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Topic: Tal Farlow & Eddie Costa "All The Things You Are" |
Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 19 May 2015 6:18 am |
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This is from the private recordings of 1956. Some really great playing with a lot of notes, but very interesting phrasing from Tal and Eddie. In my opinion, Tal is far too often overlooked--he really was a brilliant guitarist in his prime. Eddie Costa was one of the hottest up and coming players when he was killed in a tragic car accident. Remarkable piano playing in the bass register a la Lennie Tristano.
Anyway, this is a clinic on how to play your behind off old school style.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pdwaYbO9pY
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Andy Volk
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Posted 19 May 2015 10:45 am
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When I was about 21, I used to borrow and re-borrow that record from the Philly public library. I loved it then and still do today though this kind of dry, "gnat note "guitar playing (Frank Zappa's term) eventually made the voice-like quality of the steel guitar very attractive. Eddie was a monster!
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 19 May 2015 11:01 am
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I wasn't a big fan of Tal when I was younger, I guess because I had believed the crap that people said about him being sloppy, so I didn't check him out for myself, which is a shame because for a while I lived near him.
Anyway, I think I like him most of all the players from that era, except for Wes and maybe a few others. When he hits his stride, I find his phrasing refreshing and interesting.
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Mark Carlisle
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Springville CA
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Posted 19 May 2015 11:42 am
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http://www.amazon.com/Talmage-Farlow-Tal/dp/B000E991FW
If you haven't seen this documentary about Tal I would highly recommend it. It gives some real insight into the man and has some incredible music featuring Tommy Flannigan and Red Mitchell. A bonus is the footage of Tal and Lenny Breau jamming together. I particularly liked the interview with George Benson where he states"...ain't nobody gonna cut Tal Farlow.." or words to that effect. Get a copy, you'll be glad you did. I've about worn mine out! |
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Craig Stock
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Westfield, NJ USA
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Posted 19 May 2015 4:23 pm
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Mike, I too am sorry that I also never went to see Tal, he used to do a Jazz brunch Down the Shore (a Jersey Thing) for many years somewhere like Sea Girt, but I never made it there.
My friend Bob Santelli, who was a critic for the Asbury Park Press and then writer and working at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and on was a good friend of his.
I have a video of Tal, Larry Carlton, Abercrombie, Coryell, and Schofield, called 'All Strings Attached' from 1987, just pulled it out and will watch if I can get a VCR to work.
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Andy Volk
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Posted 19 May 2015 5:21 pm
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I saw Tal in a club in the early 80s. He played chorus after chorus on Body & Soul - all in harmonics. It was an astounding marriage of technique in service of art. I recall he had a terrible cold and probably should have been home in bed, but he sure rose to the occasion.
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