Biography
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Born
19 October 1944
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Born In
Worthing, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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Died
29 July 1994 (aged 49)
There is more than one artist with this name, including:
1) Gary Farr (19 October 1944 – 29 July 1994) was a British folk/blues musician.
2) Gary Farr is an American jazz and New Age pianist and composer.
1) Gary Farr (born Gary Anthony Farr on 19 October 1944; died 29 July 1994) was a British folk/blues singer remembered as the founder and lead vocalist of 60s British rhythm and blues band The T-Bones. After the break-up of The T-Bones, Farr pursued a solo career that resulted in three studio albums and a handful of singles, none of which were commercially well received. Later he collaborated with other musicians (some of whom had been members of British band Uriah Heep) and released one album under the name Lion. Following this project, Farr made no more official music recordings.
His second album, "Strange Fruit" is regarded as an undiscovered work of the acoustic rock / classic rock genres, cited by some as a minor masterpiece. His albums featured contributions from Richard Thompson on lead guitar and contributions from members of Mighty Baby.
2) Gary Farr is an American jazz and New Age pianist and composer. He has performed his original material with his jazz quintet in several venues. In 1999 he debuted his “Lost” CD at ‘Sunfest’ in Palm Beach, Florida. “Lost” is broadcasted on TV and radio from the Weather Channel to worldwide radio. Gary has performed as musical director, conductor, arranger and pianist for several other commercial bands and recording artists. He has performed from Caesar’s Palace to the Caribbean, Europe and throughout the world
Farr has written, recorded and scored music for the films “Hot Shot”, “Pray Another Day”, “The System” “Just a Chance”, “Control”, TV pilot “Guardian Warriors”, international commercials & jingles, industrial and fitness video’s. All of his 7 CD’s were composed or co-written by him. Formerly a native of South Florida, he composed and orchestrated “The Sun Symphony”, a project Farr worked on for a number of years. Farr also composed & recorded a ‘romantic piano’ CD for Kool Kat Music & TRF distribution for TV/film and multimedia placement. Farr relocated to Los Angeles in December of 2002 to continue his career as a full-time TV and Film composer. His 26-minute piece in four parts titled “Dreaming of Marching Fireflies”, a symphonic electronica rock piece was released as a CD and is licensed for multimedia placement.
“I write passionately and emotionally within myself or from an idea expressed to me to suit the mood, theme or pure expression”.
He is president and founder of Secret Formula Records, an independent record label dedicated to promoting quality music from jazz, classical, New Age, Electronica, Christian & rock.
GF Creative Music was created to supply the TV & Film industry with original music from themes to underscoring collaborating with other composers, musicians and songwriters. Gary produced his first two CD’s under Secret Formula Records “The Gentle Awakening” & “Lost”.
In 1999, Farr co-produced a classical CD (‘Dance of the Blessed Spirits) for Florida Philharmonic flutist, Jeanne Tarrant. Jeanne can also be heard on Gary’s new jazz CD, “Fresh Brew”, fusing jazz with contemporary rhythms. Other CD’s are “To Be Free”, a creatively inspired follow up of “The Gentle Awakening”. Gary has produced his talented son, singer/songwriter Matt Farr on a pop/alternative CD titled “Shift”. Farr finished working on “Jabalopa”, an electronica break beat CD. He worked on “Up All Night”, a smooth jazz sax CD with Ron Fattorusso released in 2004. in 2006, SFR released The Gary Farr Quintet CD "Deep as the Night" which was originally recorded in 1995 but never before released. This was the first recordings of his original jazz. featured artists are saxophonist Ron Fattorusso, guitarist Mitch Farber along with Juan Natividad on bass and Stan Baron on Drums. Also featured on one track is saxophonist Billy Ross, flutist Jeanne Tarrant and drummer Craig Pichanick.
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