 Martin Taylor MBE's Profile |
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THE OFFICIAL MARTIN TAYLOR MYSPACE |
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| Location: | Perthshire Scotland and, Bretagne |
| Country: |  France |
| Last Login: | Oct 29, 2008 (394 days back) |
About Me |
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Dr Martin Taylor MBEMartin Taylor is one of the most awesome solo
guitar players in the history of the instrument. He's unbelievable Award winning guitarist MARTIN TAYLOR has established a unique musical career as an internationally acclaimed musician, and his inimitable style has seen him recognised as the world's foremost exponent of solo jazz guitar playing. Although completely self taught, he has enjoyed a remarkable musical career spanning across four 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, humour, and a strong stage presence. He spends much of the year travelling the world, playing in concert halls in Europe, North America, Japan, Asia, and Australasia. As
well as his solo concerts and recordings, he has also collaborated with
musicians from many different musical genre including, STEPHANE GRAPPELLI, CHET ATKINS, BILL WYMAN, GEORGE HARRISON, DIONNE WARWICK, SACHA DISTEL, BRYN TERFEL and JAMIE CULLUM. In 1999 he was made an Honorary Doctor of the University of Paisley, Scotland and in 2002 he was appointed MBE "For Services To Jazz Music", in The Queen's Birthday Honours List, which he received personally from Her Majesty The Queen at an investiture at Buckingham Palace. In 2007 he recieved the prestigious BBC Radio 2 "Heart of Jazz" Award in recognition of his career in music, and was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the North Wales International Jazz Guitar Festival for his "Contribution to Jazz Guitar Worldwide".When not touring he divides his time between his homes in France and Scotland where he writes music for TV and film. His film credits include the French comedy "Milou En Mai" directed by Louis Malle, and more recently his composition "Green Lady" features in the Andrew Piddington movie "The Killing of John Lennon" His autobiography MARTIN TAYLOR - AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A TRAVELLING MUSICIAN and his latest CD/DVD FRETERNITY are available worldwide. HONOURS and AWARDS:1985 Music Retailers Award for Excellence, 1987 British Jazz Award - Best Guitarist, 1987 Grammy Nomination - "Together at Last" with Stephane Grappelli, 1988 British Jazz Award - Best Guitarist, 1989 British Jazz Award - Best Guitarist, 1990 British Jazz Award - Best Guitarist, 1991 British Jazz Award - Best Guitarist, 1993 British Jazz Award - Best Guitarist, 1995 British Jazz Award - Best Guitarist, 1997 British Jazz Award - Best Guitarist, 1997 British Jazz Award - Best Small Group "Spirit of Django", 1998 Freedom of The City of London, 1999 British Jazz Award - Best Guitarist, 1999 British Academy of Composers & Songwriters "Gold Badge of Merit", 1999 Honorary Doctorate - University of Paisley, Scotland, 2001 British Jazz Award - Best Guitarist, 2002 Member of The Order of The British Empire (MBE), 2002 International Guitar Foundation - Best Album "SOLO", 2003 Pioneer to the Life of the Nation, 2007 BBC Heart of Jazz Award, 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award - North Wales Jazz Guitar Festival, 2007 British Jazz Award - Best Guitarist - 2008 IAJE Award For Outstanding Service To Jazz Education |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 4/12/2007Band Website: martintaylor.com Band Members:Martin Taylor mostly plays solo concerts, around 100 shows a year in over 20 countries. He also works with jazz singer ALISON BURNS and works often in France with violinist DIDIER LOCKWOOD.He is now accepting a limited number of guitar students to study with him in 2009. For details contact liz@martintaylor.com Influences:His father BUCK TAYLOR was a jazz bassist, and his great-uncle ERIC PASHLEY was also a jazz musician, so he grew up surrounded by jazz music.His biggest guitar influence was IKE ISAACS.In 1979 he began working with STEPHANE GRAPPELLI. He toured the world for 11 years with Grappelli and recorded over 20 albums with him.He also worked alot, and became friends, with many of the guitarists that had influenced him in his youth including BARNEY KESSEL, HERB ELLIS, MUNDELL LOWE, CHARLIE BYRD, TAL FARLOW, CHET ATKINS, JOHNNY SMITH, LES PAUL, KENNY BURRELL and GEORGE BENSON.His says his influences now are his wife Liz, their son James and his wife Alison. In 2005 Martin and Liz's younger son Stewart took his own life at the age of 21. Martin says "After Stewart's death I couldn't play the guitar for a long time, it was too emotional for me, but now Stewart's memory and his courage continues to influence and inspire me, and gave me the strength to play music again" Sounds Like:Martin Taylor Record Label: www.theguitarlabel.com Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Acoustic / Jazz / Swing) |
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My Blog |
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NEW LOOK WEBSITE |
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| Check out Martin's newly updated website at www.martintaylor.com for latest news, tour dates and exclusive videos...... Posted by Martin Taylor MBE on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:58:00 PST |
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FAR EAST & AUSTRALIA TOUR |
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| Final plans are being made for Martin & Alison to tour the Far East and Australia in February and March 2009. Full details to follow in the next couple of weeks...... Posted by Martin Taylor MBE on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:57:00 PST |
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BBC RADIO 2’ s FRIDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT |
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| Alison Burns & Martin Taylor will be on BBC Radio 2's Friday Night is Music Night on Friday 17th November at 1930hrs from St Luke's LSO in London. The show, which will also features the BBC ... Posted by Martin Taylor MBE on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:56:00 PST |
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Double Standards UK Release |
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| The UK release date of Martin Taylor's stunning new album "Double Standards" has been set for Monday October 13th. It has taken more than thirty years for guitarist Martin Taylor to feel that the time... Posted by Martin Taylor MBE on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:54:00 PST |
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Martin Taylor - Drop Me Off At Harlem |
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQEWJpBBJMQ
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Drop Me Off At Harlem Video |
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| We all know that there are two sides to every story, but in the case of Martin Taylor's new video, both sides of the story bear a striking resemblance. The video to "Drop Me Off At Harlem" , take... Posted by Martin Taylor MBE on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:01:00 PST |
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New Solo CD |
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| Martin has just finished recording his first solo CD in several years for P3 Music "Guitar Label" The release date is set for 20th October 2008. Watch this space or for more news.... Posted by Martin Taylor MBE on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:49:00 PST |
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MENTORING SESSIONS |
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| MARTIN TAYLOR is now accepting a limited number of guitar students for 2009
These informal one-to-one mentoring sessions are designed to guide, inspire and help serious guitar students achieve th... Posted by Martin Taylor MBE on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:18:00 PST |
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USA & Canada Tour 2008 |
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| Martin will be touring in North America in October/November 2008. A list of the concerts can be found on Martin's tour dates page on www.martintaylor.com and also on his MySpace.
The majority of... Posted by Martin Taylor MBE on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:00:00 PST |
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