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British guitarist Martin Taylor is one of the most highly regarded guitarists in the world. Specialising in jazz, he has performed in groups, guitar ensembles and as an accompanist to many of the world’s most famous musicians. However, it is for his remarkable solo fingerstyle performances, in which he provides bass and chordal accompaniment in addition to a melody, that he is most renowned.

Taylor was born in Harlow, Essex in 1956 into a family with a musical heritage and a gypsy/traveller tradition, although he did not strictly lead the traditional gypsy lifestyle. It was no surprise then that, after being given a guitar at age 4 by his father, bassist William ‘Buck’ Taylor, he would develop a passion for jazz in general and Django Reinhardt in particular. Over the next few years the young Taylor would hone his skills and, by age 11, was playing regularly in his father’s band. This experience made him determined to pursue a career in music and, after much persuasion, his parents allowed him to leave school aged 15 to try and achieve this ambition.

Over the next few years Taylor played in numerous bands, in holiday camps, various radio dates and on cruise ships (one cruise lead to the personal highlight of jamming with the Count Basie orchestra).
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  • iun

    He's THE MASTER

    January 2011

  • BeetsAndBears

    beautiful

    December 2010

  • provizion

    I enjoy your music very much, please come to Belgium!

    April 2010

  • Mmuuzz

    Enjoying 'Double Standards' At the moment Martin . Lovely stuff Murray

    March 2010

  • jameskirktaylor

    Download the title track from the new Martin Taylor 'Last Train To Hauteville' album for free exclusively from this link. http://bit.ly/3Wblef

    November 2009

  • Gzperi

    Incredible talent !

    August 2009

  • lucasirianni

    Great player...greetings from London

    January 2009

  • icantsing4u

    sounds like a toned-down version of The Serene Sound, just less psychedelic n' sich.

    September 2008
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Festival de Guitarra with Martin Taylor

5 May 2012 | from www.martintaylor.com

Martin will be playing at the Festival de Guitarra in the beautiful city of Santo Tirso in Portugal on May 26th 2012.  Other guitarists performing at the month long guitar festival include …

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