Documentary on great jazz guitarist Tal Farlow (1921 - 1998))

From my collection of off-the-air recordings on VHS cassettes, this is a wonderful documentary produced by New Jersey Public Television in 1981. (I recorded it from a rerun in March of 1983.) The subject: Tal Farlow--jazz guitarist and sign painter. Yes, Tal worked as a professional sign painter in Sea Bright, New Jersey, as depicted in the film. However, he also recorded as a leader and as a sideman, starting with the Red Norvo Trio in 1951. The film includes commentary by guitarist George Benson, pianist Jimmy Lyons, the above-mentioned vibes player Red Norvo, Tal's wife Tina and others. Tal can also be seen and heard performing with pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Red Mitchell and others.

An anonymous copyright claim completely blocked viewing of this wonderful documentary. The only way I could remove some of the blocks was to permit a pretty brutal hack job offered by YouTube which removed some music; but, it also removed some commentary, some dialog and some material which couldn't possibly trigger a legitimate copyright claim. The material that was cut: 1) commentary by guitarist George Benson about Tal which opens the program (not a musical performance); 2) a 1950 recording of the bop tune, "Move", by the Red Norvo Trio, which included Tal and Charles Mingus (and which, by the way, has been posted by someone else on YouTube and has not been blocked); 3) Tal's description of how he got started as a sign painter; 4) film of Tal painting the name of a boat on its hull, 5) more commentary by George Benson; 6) a discussion between Tal and Canadian-American guitarist, Lenny Breau; 7) two brief duets between Tal and Lenny; 8) Tal's introduction and walk-on at the beginning of a performance with Tommy Flanagan and Red Mitchell.

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