Martin Taylor
Multi award winning guitarist and composer MARTIN TAYLOR has established a unique musical career as an internationally acclaimed musician, and his inimitable style has seen him recognized as the world’s foremost exponent of solo jazz guitar playing.
Although completely self taught, he has enjoyed a remarkable musical career spanning across five decades, and during that time has invented and developed a way of playing the guitar that is admired, and often imitated, by guitarists all over the world. As well as being a true guitar innovator, he is also a master concert performer, dazzling audiences with his solo shows, which combine virtuosity, emotion, humor, with a strong stage presence.
He spends much of the year traveling the world, playing in concert halls in Europe, North America, Japan, Asia, and Australasia as well as presiding over the uniquely innovative Martin Taylor Guitar Academy Online.
As well as his solo concerts and recordings, he has also collaborated with musicians from many different musical genre including, Stephane Grappelli, Jeff Beck, Chet Atkins, Bill Wyman, George Harrison, Dionne Warwick, Diane Schuur and Jamie Cullum.
From 1979 to 1990 he toured the world and recorded over 20 albums with the French jazz violin legend STEPHANE GRAPPELLI. Their album with Vassar Clements “Together At Last” won a Grammy Nomination in 1987. Monsieur Grappelli described him as “A great artist, rich in talent and elegance”
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- Last Train to Hauteville by John Barron
- Double Standards by John Barron
- Nitelife by Jim Santella
- Nitelife by Charles Chapman
- In Concert by David Adler
- In Concert by Dave Nathan
- Gypsy by Glenn Astarita
November 23, 2012
Penang Island Jazz Festial To Host Guitar Legend Martin Taylor
November 20, 2012
Over 1,000 Jazz Guitarists Sign Up For Free Online Guitar Lessons
June 02, 2011
Martin Taylor and Soweto Kinch hit USA as part of "Made in the UK"...
March 19, 2011
Jazz Song for Japan by Martin Taylor
May 23, 2010
Guitarist Martin Taylor Interviewed at AAJ
April 12, 2010
Hear Martin Taylor's New Album on AAJ
September 28, 2008
Grammy Award Winning Guitarist Martin Taylor Comes to Tour the USA
September 04, 2008
Guitarist Martin Taylor Meets His Match!
April 30, 2008
Martin Taylor and Stuart Ryan in Bath
March 19, 2008
Martin Taylor and Alison Burns Begin New Pass/Fitzgerald Project
Primary Instrument
Guitar
Willing to teach
Intermediate to advanced
Credentials/Background
2010 saw the launch of the uniquely innovative Martin Taylor Guitar Academy online. As one of the world’s most recognized online guitar teachers his innovative online guitar school with its headquarters in Napa, CA has been featured on NPR, BBC, Fox News and the LA Times and is subscribed to by guitarists in over 58 countries. 1999 Honorary Doctorate University of the West of Scotland 2002 Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), awarded by HM the Queen for Services to Music 2008 International Association For Jazz Education, Outstanding Service to Jazz Education 2010 Honorary Doctorate Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
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Martin Taylor Concerts
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