Sunday, April 10, 2022

Allan Holdsworth (August 6, 1946 - April 15, 2017)

Friday, April 15, 2022, marks five years since the world lost the pioneering jazz/rock fusion guitar legend, Allan Holdsworth. He was 70 years old.

In addition to his critically acclaimed solo discography, which is available on The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock (2005), Eidolon: The Allan Holdsworth Collection (2017), and The Man Who Changed Guitar Forever! The Allan Holdsworth Album Collection (2017), his unequaled and unparalleled guitar playing is featured on his frequent drummer Chad Wackerman’s solo albums Forty Reasons (1991), The View (1993), and Dreams, Nightmares, and Improvisations (2012), which is the last recording of original material by Holdsworth released before his passing.

--Raj Manoharan

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