He was nicknamed octopus because of how his large, quick hands spread over the fretboard. Tal farlow, lenny breau, george benson, red mitchell, tommy flanagan, red norvo, jimmy lyon, tina farlow, joseph papp. Returning to winnipeg, breau became a regular session guitarist recording for cbc radio and cbc television, and contributed to cbctvs teenbeat, music hop, and his own lenny breau show. I have become a big fan through chet and tommy he was a genius, he created a whole new. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Low prices on lenny breau discography of music albums at cd universe, with top rated service, lenny breau songs, discography, biography, cover art pictures, sound samples, albums, etc. One of the most heartfelt, touching scenes ive ever witnessedfrom the genius of lenny breau documentary, which i highly recommend. To many canadians, breaus jazz is still an evocative memory of the sound of cbc in the 1960s. Chance meeting, tal farlow with lenny breau guitarchives, 1997 cabin fever guitarchives, 1997 boy wonder guitarchives, 1998 live at dontes string jazz, 2000 pickin cotten with richard cotten guitarchives, 2001 the hallmark sessions art of life, 2003 the complete living room tapes with brad terry art of life, 2003. The samara mclendon wins sarah vaughan vocal competition. As a guitar player, the first two that come to mind are jimmy raney and tal farlow. Buy jazz standards guitar sheet music online store.
Lenny breau medley send in the clowns it could happen to you. Albums include the velvet touch of lenny breau live. I also became inspired by impressionist painters such as renoir, and wanted to do the same sort of thing with musicportray whatever mood strikes me the way keith jarrett does on piano. The forgotten geniusan article about lenny breaus innovative guitar technique from guitar world.
As the liner notes indicate, tracking down lenny breau by this time in his tragically short life, being murdered in 1984, jazz guitar enthusiasts can be grateful these two. With emily hughes, lenny breau, rich aldahl, george benson. Lenny breauvideo clip from one more take, a documentary about guitarist lenny breau. Three guitars lenny breau, jim pirie, ron halldorson by geosochi. Lenny breau trio is an album by maineborn guitarist lenny breau, released in 1979.
Chance meeting is an album by jazz guitarists tal farlow and lenny breau that was released in 1997. Khan is the son of lyricist sammy cahn and learned to play the piano and drums as a child. The late guitar giant lenny breau was known for incorporating the intricate sounds of bill evansstyle piano jazz, flamenco, country, and classical music both western and indian into a fingerstyle technique that became a sound all his own. His tal ent, combined with his high visibility and organi zational skills. The genius of lenny breau documentary page 2 the gear page. Tal farlow and lenny breau chance meeting jazz guitar. 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. Lenny breaubrief profile of acclaimed jazz guitarist lenny breau from the canadian music hall of fame. Read or watch lenny breau untold here, where we ask ourselves what can we learn from lenny. What he did on that 7string was deemed to be impossible, but he did it.
The onetime meeting between guitarists tal farlow and lenny breau came about because lorenzo destefano, who was making a pbs documentary talmage farlow in 1980, wanted a meeting between the veteran and a rising star. This cd, an indirect result of the film documentary on tal, is an amazing newfound jewel. I would love to touch base with you and possibly collaborate on some music here in the near future. During the film, lenny breau makes a visit to tals sea bright, n. Lenny breau sheet music to download top quality pdfs. Farlow suggested breau, and an invitation was extended and immediately accepted. Farlow suggested breau, and an invitation was extended and immediately accepted by the younger man. Tal farlow and lenny breau chats and plays together by guitarsoul. Unfollow lenny breau to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Cnace meeting features the legendary tal farlow with lenny breau in a series of duet performances from the soundtrack of talmage farlow. The program also featured an orchestra conducted by bob mcmullin as well as tore female singers. Breau got his start at age 12 touring with his parents, popular country and western performers hal lone pine breau and betty cody. Lenny breau celebrity profile check out the latest lenny breau photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Find lenny breau discography, albums and singles on allmusic.
Relaxing piano jazz elegant intrumental jazz music for work, study, reading cafe music bgm channel 2,949 watching live now. Originally released on directdisk labs, it was reissued in 1995 on the adelphi label and as lenny breau trio on cd on the genes label in 1999. All transcriptions pdf made in the 6 last months are only available for download to my patreon subscribers. Talmage holt farlow june 7, 1921 july 25, 1998 was an american jazz guitarist.
Who are the best jazz musicians most people have never heard of. Consider subscribing to my patreon page to gain free access to all new transcriptions and patrons exclusive content for a modest contribution. Search results for lenny breau francois leduc online. Do you have any questions or requests about lenny breaus music repertoire, lenny breau in general, or just a comment about this page. The genius of lenny breau is hughes film biography of her father, the canadian jazz guitar genius who died under mysterious circumstances in 1984. Theres a difference between understanding something and accepting it. Probably the greatest jazz guitarist canada has ever produced, lenny breau was the centre of this musical variety show from winnipeg. The genius of lenny breau documentary discussion in the sound hound lounge started by neer, apr 11, 20. He was the only player to do this, his sound was incredible. When you play jazz, you can copy those who most impress you on your instrument, but at some point you have to step back and accept what you can do in developing your own style on the instrument. It ran on the network for a few weeks in summer 1966. To the fiendishly virtuosic there are challenges for all ability levels including syncopation jazz chords and lenny breau. Songs include cherokee, all the things you are, satin doll and my foolish heart. Documentary on the life of lenny breau, guitar genius.
Shop for vinyl, cds and more from tal farlow at the discogs marketplace. Lenny extended the range of the guitar on the high end, or in the melody. Through making the documentary, hughes discovered the life of a father she never knew. Please, post your thoughts in the field below, our community members and supervisors will be happy to get back to you right away. The duo start jamming and visiting and tal invites lenny to join him at his local gig that. Lenny breau, august 5, 1941 august 12, 1984, was one of the greatest and most accomplished guitarists ever to have lived. Lenny breau was an overaccomplished guitarist that saw no other way to further develop himself than to use an custom 7string guitar to advance in technique. Show all release groups instead, or show various artists release groups. Listen to your favorite songs from lenny breau trio by lenny breau feat. The duo start jamming and visiting and tal invites lenny to join him at his local gig that night. By the time he was a teenager, lenny had mastered the chet atkins thumbpick and fingerstyle playing and soon became fascinated by jazz. Support me on patreon to access new pdf transcriptions and patrons exc. Apparently theres a video of tal farlow out there, and this is the soundtrack from said video. Shortly after lennys untimely death in 1984, the guitar disappeared, along with lennys widow, never to be seen again.