By: Dan Axelrod

Dan Axelrod — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:49:33 +0000

Yeah…the Artistry -later released as Autumn in NY. On that tune, Tal used a special tuning to achieve a 7 string sound, in which a low bass note replaced his 5th string. He recorded that chord melody section alone, knowing it would be inserted later with a tape splice. But he told me he’d spent so much time working out that detailed chord melody solo… that he didn’t realized that he neglected to ever blow over those complicated changes of the song…. and when the melody chorus ended and it was time to improvise, Tal suddenly realized that he didn’t know the chords! By the 7th bar, he didn’t know where the hell he was, he was completely lost and the tape was rolling! Not knowning what to do, he just listened to each piano chord and tried to fake his way thru a blowing chorus. A trained ear familiar with Tal in fact, could probably spot a bit more reticense and ‘start and stop’ from him than usual in that solo -especially in contrast to the other clear and brilliant improvisations on that great record-
Dan Axelrod

By: Jason Sweet

Jason Sweet — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:36:14 +0000

Tal Farlow or not, any Norgran lp is worth grabbing!

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