Artist: Allan Holdsworth
Genre(s):
Jazz
Other
Discography:
Flattire Music For A Non-Existent Movie
Year: 2001
Tracks: 9
Flat Tire
Year: 2001
Tracks: 9
The Sixteen Men Of Tain
Year: 1999
Tracks: 8
Wardenclyffe Tower
Year: 1992
Tracks: 8
Guitarist Allan Holdsworth is widely considered to be ane of the finest instrumentalists in all of nothingness fusion, so far has never genuinely received the identification that he so rightfully deserves. Born on August 6, 1946, in Bradford, Yorkshire, Holdsworth was originally taught music by his fatherhood, world Health Organization was a piano player. First a sax player, Holdsworth didn't pick up the guitar until he was 17 years old, only lettered the instrumental role promptly. After playing in local outfits (in addition to learning the fiddle), Holdsworth relocated to London, where he was interpreted under the wing of saxophonist Ray Warleigh. By 1972, Holdsworth had joined reformist bikers Tempest, coming into court on the group's self-titled debut a year subsequently before joining Soft Machine in December 1973 -- and radically changing the latter outfit's good to guitar-based nuclear fusion reaction in the process. U.S. drummer Tony Williams observed Holdsworth about this time, which lED to an invite for the up-and-coming guitar player to replace John McLaughlin in Williams' Lifetime project -- Holdsworth short leftfield Soft Machine in March of 1975, afterwards appearing on the Williams recordings Believe It and One thousand thousand Dollar Legs. But Holdsworth's union with Williams was a brief one, as the guitar player joined up with French-English prog rockers Gong for such albums as 1976's Gazeuse! (released as Expresso in the U.S.) and 1978's Expresso II, in improver to guesting on recordings by Jean-Luc Ponty, Bill Bruford, Gordon Beck, Jack Bruce, and UK.
Besides in the late '70s, Holdsworth launched a solo career, which over the age has seen the release of well-nigh 20 albums (a few standouts include 1983's Route Games, 1985's Metallic element Fatigue, 1994's Difficult Hat Area, and 2000's The Sixteen Men of Tain), as the guitarist has been joined by such acclaimed musicians as Paul Williams (a former bandmate of Holdsworth's in Tempest), Gary Husband, Chad Wackerman, Gary Husband, Jimmy Johnson, Steve Hunt, and Alan Pasqua, among others. In the mid-'80s, Holdsworth was one of the number one musicians to exercise a Synthaxe, a guitar that contained a breath accountant that proven to be a scotch between a synthesist, guitar, and saxophone (Holdsworth was awarded Best Guitar Synthesist from 1989 through 1994 in the readers' poll of Guitar Player magazine). In the '90s, Holdsworth besides created his have signature guitar example with the Carvin company. In the mid-'90s, Holdsworth briefly shifted aside from his unification originals and recorded an record album with longtime musical collaborator Gordon Beck that swayback into jazz standards. The Sixteen Men of Tain (2000) marked another agitate, in that it was the first Holdsworth release to feature an all-acoustic regular recurrence section. This was followed in 2002 by All Night Wrong, his first official live release. And then! Live in Tokyo was following, featuring Holdsworth's 1990 live band, which was followed by Against the Clock, a life history retrospective, in 2005.
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