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| - Allan Holdsworth (born August 6, 1946, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England - died April 16, 2017, Vista, California, USA) was an English guitarist and composer best known for his work in jazz fusion. After recording with a number of bands throughout the 1970's his first solo album was released - against his will - in 1976 %22Velvet Darkness%22. The first solo album over which he had full artistic control %22I.O.U.%22 was released in 1982. He was inducted into Guitar Player Magazines hall of fame and was a five-time winner of the magazines reader's poll. He was also featured in Musician Magazines 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
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| - Allan Holdsworth (born 6 August 1946) is a British guitarist and composer. He has released twelve studio albums as a solo artist and played a variety of musical styles spanning a period of more than four decades, but is best known for his work in jazz fusion.Holdsworth is noted for his advanced knowledge of music, through which he incorporates 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 %22off%22 sound. His unique legato soloing technique stems from his desire to originally play the saxophone, but having been unable to afford one he thus intentionally utilised the guitar in order to make it sound like a different instrument. He has also become associated with playing an early form of guitar synthesizer called the SynthAxe, a company which 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, and Michael Romeo. Frank Zappa once lauded him as %22one of the most interesting guys on guitar on the planet%22.
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