The Best of MARTIN TAYLOR Trio

The virtuoso guitarist Martin Taylor MBE first came to prominence in the late 1970's through his collaborations with the legendary violinist Stephane Grappelli, and now tours the world's concert halls with his dazzling live performances.

He began playing at the age of four when his father, bassist Buck Taylor, gave him a small acoustic guitar as a present. A totally self taught guitarist, he learned to play by listening to his father's records and trying to imitate what he heard. Seven years later he was playing in local bands and gained the respect and admiration of professional musicians who were amazed by the young boy they called "The Guitar Wizard".

In 1978 he made his debut album TAYLOR MADE, and the following year received a call from Stephane Grappelli inviting him to play on a series of concerts in France . Shortly after those concerts he joined Stephane on a coast-to-coast tour of the U.S, including New York 's Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. It was the beginning of an eleven year collaboration which took in numerous world tours, and over 20 albums including recordings with Nelson Riddle, Michel Legrand, Yehudi Menuhin, Peggy Lee and several film soundtracks including the Louis Malle movie MILOU EN MAI and DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS starring Steve Martin and Sir Michael Caine.Alongside his work with Grappelli, he was also pursuing his own solo career and in 1987 had great success in America with his Los Angeles recorded album SARABANDA.

In 1993 he made his first solo album for Linn Records ARTISTRY, which was No.1 in the HMV charts for six weeks, establishing him as one of the most popular and biggest selling acoustic guitarists in the UK. The following year he formed his group SPIRIT OF DJANGO. Their first recording included their version of Robert Palmer's JOHNNY AND MARY, which was used on the famous cult TV ads with "Nicole-Papa!" for the Renault Clio.

In 1999 he signed a recording contract with SONY MUSIC, making two critically acclaimed albums, KISS AND TELL and NITELIFE, which showed the many sides of Martin Taylor both as a guitarist and composer.

Martin is a popular artist in Japan and alongside classical saxophonist NOBOYA SUGAWA, recorded the music for NKT's most popular TV drama series SAKURA, which has a daily audience of 26 million.

In 2002, Martin was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) "For Services To Music", in The Queen's Jubilee Birthday Honours List, and received his award personally from Her Majesty The Queen at an investiture at Buckingham Palace.His autobiography for Sanctuary Publishing "KISS AND TELL" is available worldwide.

TERRY GREGORY – Bass
Terry enjoys a varied career as session musician, instrumentalist and educator. With numerous playing credits incl. Helen Shapiro, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Jimmy Ruffin, Eartha Kitt, Iris Williams,The Drifters, Five Star, The Supremes & Billy Paul, he is also a regular band member for rock guitarist Steve Hackett (Genesis) with whom he has recorded and toured UK, Europe, USA, Canada
and South America.

JAMES TAYLOR – DRUMS
James is one of the UK ’s most accomplished drummers and percussionists. His jazz credits include recordings with award winning jazz vocalist Claire Martin and violin legend Stephane Grappelli. In 1995 he joined his father Martin Taylor’s group Spirit of Django with the band going on to receive Jazz Group of the Year in the 1996 British Jazz Awards as well as No. 1 in the US Jazz Charts.

Official site : http://www.martintaylor.com/

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