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(AGE 68)
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(6 August 1946 – 15 April 2017)
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(“Allan Holdsworth” was a British guitarist and composer)
(he released 12 studio albums as a solo artist and played a variety of musical styles spanning a period of more than 4 decades, but is best known for his work in ‘jazz fusion’)
(‘Holdsworth’ was known for his advanced knowledge of music, through which he incorporated a vast array of complex chord progressions and intricate solos; the latter comprising myriad scale forms often derived from those such as the diminished, augmented, whole tone, chromatic and altered scales, among others, resulting in an unpredictable and “outside” sound)
(his unique legato soloing technique stemmed from his original desire to play the saxophone)
(having been unable to afford one, he strove to use the guitar to create similarly smooth lines of notes)
(he also become associated with playing an early form of guitar synthesizer called the ‘SynthAxe’, a company he endorsed in the 1980s)
(‘Holdsworth’ has been cited as an influence by such renowned rock, metal and jazz guitarists as ‘Eddie Van Halen’, ‘Joe Satriani’, ‘Greg Howe’, ‘Shawn Lane’, ‘Richie Kotzen’, ‘John Petrucci’, ‘Alex Lifeson’, ‘Kurt Rosenwinkel’, ‘Yngwie Malmsteen’, ‘Michael Romeo’, and ‘Tom Morello’)
(‘Frank Zappa’ once lauded him as “one of the most interesting guys on guitar on the planet”, while ‘Robben Ford’ has said: “I think ‘Allan Holdsworth’ is the ‘John Coltrane’ of the guitar. I don’t think anyone can do as much with the guitar as ‘Allan Holdsworth’ can”)
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