedWith Tal Farlow
Sonny Criss collaboratedWith Tal Farlow
Charlie Christian influenced Tal Farlow
subject linked to: Charles Henry Christian