Tal Farlow Discography
A. Sheppard
Tal Farlow - Jazz Guitarist
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Tal Farlow is an exceptionally talented guitarist. Despite the undeniable
influence he has had on the development of countless younger guitarists he
is virtually unknown to jazz fans outside of the jazz guitar "fraternity".
This is due to his virtual retirement from the limelight in the late
1950's in search of a quieter life. In recent years, however, Tal has
toured extensively in the UK.
The vast majority of Tal's recordings are impossible to find. Occasionally
an early recording is re-released on CD or will appear in the Japanese
Import section. Due to popular demand, I have attempted to compile a Tal
Farlow discography which _may_ enable you to locate some of Tal's
recordings.
The details shown below are incomplete, especially the mid-1950's entries.
While in some cases only the dates are missing it is likely that _some_ of
Tal's recordings are _completely_ absent. Corrections and additions are
welcomed. The biography and discography has been compiled from my own
collection of recordings, various biographical liner notes and by cross-
referencing against the book by Shane Hill ("Tal Farlow - Jazz Guitarist",
Razzamajazz Publications Ltd., Doncaster, UK, 1987).
Andy Sheppard
mb...@seqnet.dl.ac.uk
1/1995
[set your viewer to 10pt Courier for best results]
Abbreviations:
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g guitar
gb guitar bass
vi vibes
b bass
d drums
t trumpet
as alto saxophone
ts tenor saxophone
bs baritone saxophone
tb trombone
fl flute
p piano
k keyboards
h harp
vo vocals
cl clarinet
o organ
ce cello
Tal Farlow
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Biographical Details:
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Talmadge Holt Farlow, born Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, 7th June 1921.
1940 Greensboro NC: played in local army bands (inc. p-Jimmy Lyons)
1944 New York: Dardanelle Trio (vi-Dardanelle, g-Tal Farlow, b-Paul
Edenfield)
1945 Philadelphia: Freddie Thompson Trio (p-Freddie Thompson, g-Tal
Farlow, d-???)
1948 New York: Marjorie Hyams Trio (vi-Marjorie Hyams, g-Tal Farlow,
b-???)
1948 Buddy DeFranco Quartet: (cl-Buddy DeFranco, vi-Milt Jackson, g-Tal
Farlow, b-John Levy)
1949-53 Red Norvo Trio (vi-Red Norvo, g-Tal Farlow, b-Red Kelly/Charles
Mingus/Red Mitchell)
1953-54 Red Norvo Quintet/Septet
1954 DownBeat "New Star" award
1954-58 Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five
Anita O'Day
Howard McGhee
+ various other groups (incl. Clark Terry, Gil Melle, Henry
Renaud) as leader/accompanist
≈1958 Married Tina, moved to Seabright NJ - gradual retirement from the
big city scene, but continues to play low key gigs
1962 Gibson Guitar Co. produces the "Tal Farlow Guitar"
1967-94 Sporadic recordings as a leader and accompanist; tours extensively
in UK
Discography:
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Dardanelle Trio
Gold Braid
Audiophile AP-32
Tracks ???
vi-Dardanelle
g-Tal Farlow
b-Paul Edenfield ???
New York
1945
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Red Norvo
The Red Norvo Trio With Tal Farlow And Charles Mingus - The Savoy Sessions
Savoy SJL 2212
Swedish Pastry (Take 1) (a)
I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me
Time And Tide (a)
Little White Lies
Prelude To A Kiss (c)
Godchild (Take 2) (b)
Move
Godchild (Take 1) (b)
September Song
This Can’t Be Love (b)
I’m Yours (b)
I Get A Kick Out Of You
Zing Went the Strings Of My Heart
Cheek To Cheek (a)
Night And Day (a)
Godchild (Master take) (b)
Mood Indigo (c)
This Can’t Be Love (Take 2) (b)
If I Had You (b)
‘Deed I Do (c)
I’ll Remember April
This Can’t Be Love (Master take) (b)
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Swedish Pastry (Master take) (a)
Have You Met Miss Jones ?
vi-Red Norvo
g- Tal Farlow
b-Charles Mingus
Chicago, 31st October 1950, except:
Los Angeles, 3rd May 1950 (a); Los Angeles, 13th April 1951 (b); location,
date unknown (c)
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Gil Melle
Gil Melle Quintet
Blue Note BNEP 203 (BLP 5020)
Cyclotron
October
Under Capricorn
Venus
ts-Gil Melle
tb-Eddie Bert
g-Tal Farlow
b-Clyde Lombardi
d-Joe Morello
New York
31st January 1953
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Howard McGhee
Howard McGhee Volume 2
Blue Note BLP5024
Jarm
Goodbye
Futurity
Shabozz
Tranquility
Ittapnna
t-Howard McGhee
g-Tal Farlow
as/fl-Gigi Gryce
p-Horace Silver
b-Percy Heath
d-Walter Bolden
New York
20th May 1953
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Red Norvo
The Red Norvo Trios
Prestige ???
Can’t We Be Friends
Blues For Tiny
Somebody Loves Me
‘Deed I Do
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Signal
You Are Too Beautiful
The Best Thing Of You
Bernie’s Tune
J9 Hate K9
Out Of Nowhere
Crazy Rhythm
Prelude To A Kiss
Puby La Keg
Everything I’ve Got
Just One Of Those Things
Farewell To Alms
Tea For Two
Lullaby Of The Leaves
Sweet Georgia Brown
vi-red Norvo
g-Tal Farlow or Jimmy Raney
b-Red Mitchell
Location ???
September 1953, March 1954 and October 1955
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Red Norvo Quintet
Title ???
Label ???
Tracks ???
vi-Red Norvo
g-Tal Farlow
fl-Buddy Collette
b-Monty Budwig
d-Chico Hamilton
Location ???
Late 1953
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Red Norvo Septet
Title ???
Label ???
vi-Red Norvo
g-Tal Farlow
t-Shorty Rogers
cl-Jimmy Giuffre
p-Pete Jolly
b-Red Callender
d-Larry Bunker
Location ???
1954 ???
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Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five
Artie Shaw and his Gramercy Five
Clef 33C9006
Tracks ???
cl-artie Shaw
g-Tal Farlow
p-Hank Jones
vi-Joe Roland
b-Tommy Potter
d-Denzil Best
Location ???
1954 ???
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Various
Cat v Chicks
MGN E225/E3614/E3611
The Man I Love
Mamblues
Cats v Chicks
Anything You Can Do
The Cats:
t-Clark Terry
tb-Urbie Green
ts-Lucky Thompson
p-Horace silver
g-Tal Farlow
b-Percy Heath
d-Kenny Clarke
The Chicks:
t-Norma Clarkson
h-Corky Hetch
vi-Terry Pollard
g-Mary Osborne
b-Bonnie Wetzel
d-Elaine Leighton
New York
1954
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Tal Farlow *
Tal Farlow Quartet
Blue Note BLP5042
Lover
Flamingo
Splash
Rock ‘n’ Rye
All Through the Night
Tina
g-Tal Farlow
g-Don Arnone
b-Clyde Lombardi
d-Joe Morello
Hackensack NJ
11th April 1954
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Anita O’Day
An Evening With Anita O’Day
Norgran MGN1057 (Verve MGV2050) (LP)/ Polydor POCJ-1927 (Japan CD)
Just One Of Those Things
Gypsy In My Soul
The Man I Love
Frankie And Johnny
Anita's Blues
I Cover The Waterfront
You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
From This Moment On
You Don’t Know What Love Is
There Will Never Be Another You/Just Friends/There Will Never Be Another
You (medley)
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Lets Fall In Love
vo-Anita O’Day
g-Barney Kessel (1-4)
g-Tal Farlow (9-12)
p-Arnold Ross (1-4)
p-Bud Lavin (5-8)
p-Jimmy Rowles (9-12)
b-Monty Budwig (1-8)
b-Leroy Vinnegar (9-12)
d-Jackie Mills (1-4)
d-John Pool (5-8)
d-Larry Bunker (9-12)
Los Angeles
15th April 1954 (1-4); 28th June 1954 (5-8); 11th August 1955 (9-12)
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Buddy DeFranco
Cookin’ The Blues
Verve MV 2513
I Can’t Get Started
Cookin’ the Blues
Stardust
How About You ?
Little Girl Blue
Indian Summer
cl-Buddy DeFranco
g-Tal Farlow
p/o-Sonny Clark
b-Gene Wright
d-Bobby White
???
1954 ???
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Ada Moore
Jazz Workshop Volume III
Debut DLP 15 (OJC 1701)
The Man I Love
Something To Live For
You Came A Long Way From St. Louis
The Devil Is A Woman
Lass From The Low Country
Strange Fascination
Summertime
vo-Ada Moore
g-Tal Farlow
ts-John La Porta
b-Oscar Pettiford
arrangers-Alonzo Levister and Charles Mingus
New York
27th June 1954
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Autumn In New York
Norgran 1097 (MV2585)/ Polydor 2304 321
I Like To Recognise the Tune
Strike Up the Band
Autumn In New York
And She Remembers Me
Little Girl Blue
Have You Met Miss Jones ?
Tal's Blues
Cherokee
g-Tal Farlow
p-Gerry Wiggins
b-Ray Brown
d-Chico Hamilton
Los Angeles
15th November 1954
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Tal Farlow
Poppin’ ‘n’ Burnin
Verve 815 236-1
Autumn Leaves
It’s You Or No-one
Tenderly
There Will Never be Another You
Just One Of Those Things
Lean On Me
Wonder Why
Night And Day
Stella By Starlight
Swinging ‘til the Girls Come Home
Jordu
The Way You Look Tonight
Bernie’s Tune
I Wished On the Moon
g-Tal Farlow
p-Claude Williamson (1-5)
p-Eddie Costa (6-9)
p-Hank Jones (10-14)
ce-Oscar Pettiford (10-14)
b-Red Mitchell (1-5)
b-Bill Takas/Knobby Totah (6-9)
b-Ray Brown (10-14)
d-Sam Levey (1-5)
d-Jim Campbell (6-9)
d-Henry Bellson (10-14)
Los Angeles (1-5); New York (6-14)
17th January 1955 (1-5); February/March 1958 (6-9); 11th February 1956
(10-14)
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Tal Farlow
The Tal Farlow Album
Norgran 1074 (Verve UMV2584)
If There’s Someone Lovelier Than You
With the Wind And the Rain In Your Hair
My Old Flame
Gibson Boy
You And The Night And The Music
Love Nest
Blues In the Closet
Everything I’ve Got
Lullaby Of The Leaves
Stompin’ At the Savoy
This Is Always
Tea For Two
g-Tal Farlow
g-Barry Galbraith (1-8)
p-Claude Williamson (9-12)
b-Oscar Pettiford (1-8)
b-Red Mitchell (9-12)
d-Joe Morello (1-8)
New York ???
1955 ???
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Tal Farlow
The Interpretations Of Tal Farlow/Fascinatin’ Rhythm
Verve MV2542 / MGV 8011
These Foolish Things
I Remember You
How Deep Is The Ocean
Fascinatin’ Rhythm
Manhattan
Autumn Leaves
It’s You Or No-one
Tenderly
There Will Never Be Another You
Just One Of Thoes Things
g-Tal Farlow
p-Claude Williamson
b-Red Mitchell
d-Stan Levey
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Tal Farlow
A Recital By Tal Farlow
Norgran 1027 (Verve MV2586)
You Came Along (From Out Of Nowhere)
Walkin’
Moonlight Becomes You
On the Alamo
Will You Still Be Mine ?
Lorinesque
Bye Bye Baby
g-Tal Farlow
bs-Bob Gordon
ts-Bill Perkins
tb-Bob Enevoldson
b-Monty Budwig
d-Laurence Marable
Los Angeles
3rd May 1955 (2, 4, 5); 4th May 1955 (1, 3, 6, 7)
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Red Norvo **
Red Norvo With Strings
Fantasy 3218
Who Cares ?
Let’s Fall In Love
Old Devil Moon
Cabin In the Sky
How Am I To Know ?
That Old Black Magic
What Is This Thintg Called Love ?
I Brung You Finjans For Your Zarf
My Funny Valentine
Lullaby Of Birdland
vi-Red Norvo
g-Tal Farlow
b-Red Mitchell
Location ???
October 1955
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Tal Farlow
Tal
Verve 8021 (UMV2565)
Isn’t It Romantic ?
There Is No Greater Love
How About You ?
Anything Goes
Yesterdays
You Don’t Know What Love Is
Chuckles
Broadway
g-Tal Farlow
p-Eddie Costa
d-Vinnie Burke
New York
5th June 1956
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Tal Farlow
The Guitar Artistry Of Tal Farlow
Verve 6143 (MV 2588)
A Foggy Day
The Man In My Life
Sweet Lorraine
Wess Side
Telefunky
Blue Funk
Saratoga
g-Tal Farlow
ts/fl-Bobby Jaspar (1, 3, 5)
ts/as/fl-Frank Wess (2, 4, 6, 7)
p-Dick Hyman (2, 4, 6, 7)
b-Wendell Marshall (4, 6)
b-Joe Marshall
d-Milt Hinton (1, 3, 5)
Location ???
1956 ???
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Tal Farlow
Tal Farlow Plays the Music Of Harold Arlen
Verve MV2589 (MGV 8371 and CSD1357)
Blues In the Night
Hit the Road To Dreamland
For Every Man There’s A Woman
As Long As I Live
Between the Devil and the Deepe Blue Sea
Petticoat High
One Step, Two Step
Lesson In Love
g-Tal Farlow
as/ts/fl-Frank Wess
bs-Charlie Fowlkes (3, 7)
tb-Benny Powell (3, 7)
p-Dick Hyman
b-Wendell Marshall
d-Osie Jonhnson (1, 3-7)
d-Joe Benjamin (2, 8)
Location ???
1956 ???
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Tal Farlow
The Swinging Guitar Of Tal Farlow
Verve MGV 8201 (2304 211)
Taking A Chance On Love
Yardbird Suite
You Stepped Out Of A Dream
They Can’t Take That Away From Me
Like Someone In Love
Meteor
I Love You
g-Tal Farlow
p-Eddie Costa
b-Vinnie Burke
New York
June 1956
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Tal Farlow ***
Fuerst Set
Xanadu 109
Jordu
Have You Met Miss Jones ?
Out Of Nowhere
Opus De Funk
g-Tal Farlow
p-Eddie Costa
b-Vinnie Burke
vo-Gene Williams
New York
18th December 1956
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Tal Farlow ***
Second Set
Xanadu 119
All the Things You Are
I Remember You
Yesterdays
Lets Do It
g-Tal Farlow
p-Eddie Costa
b-Vinnie Burke
New York
18th December 1956
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Tal Farlow
This Is Tal Farlow
Verve MGV2829
Lean On Me
Wonder Why
Night And Day
Stella By Starlight
The More I See You
All the Things You Are
How Long Has This Been Going On ?
Topsy
g-Tal Farlow
b-Bill Takas or Knobby Totah
d-Jimmy Campbell
New York ???
1958 ???
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Sonny Criss
Up, Up And Away
Prestige PR7530
Up, Up And Away
Willow Weep for Me
This Is For Benny
Sunny
Scrapple From The Apple
Paris Blues
as-Sonny Criss
g-Tal Farlow
p-Cedar Walton
b-Bob Cranshaw
d-Lennie McBrowne
???
December 1967
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Various
George Wein’s Newport All-Stars
Atlantic SD 1533
Blue Boy
These Foolish Things
In A Little Spanish Town
Am I Blue ?
Ja-Da
Topsy
My Melancholy Baby
Sunny
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
Exactly Like You
v/p/ep-George wein (9)
cornet-Ruby Braff
vi-Red Norvo
g/gb-Tal Farlow
g-Barney Kessel
b-Larry Ridley
d-Don Lamond
New York
1969
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Tal Farlow **
The Return Of Tal Farlow/1969
Prestige 7732/ OJCCD-356-2
Straight, No Chaser
Darn That Dream
Summertime
Sometime Ago
I’ll Remember April
My Romance
Crazy She Calls me
g-Tal Farlow
p-John Scully
b-Jack Six
d-Alan Dawson
New York
23rd September 1969
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Tal Farlow
On Stage
Concord CJ143
The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
My Romance
Lullaby Of Burdland
My Shining Hour
The Very Thought Of You
Rose Room
g-Tal Farlow
vi-Red Norvo
p-Hank Jones
b-Ray Brown
d-Jake Hanna
Live Concord California
August 1976
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Tal Farlow
Trinity
CBS/Sony Japan 25 AP 597 (LP)/ Columbia COL 476580 2 (CD)
My Shining Hour
If I Should Lose You
No Greater Love
But Not For Me
Falling In Love With Love
Angel Eyes
The Wolf And the Lamb
Funk Among the Keys
g-Tal Farlow
k-Mike Nock
b-Lynn Christie
d-Bob Jaspe (8)
New York
14th and 21st September 1976
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Buddy DeFranco-Tal Farlow Quintet
The Great Encounter
Century Records Co. Ltd (Japan) CECC00359
Like Someone In Love
Melancholy Stockholm
Playa Del Sol
Coasting At the Palisades
I Love You Porgy
Swinging the Indian
cl-Buddy DeFranco
g-Tal Farlow
p-Derek Smith
b-George Duvivier
d-Ronnie Bedford
New York
11th March 1977
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Tal Farlow
A Sign of the Times
Concord CJ26 (LP)/ CCD-4026 (CD)
Fascinating Rhythm
You Don’t Know What Love Is
Put On A Happy Face
Stompin’ At The Savoy
Georgia
You Are Too Beautiful
In Your Own Sweet Way
Bayside Blues
g-Tal Farlow
p-Hank Jones
b-Ray Brown
San Francisco
1977
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Sam Most
Mostly Flute
Xanadu 133
Rio Romance
Street Of Dreams
Bus Ride
Body And Soul
The More I See You
Solitude
Poor Butterfly
fl/cl-Sam Most
g-Tal Farlow
p-Duke Jordan
b-Sam Jones
d-Billy Higgins
Location ???
27th May, 1978
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Tal Farlow
Tal Farlow ‘78
Concord CJ57
Mahoney’s 11 Ohms [My Honey’s Loving Arms]
Here’s That Rainy Day
Autumn Leaves
With the Wind And the Rain In Your Hair
Perdido
Ill Wind/Invitation (medley)
Satin Doll
Gymkhana In Soho
g-Tal Farlow
b-Gary Mazzaroppi
d-Tom Sayek
Location ???
1978
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Dan Axelrod
New Axe
Phoenix Jazz LP1003
Unnatural Axe
Lime
Namely You
Stranger In Paradise
Three Little Words
Love Letters
Tristeza
Meteor
g-Dan Axelrod
g-Tal Farlow (4, 8)
p-Ed Paolantonio
b-Lee Hudson
d-Fred Lite
New York
26th August 1980 (1-3, 4-7); July 1979 (4, 8)
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Tal Farlow
Chromatic Palette
Concord CJ154 (LP)/ CCD-4154 (CD)
All Alone
Nuages
I Hear A Rhapsody
If I Were A Bell
St. Thomas
Blue Art Too
Stella By Starlight
One For My Baby (And One More For the Road)
g-Tal Farlow
p-Tommy Flanagan
b-Gary Mazzaroppi
New York
January 1981
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Tal Farlow
Cookin’ On All Burners
Concord CJ204
You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
If I Should Lose You
I Wished On the Moon
I’ve Got the World On A String
Love Letters
Why Shouldn’t I ?
Lullaby Of the Leaves
Just Friends
I Thought About You
g-Tal Farlow
p-James Williams
b-Gary Mazzaroppi
d-Vinnie Johnson
New York
August 1982
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Tal Farlow
The Legendary Tal Farlow
Concord CJ266
You Stepped Out Of A Dream
When Your Lover Has Gone
I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good
When Lights Are Low
Who Cares ?
I Can’t Get Started
Prelude To A Kiss
Everything Happens To Me
g-Tal Farlow
fl/ts-Sam Most
p-Frank Strazzeri
b-Bob Maize
d-Al ‘Tootie’ Heath
Hollywood
September 1984
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Tal Farlow with John Abercrombie, Larry Carlton, Larry Coryell and John
Scofield
All Strings Attached
Jazzvisions (Polygram) 841 291-4
Intro-Misty
Meditation
Autumn Leaves
My Romance
All Blues
g-Tal Farlow
g-John Abercrombie
g-Larry Carlton
g-Larry Coryell
g-John Scofield
b-John Patitucci
d-Billy Hart
Live at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles
1987 ???
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Tal Farlow/Philippe Petit
Standards Recital
FD Music 151932
Autumn Leaves
How Deep Is The Ocean
Love For Sale
Billie's Bounce
Do Nothin' 'til You Hear From Me
Body And Soul
Satin Doll
Christine Cookin'
Tenderly
Lester Leaps In
Nuages
Tal's Medley: Embraceable You/For All We Know/Last Night When We Were
Young (medley)
g-Tal Farlow
g-Philippe Petit (1-11)
Paris
November 1991
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Notes:
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* also released on CD along with albums by Sal Salvador and Lou Mecca
under
the title "The Great Guitars" (Blue Note CJ28-5127).
** released together as "Tal Farlow - Guitar Player" (Prestige 68 355)
*** released together as "At Ed Fuerst's" (Xanadu FDC 5160)
Larry Grinnell
been a favorite of mine, and according to my uncle, a good friend of Tal's,
he's a wonderful, warm person and a great fisherman!
Larry
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The one who dies with the most fonts, wins!
Larry Grinnell, Greenacres, Florida
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A. Sheppard
: Thanks for an outstanding job! Your efforts are appreciated. Tal's always
: been a favorite of mine, and according to my uncle, a good friend of Tal's,
: he's a wonderful, warm person and a great fisherman!
: Larry
Oh, it was nothing! Thanks for the comments. The last time I met
Tal was someting like 1987 when I was a student in Manchester UK at
a concert. What I found amazing was Tal's humility and sensitivity.
And of course his enormous hands.
Cheers,
Andy Sheppard
mb...@seqnet.dl.ac.uk
A. Sheppard
Bill Hery over the last week: I thought everyone would
appreciate the last paragraph!
Cheers,
Andy Sheppard
mb...@seqnet.dl.ac.uk
From: w...@sonapub.whats.att.com (W.Hery)
To: mbasd
Subject: Re: Tal Farlow Discography
>> I agree: a Cray is an overkill (in fact I heard that Eli Lilly were
>Not only overkill--its the wrong architecture to run the simulation
>codes efficiently. Too much of the work is not the kind of vector
>processing that Cray was designed for.
>> looking to get rid of theirs) for the vast majority of real-world
>> (i.e drug/polymer design) computational chemistry. We are just
>> about to get a new SGI Indigo Extreme which will be the main modelling
>> computer here. But what does this have to do with Tal Farlow??!? :-)
>I thought that was obvious--Tal Farlow is the Cray of the guitar. At
>one time the fastest GPU (guitar processing unit) around; now he may
>not be the fastest any more, but he's still amazing and highly
>respected.
>Bill Hery