Music CD - Tal Farlow: The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow

	Music CD: The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow Artist: Tal Farlow List Price: $11.98 Our Price: $6.94 Your Save: $ 5.04 ( 42% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Polygram Records
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Tracks: 1. Taking A Chance On Love 2. Yardbird Suite 3. You Stepped Out Of A Dream 4. They Can't Take That Away From Me 5. Like Someone In Love 6. Meteor 7. I Love You 8. Gone WIth The Wind 9. Taking A Chance On Love (Alternative Take) 10. Yardbird Suite (Alternative Take) 11. Gone With The Wind
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0731455951523 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Polygram Records Manufacturer: Polygram Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Polygram Records Release Date: 1999-01-26 Studio: Polygram Records
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: A Great Lesson in Taking Chances in Music ! Comment: I love Tal , He isnt Very well Known , Because He took a Break in the 60s , But His music is Different then most , He like everyone else of His time came from Charlie , But He took it to another place , I had a chance to see Tal play and Met him , it was a Wonderful Time , The Book on Tals Playing is Also a Great Learning Tool as is the Hot Licks Video , if You Dont Have These , Shame On You ! Customer Rating: Summary: Happy Jazz Comment: Tal Farlow is a fleet-fingered jazz guitarist who had an off-an-on career. This CD is regarded as his best. I don't have any other Tal Farlow CD's to compare it to, but this is similar to a Red Norvo disc which Tal and Charles Mingus played on. He has a fast clean style, and seems to prefer major keys. The song previews will give you a sense of what happens in each of the songs - Tal states the melody, the bass and piano come in (there are no drums), then there are some solos. The mood is upbeat and happy. Eddie Costa is a fine pianist, and Vinnie Burke keeps the bass walking and swinging. The songs are standards, except for "Meteor", which is a very good song by Tal Farlow. This CD is pretty much a 47 minute (leaving off the alternate takes) dose of good mood. If it were a little more emotionally complicated or musically innovative, I'd give it five stars, but it's still very good. Customer Rating: Summary: awe-inspiring Comment: My Dad was a pro jazz musician (clarinet, alto, & tenor). By the time I was 15, I was well on my way to doing the same; that is, until one month we received an Lp called "The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow." I never played reeds again. This was the first time I had ever hear bebop played on a guitar. It was 1957, & three months after I got my first guitar & amp, I was playing a regular gig with a jazz combo. I wore out the original LP.....now I have the CD version. If you play or love jazz guitar, buy this CD! 'nuff said. BTW, I met him a year before he died. Customer Rating: Summary: Great Collection Comment: This a great collection..but you really can't go wrong with anything this man recorded! Customer Rating: Summary: Tal cooks on all burners Comment: If you haven't heard this guy, do yourself a favor, get this disc. It is real good listening, unique, he is really like no other - a must for any fan of guitar. Well done, a real nice addition to the library. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: There were several fine jazz guitarists--Billy Bauer, Jimmy Raney, and Johnny Smith among them--who emerged in the late '40s and early '50s only to leave the spotlight within a few years. Tal Farlow, who died in 1998, stood out even among this gifted group, a brilliant musician who chose to spend much of his life working as a sign painter in North Carolina, playing locally and occasionally returning to the recording studios. On this 1956 session, Farlow led a trio with pianist Eddie Costa and bassist Vinnie Burke. The style of the group--without horns or drums--might be described as "chamber bop," relatively quiet music that swings mightily with complex and mutually supportive interaction, rhythmic verve and fluid invention. Farlow spins out stunning, seemingly effortless, lines of melody, both on bop tunes like Charlie Parker's "Yardbird Suite" and standards such as "Like Someone in Love." His overlapping exchanges with Costa--who possessed a Bud Powell-like fluency--are inspired. --Stuart Broomer