Allan Holdsworth

Allan Holdsworth (fødd 6. august 1946) var ein engelsk gitarist og låtskrivar. Han gav ut tolv studioalbum som soloartist og har spelt inn mange forskjellige stilartar gjennom ein perioden på fire tiår. Han var mest kjend for arbeidet sitt innan jazzfusion. Som gitarist var han kjend for å vera ein avansert og innovativ gitarist, og er av mange rocke- og instrumentale gitaristar omtalt som ei inspirasjonskjelde, som til dømes Eddie Van Halen,^[3] Joe Satriani,^[4] Greg Howe,^[5] Shawn Lane,^[6] Richie Kotzen,^[7] John Petrucci^[8] og mange andre. Frank Zappa kalla ein gong Holdsworth «ein av dei mest interessante gitaristane på jorda».^[9]

Allan Holdsworth
Fødd	6. august 1946 Bradford i West Yorkshire i England[1]
Fødestad	Bradford
Død	16. april 2017 (70 år)
Dødsstad	Vista
Opphav	Storbritannia
Aktiv	1969 - 2017
Sjanger	Jazzfusion, jazz, frijazz,[2] instrumental rock, progressiv rock
Instrument	Elektrisk gitar, SynthAxe, akustisk gitar, fiolin, vokal
Kjende instrument	SynthAxe Ibanez AH-10 Ibanez AH-20 Steinberger GL2TA-AH Carvin H2 Carvin HF2 Fatboy
Tilknytte artistar	HoBoLeMa, UK, Level 42, Gong, Bruford, Soft Machine, The New Tony Williams Lifetime, Tempest, I.O.U., False Alarm
Plateselskap	CTI, JMS–Cream, Luna Crack, I.O.U., Warner Bros., Enigma, Relativity, Intima, Legato, Restless, Polydor, Fred Bloggs, Gnarly Geezer, Megazoidal, Sony, Favored Nations, Alternity
Verka som	Musikar, låtskrivar, plateprodusent

Diskografi

Studioalbums

• 1976: Velvet Darkness
• 1982: I.O.U.
• 1983: Road Games (EP)
• 1985: Metal Fatigue
• 1986: Atavachron
• 1987: Sand
• 1989: Secrets
• 1992: Wardenclyffe Tower
• 1993: Hard Hat Area
• 1996: None Too Soon
• 2000: The Sixteen Men of Tain
• 2001: Flat Tire: Music for a Non-Existent Movie
• 2005: The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock (compilation)

Konsertalbum

• 1997: I.O.U. Live
• 2002: All Night Wrong
• 2003: Then!

Samarbeid

• 1980: The Things You See – med Gordon Beck
• 1988: With a Heart in My Song – med Gordon Beck
• 1990: Truth in Shredding – med Frank Gambale/The Mark Varney Project
• 1996: Heavy Machinery – med Jens Johansson og Anders Johansson
• 2009: Blues for Tony – med Alan Pasqua, Chad Wackerman og Jimmy Haslip (konsertalbum)

Andre album

• 1969: 'Igginbottom's Wrench – 'Igginbottom
• 1972: Belladona – Nucleus
• 1973: Tempest – Tempest
• 1975: Bundles – Soft Machine
• 1975: Believe It – The New Tony Williams Lifetime
• 1976: Million Dollar Legs – The New Tony Williams Lifetime
• 1976: Gazeuse! – Gong
• 1976: Capricorn Princess – Esther Phillips
• 1977: Re-Touch &kvartett – John Stevens
• 1977: Enigmatic Ocean – Jean-Luc Ponty
• 1978: Expresso II – Gong
• 1978: Feels Good to Me – Bruford
• 1978: U.K. – U.K.
• 1978: Live In Boston – U.K.
• 1978: Touching On – John Stevens
• 1979: One of a Kind – Bruford
• 1979: Time is the Key – Pierre Moerlen's Gong
• 1979: Sunbird – Gordon Beck
• 1980: Conversation Piece – John Stevens
• 1981: Land of Cockayne – Soft Machine
• 1983: Individual Choice – Jean-Luc Ponty
• 1983: Retouch – John Stevens
• 1984: Transatlantic – Jon St. James
• 1986: Soma – Soma
• 1986: Change of Address – Krokus
• 1986: Fast Impressions – Jon St. James
• 1988: Radio Free Albemuth – Stuart Hamm
• 1988: If This Bass Could Only Talk – Stanley Clarke
• 1988: No Borders – Carl Verheyen
• 1988: The Distance Between – Strange Advance
• 1989: Attack of the Neon Shark – Alex Masi
• 1989: A Question of Time – Jack Bruce
• 1989: Gitar's Practicing Musicians – various artists
• 1990: Silent Will – Andrea Marcelli
• 1990: Blue Tav – Steve Tavaglione
• 1991: Love in Peace – Paz
• 1991: Forty Reasons – Chad Wackerman
• 1991: Guaranteed – Level 42
• 1992: Lone Ranger – Jeff Watson
• 1993: The View – Chad Wackerman
• 1993: Come Together: Guitar Tribute to the Beatles – various artists
• 1995: Suffer – Gongzilla
• 1995: Oneness – Andrea Marcelli
• 1995: Worlds Away & Back – Strange Advance
• 1996: Stare – Gorky Park
• 1997: From Your Heart and Your Soul – Steve Hunt
• 1997: Blue Tav – Steve Tavaglione
• 2002: Pray for Rain – Atlantis
• 2003: BBC Radio 1971-1974 – Soft Machine
• 2003: Abracadabra – Soft Works
• 2004: Sonic Undertow – Riptyde
• 2004: Mythology – Derek Sherinian
• 2004: Book of the Dead – K2
• 2005: Nebula – David Hines
• 2005: Anthology: Under the Blossom – Tempest
• 2006: Deconstruction of a Postmodern Musician – Corrado Rustici
• 2006: Floating World Live – Soft machine
• 2007: Prowlin' – Dan Carlin & Friends
• 2007: Quantum – Planet X
• 2007: The Acatama Experience – Jean-Luc Ponty
• 2007: Rock Goes to College – Bruford
• 2008: Progasaurus – Chris Buck
• 2008: Everyone Knows My Drinking, No One Knows My Thirst – Eric Keyes
• 2009: Highway Star – Snew
• 2009: The Early Years – Paul Korda
• 2009: Propensity – John Stevens og Danny Thompson (1978)
• 2010: Dirty & Beautiful: Volume I – Gary Husband