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Quick links: '''[[Allan Holdsworth Blog|Blog]] - [[Allan Holdsworth Discography|Discography]] - [[Press coverage|Articles]] - [[Filmography|Allan Holdsworth filmography|Filmography]] - [[Allan Holdsworth bibliography|Bibliography]] - [[Allan Holdsworth YouTube Playlists|YouTube Playlists]]'''
[[File:Allan_Holdsworth-0250.jpg|450 px|right]]'''NEWS''':*The website has undergone some updates and maintenance. The discography entries have been expanded, the interviews have summaries added, and the bibliography and filmography has been updated. *Christy Coobatis has released the single '''[[The_Dreamer_(single)|The Dreamer]]''', a 1980s recording featuring Allan.
*'''New domain - please update your bookmarks: https://allanholdsworth.info/''' Fingerprintsweb.net will be closing down in Sep 2023.
*'''[[Above and Below: The Music of Allan Holdsworth]]''' is a tribute album where a variety of artists perform Allan's compositions.
*'''[[Proto-Cosmos (live album)]]''' is a live album by Holdsworth, Pasqua, Haslip, Wackerman. The album was released to streaming platforms on October 2022. The album consists of some recordings that were previously released on the live DVD that came out in 2007, as well as some previously unreleased recordings that were probably made around the same time.
*John Vullo has released a five hour video called '''[https://youtu.be/ChL9R2r0N9Y "A comprehensive study of Allan Holdsworths improvisational ideas, patterns, scales, charts & tunings"]'''.
*JMS are releasing a live recording from 1980 featuring Allan with Gordon Beck and Didier Lockwood: '''[[The Unique Concert]]'''
*John Vullo has rather quietly published his book [https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Chords-Holdsworth-John-Vullo-ebook/dp/B08CRH9QTF/ '''Secrets: The Chords of Allan Holdsworth''' ]. John describes the book this way: "This book is a collection of chords used in over 45 Allan Holdsworth tunes, organized and categorized. Allan had an incredibly unique, unconventional and yet simple of understanding harmony and chords . Get an insight into those views and what makes his chord voicings so special and unique." Check out John's excellent tutorials on Allan's tunes on his [https://www.youtube.com/user/TurrigenousOfficial YouTube channel].
*The Jazz in Britain edition of "Devil Take The Hindmost" has sold out, and Ed Chang has published an ebook edition by himself. You can read more about it at [https://www.facebook.com/DevilTaketheHindmost Ed's Facebook page]. More info here: '''[[Devil Take The Hindmost (2020 Book)]]'''.
*The widely bootlegged concert from Japan in 1984 has been released on Manifesto Records. Available on [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HSLVBJW/ Amazon].
== Welcome to the Allan Holdsworth Information Center.==
=Allan Holdsworth discography =
Here's a draft for a complete is what is probably the most comprehensive [[Allan Holdsworth Discography|Allan Holdsworth discography]]. The discography is built chronologically on every official (but sometimes contested) release Allan has appeared on, excluding most compilations. Each album entry now has a track listing and performance details. Each entry contains quotes by Allan (and sometimes others) on the album, and there's a summary of these quotes that was generated in 2023 on the basis of the existing quotes. The discography thus aims to give a comprehensive overview of Allan's recordings, based as much on Allan's own opinion as possible.
= Allan Holdsworth press coverage =
Here's a collection of [[Press coverage|Allan Holdsworth articles]], as well as a few related items, spanning Allan's career. The collection spans over one hundred interviews. In 2023, articles of some length have been given an introductory summary, produced by artificial intelligence. Foreign language articles are presented in the original language, as well as machine and sometimes human translations.
=Allan Holdsworth filmography=
=Allan's influences=
[[Allan's influences]]
=Interview transcriptions=
[[Jazzman 2012]]
[[Comments on the Wikipedia article]]
