Tal Farlow

生于1921年美國紐約是Tal Farlow是爵士樂電吉他手中的異數(shù)，他的語法讓吉他的起伏多變有力，不獨如此，為了要成全其吉他音色的剛?cè)幔€親手改裝其電吉他,將令人驚駭?shù)乃俣群痛竽懙暮吐曄嘟Y(jié)合，創(chuàng)造了革新性的單音演奏風格，推促著爵士吉他演奏進入了bebop時代。給Farlow影響最大的音樂家并不是其他的吉他手，而是傳奇的鋼琴演奏家Art Tatum和偉大的薩克斯演奏家Lester Young。Farlow首次給爵士樂壇帶來沖擊是在1949年與Red Norvo三重奏樂團一起演出，樂團的貝司手是Charles Mingus。1954年，F(xiàn)arlow開始為著名爵士樂指揮家Norman Granz的Verve唱片公司灌制唱片。Farlow早期的小型演出即受到不少圈內(nèi)人士的激賞，1949年Tal Farlow加入Red Norvo樂隊，次年更與傳奇貝斯手Charles Mingus交鋒，展現(xiàn)出有如快刀斬亂麻的吉他音色。不久Farlow卻將其演奏重點置于電吉他音色的處理上，其后期加入Artie Shaw五重奏時的錄音記載可見一斑。50年代，F(xiàn)arlow進入半退隱狀態(tài)，出人意表的是，60年代復出后于Prestige的錄音作品中，喜見其成熟內(nèi)斂的吉他表現(xiàn)，與薩克斯風手Sonny Criss的合作更見精彩的演出默契。80年于威尼斯爵士嘉年華中的現(xiàn)場演出更被樂評廣譽為當代聽過最好的吉他solo。 　　Tal Farlow是一個天生的速度之魔，他在短短的一年內(nèi)就已經(jīng)成為一個出色的專業(yè)樂手了。他是第一個講究演奏技術(shù)和手指靈活性的樂手，他的快的離奇的爵士bop樂句至今仍激勵著吉他手們達到更高的速度。他對節(jié)奏有著深刻的理解，作為Red Norvo三重奏組的吉他手，他仍然能演奏出熾熱的solo，使音樂充滿生機。
by Scott Yanow
Nearly as famous for his reluctance to play as for his outstanding abilities, guitarist Tal Farlow did not take up the instrument until he was already 21, but within a year was playing professionally and in 1948 was with Marjorie Hyams band. While with the Red Norvo Trio (which originally included Charles Mingus) from 1949-1953, Farlow became famous in the jazz world. His huge hands and ability to play rapid yet light lines made him one of the top guitarists of the era. After six months with Artie Shaws Gramercy Five in 1953, Farlow put together his own group, which for a time included pianist Eddie Costa. Late in 1958, Farlow settled on the East Coast, became a sign painter, and just played locally. He only made one record as a leader during 1960-1975, but emerged a bit more often during 1976-1984, recording for Concord fairly regularly before largely disappearing again. Profiled in the definitive ary Talmage Farlow, the guitarist can be heard on his own records for Blue Note (1954), Verve, Prestige (1969), and Concord. He died of cancer July 25, 1998, at age 77.