Tal Farlow
Cool jazz, Musical Artist
1921 – 1998
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Who was Tal Farlow?
Talmage Holt Farlow was an American jazz guitarist. Nicknamed the "Octopus", for his extremely large hands spread over the fretboard as if they were tentacles, he is considered one of the all-time great jazz guitarists. Where other similar players of his day combined rhythmic chords with linear melodies, Farlow preferred placing single notes together in clusters, varying between harmonically enriched tones based on a startling new technique.
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- Born
- Jun 7, 1921
Greensboro - Also known as
- Talmage Holt
- Talmage Farlow
- Talmage Holt Farlow
- Octopus
- Farlow, Tal
- Ethnicity
- Caucasian race
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Greensboro
- Sea Bright
- Died
- Jul 25, 1998
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
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on July 23, 2013
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