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July 25, 1998 (77 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
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Tal Farlow
Talmage Holt Farlow was an American jazz guitarist. He was nicknamed "Octopus" because of how his large, quick hands spread over the fretboard. As Steve Rochinski notes, "Of all the guitarists to emerge in the first generation after Charlie Christian, Tal Farlow, more than any other, has been able to move beyond the rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic vocabulary associated with the early electric guitar master. Tal's incredible speed, long, weaving lines, rhythmic excitement, highly developed harmonic sense, and enormous reach have enabled him to create a style that clearly stands apart from the rest." Where guitarists of his day combined rhythmic chords with linear melodies, Farlow placed single notes together in clusters, varying between harmonically enriched tones. As music critic Stuart Nicholson put it, "In terms of guitar prowess, it was the equivalent of Roger Bannister breaking the four-minute mile."
Birth nameTalmage Holt Farlow
BornJune 07, 1921, Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
OriginNew York City
DiedJuly 25, 1998, New York City
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsGuitar
LabelsNorgran, Verve, Xanadu, Prestige, Blue Note, Concord
Associated actsRed Norvo, Artie Shaw, Great Guitars

About Tal Farlow

Guitarist Tal Farlow was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States on June 7, 1921. He dies at the age of 77, on July 25, 1998.

Octopus was a jazz guitarist who made more than thirty albums and was given the nickname Octopus because of his big hands.

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Tal Farlow before becoming famous

Tal Farlow was born in the Zodiac sign Gemini (The Twins), and 1921 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rooster (雞).

He didn't start playing guitar until he was twenty-one years old, but within a year he was performing professionally.

Achievement of Tal Farlow

Between 1960 to 1975, he led a band and released an album.

Tal Farlow's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

When he died of esophageal cancer in 1998, he was survived by family members.

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He was Guitarist Chet Atkins' contemporary and nearly as influential.

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Tal Farlow Income & Net worth

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