Tal Farlow was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, and was brought up in a musical atmosphere. His father played several musical instruments, including some of the fretted ones, while the piano in the ...

The word "genius" is used far too much, but Guitar Genius is an apposite term for a performance by Tal Farlow, and its use is fully justified with regards to this two-disc set. Farlow was apparently ...

Ever since I stumbled on the double-LP “Red Norvo Trio with Tal Farlow and Charles Mingus: The Savoy Sessions” (Savoy), recorded in 1950-1951 and re-issued in 1995, I have loved and admired guitarist ...