Birth Name:

Tal Farlow

Male

Birth Date:

Tue, Jun 07, 1921

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

Age:

102

Zodiac Sign:

Gemini

Astrology Data:

Sun

16°

Gem

20'

About Tal Farlow

Talmage Holt Farlow (June 7, 1921 – July 25, 1998) was an American jazz guitarist. He was nicknamed "Octopus" because of how his large, quick hands spread over the fretboard. As Steve Rochinski notes, "Of all the guitarists to emerge in the first generation after Charlie Christian, Tal Farlow, more than any other, has been able to move beyond the rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic vocabulary associated with the early electric guitar master. Tal's incredible speed, long, weaving lines, rhythmic excitement, highly developed harmonic sense, and enormous reach (both physical and musical) have enabled him to create a style that clearly stands apart from the rest." Where guitarists of his day combined rhythmic chords with linear melodies, Farlow placed single notes together in clusters, varying between harmonically enriched tones. As music critic Stuart Nicholson put it, "In terms of guitar prowess, it was the equivalent of Roger Bannister breaking the four-minute mile."

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Tal Farlow: Sun 16 Gemini, Moon 5 Cancer, Mercury 10 Cancer, Venus 3 Taurus, Mars 22 Gemini, Jupiter 10 Virgo, Saturn 18 Virgo, Uranus 9 Pisces, Neptune 11 Leo, Pluto 7 Cancer, Sun Conjunct Mars, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Square Saturn, Mercury Sextile Jupiter, Mercury Trine Uranus, Mercury Semi Sextile Neptune, Mercury Conjunct Pluto, Venus Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Mars Square Saturn, Jupiter Opposition Uranus, Jupiter Semi Sextile Neptune, Jupiter Sextile Pluto, Uranus Quincunx Neptune, Uranus Trine Pluto

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Photo attribution: Vernon Hyde, Tal Farlow