If anybody was looking for ideas for their Dads christmas present……I recently came across an old film now re-released on DVD, “Talmage Farlow” ( available on Amazon !!!) that was a great inspiration to me when I first watched it in the early 80’s. The film looks at the life of Tal Farlow, recognised as one of the all time great jazz guitarists, who came to promenance in the 1950’s. After a 10 year spell at the top of Jazz, Tal turned away from the jazz spotlight to lead a quiter life in New Jersey. However, as he says in the film, he never stopped playing. I had the great fortune to meet him in Glasgow in the early 80’s when I attended a workshop with him. He was a modest man who played with driving bebop lines and (in George Benson’s words) a wild sense of harmony. Check out some of the clips from the DVD at http://talfarlowfilm.com/film_excerpts.htm