The Legendary Guitar of Tal Farlow (Hot Licks)

A true giant in the world of jazz guitar, Tal Farlow reveals many of his unique playing secrets in this now-classic instruction session. In this remastered and enhanced Hot Licks video series, he covers pre-electric rhythm guitar styles, tritones, playing in flat keys, chords within solos, chromatic movement, right-hand extensions, and many more jazz guitar techniques. With contributions from Lenny Breau and George Benson, this DVD is a rare treat not only for long-time fans of the late, great Talmage Holt Farlow, but for anyone interested in the history of jazz guitar styles.

Videos

• Introduction & Influences (13:34) - In this first video, Tal Farlow welcomes you to the course and discusses his musical influences.

• Blues in F (05:14) - Tal gives a blues performance in F before breaking down the chord progressions.

• Chord Progressions & "I Thought About You" (14:29) - In this video, Tal continues with chord progressions before giving a performance of the song "I Thought About You".

• Documentary Footage with George Benson (01:26) - See George Benson speak about Tal.

• Melody & Basic Harmony for "I Thought About You" (05:11) - Tal begins breaking down the song "I Thought About You".

• Chord Fingering & Bebop Chords (06:52) - Tal discusses chord fingerings and bebop chords.

• More Documentary Footage with George Benson (00:55) - See more footage of George Benson.

• Devices Used with Red Norvo Trio (08:12) - In this video, Tal takes a look at some devices used with Red Norvo Trio.

• Documentary Footage with Lenny Breau (05:53) - This last clip of documentary footage features Lenny Breau.

• The Tal Farlow Model Guitar (14:58) - Tal shows off the Tal Farlow Model Guitar.