Tal Farlow - Autumn Leaves - Live 1978

[talkinglens1]

Fabulous. Thank G-d the audio is better than the video.

[gabri3l367]

Vera improvvisazione Jazz. Tal Farlow il numero 1

[afeschyn]

Bass player is cookin'.

[gmeng08]

anyone knows the bassist name?

[PLEEMHEAD7]

@gmeng08 Gary Mazzaroppi, he plays with Frank Vignola now.

[gmeng08]

@PLEEMHEAD7 cheers!

[swallowtrio]

It appears Pedersen.......

[swallowtrio]

@gmeng08 i think it is Pedersen Oe........

[lionlr1]

@gmeng08 The bassist is Gary Mazzaroppi, he is an Italian American from New Jersey I think.

[lionlr1]

@gmeng08 Oh Yea, Gary Mazzaroppi has played with the greatest players in jazz music.

[WhiteNightRiots]

Seeing the bass player solo around 4:40-ish, I couldn't help but be reminded of Django, the silly way that his fingers move around haha.

[florafox]

now i know why john mclaughlin said tal was his hero. he is unbelievable in using chords and scales. his style is full of surprises.

[apoculamus]

I've watched this so many times and just today I realized that while the bass player is taking his solo Tal is playing the bass' part! He was just incredible.

[PLEEMHEAD7]

The bass player is a very young Gary Mazzaroppi who now plays and tours with Frank Vignola. Check out 'Between the frets' cd with Tommy Emmanuel. Excellent. Tal was indeed a true master of his instrument, always inventive and he could swing like hell.

[robertm2000]

Is that one of the Smothers Brothers on bass??!

[f15r18]

Great guitar...a true master!!!

[123must]

very very amazin' solo.

[bontonroula]

Amazing!!!

[hammerhorn]

Tal Farlow seems to have better taste and judgment than Joe Pass. I have no idea who has better chops or technique though.

[tbcass]

hammerhorn: You realize of course that is simply a matter of opinion. Both are masters. Lets not try to compare and rate one against the other. Personally I prefer Barney Kessel's version but again, it's just an opinion.

[rayjr62]

What is truly amazing to me is that Tal didn't pick up the instrument until the age of 21. Within less than 5 years he was playing professionally. Unreal.

[tbcass]

@rayjr62 I also didn't start playing until my 20's (bass). I think it may have been an advantage because I took a more mature disciplined approach to learning than a younger person may have who is likely to just "wing it" and develop bad habits. Within 6 months I was better than many teenagers who had been playing several years.

[alexdroogie100]

@tbcass I was more disciplined as a teenage guitarist than I became later. You play enough club gigs, start realizing the audience doesn't notice mistakes because they are drunk and you are playing rock...I am now re-comitting myself to discipline so as to gracefully evolve towards jazz..although you will have to pull my fuzztone from my cold dead hands...

[tbcass]

@alexdroogie100 Yes there are some teenagers who are very disciplined but as far as I can see they are the exception, not the rule. I know that I was not very disciplined.

[Winklebott]

like eric clapton.... he pick it up at 15, 5 years later he was in the yardbirds... two great masters of both ends of guitar

[mkeppler957]

the bassist is gary mazzaroppi

[hammerhorn]

his solo is awesome

[IrrepressibleGuile]

fantastic

[dillydew3]

they are some groovy guys

[SIRONEDRAGON]

It would be wonderful if Tal and Hank Garland would have recorded some tunes together ?? ! : 0

[4578a]

You know what they say about men with big hands.....they can play things that average men can't reach.

[revdolaf]

Yes and No - I envy men with bigger hands than mine, but Richie Havens developed his weird and wonderful style of play from having hands too big for ordinary guitar play, and Joe Pass could certainly outplay Farlow with smaller hands, or?

Love n Peace

[rayjr62]

I read where Jimi Hendrix was a big fan of Tal.

[bigeggone2007]

tal was a leading pioneer on harmonics

[PinkIllimani]

Mi spiegate che diavolo ci fa D'Alema al contrabbasso con tal Farlow?!?!

[bossajazz2004]

grande ke suona e ke musica.........!!!!

[gabri3l367]

Trovatemi un chitarrista al mondo che suona in questo stile. IMPOSSIBILE !!!!! Tal e modernissimo ancora oggi e le sue frasi con logica rimarranno un bellissimo esempio di improvvisazione per sempre. GRANDE TAL FARLOW !!!!!

[viniguitarjazz]

fantastic !! thanks

[ulyesses31]

thank you for posting this!

[pierpontmusic]

Gary Mazzaroppi kills on bass!

[paradidd]

pierpont is a poser!

[acgittah]

I'm beginning to understand why Jan Akkerman liked Tal so much.

[bluespuppet]

Tal was sublime - a master who exuded joy in every note he played.

[theloniousrex]

Wow, this is just stunning. We miss you Tal!

[daffer53]

one thing a lot of people don't get is it does'nt matter how good you are tech wise, love of the instrument and the music is what counts,damn it! i've played,studied,taught,and loved music for 51 years.i'm so good at it i drive a truck for a living!i so dislike the comparisons.like what you like. farlow,smith,hendrix,srv,pass,­i know i don't play better than them, but when i met barney kessel and herb ellis in the 70's they said the same thing. love what you do,do what you love(and a good woman)

[mint50mints]

この人ほど詩情のあるギターを弾く人を私は知らない

[bobjazz11]

Exactly!

[jazzcatuna]

Hah! Nice.

[rigelrp]

@mint50mints oh yes, i agree!!

[kharnvelzyghur]

@mint50mints i agree. 

[karmahgeddon]

@mint50mints "I play the guitar who is so people know that poetry" -from google translate

[pekoe67]

Pinnacle of jazz guitar. Holy f*ck.

[bumblecrow]

TAL IS THE ULTIMATE

[pixaninny]

Thanks Bob. Incidentally, that's Garry Mazzaroppi, Tal's regular bassist during that period on bass.

[NAFTALI2]

So there's all these guitarists posting their own stuff, they've worked so hard to become technically perfect--and they can't touch this!

[tbcass]

@NAFTALI2 That's because perfecting technique is easier to learn than being able to apply that technique musically. The technique comes first with a lot of practice. Learning how to apply it musically and to create improvised lines takes a lot more time and experience. The first is physical. The second is mental.

[wepmajoe]

@tbcass

tbh developing both at the same time is the best way to go. To be extremely technically savvy with no emotional connection or extremely emotionally empowered with sloppy playing is just a recipe for disaster.

To be moderately skilled while still putting forth a lot of feeling into playing is the best one can do. Skill can always be improved, but if the emotion isn't there to start with it just won't happen.

[tbcass]

@wepmajoe From my own experience (others may differ) I have ideas without the ability to play them. I practice technique until I can play them, then, new ideas come from my increased knowledge that I can't play so I practice until I can play them. This has been going on with me for nearly 40 years however I find that it gets easier and easier to learn new techniques.

[utubesucks2003]

Cool. I recently subbed because of your Tal Farlow content, keep it coming : ).