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Martin Taylor's autobiography is now available in paperback.

Co-written with David Mead, this is the true story of Martin's life in music.

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MONTREAL GUITAR FESTIVAL - 28TH JUNE 2008

February 16, 2008, 9:33 am

Martin will be playing a solo show in Montreal, Canada on 28th June 2008 as part of the Montreal Guitar Festival. This prestigious event attracts some of the best guitarists from all over the world and covers many styles of music.

This will be Martin's second trip to Canada this year. In January he played a very successful show with his group "Freternity" at the Toronto Convention Center and was also presented with a International Association For Jazz Education Award for "Outstanding Service to Jazz Education"  


NORTH AMERICAN TOUR PLANNED - FALL 2008

February 16, 2008, 9:19 am

Good news for Martin's fans in North America as a tour of the USA and Canada is being planned for October/November 2008. The first half of the tour will see Martin playing a series of solo concerts plus a very special night of virtuoso gu... Read More >>

NEW ALISON BURNS & MARTIN TAYLOR CD

January 21, 2008, 12:30 pm

  Monday 16th June is the release date of "1.AM" the new CD by Alison Burns and Martin Taylor. This intimate recording is made up of 14 tracks of vocal and guitar duets and includes several songs from the 30's and 40's, as well as more rec... Read More >>

MARTIN'S MYSPACE

August 6, 2007, 10:53 am

Martin Taylor now has a MySpace site which  includes video clips of Martin playing solo as well as a clip from a 1990's TV show in Nashville with Chet Atkins and an early 1980's clip with Stephane Grappelli in California. The site has only recen... Read More >>

P3 Music artist Martin Taylor has recently recieved three awards. The BBC Radio 2’s ‘Heart of Jazz’ Award was presented to him at a star studded ceremony held at London's Mermaid Theatre. Martin was presented with the... Read More >>

Freternity Goes Into Top 10

April 17, 2007, 5:15 pm

Martin Taylor's new album 'Freternity' has gone straight in at Number 10 in the official UK Jazz Charts. The album, which is Martin's first band recording in a number of years, has been getting rave reviews and there is also a live DVD of the same gro... Read More >>

Freternity DVD

March 26, 2007, 10:56 am

I've already reviewed the CD issue of this performance which I greatly enjoyed but I got even more pleasure from seeing it on screen. This is the guitarist's latest and newest group with some of the very finest musicians in trumpeter Guy Barker and keyboa... Read More >>

Martin Taylor - Freternity

March 22, 2007, 8:50 am

You're not wrong - that is a blimmin' awful pun. Thankfully the jazz virtuoso more than makes up for it with the sheer quality and class of his first band project since Spirit Of Django. Collaborating with long-time friends, trumpeter Guy Barker and pia... Read More >>

Tour Dates

May 2008
Date Country Location Venue Info
11/05 Portugal Portimao Portimao Jazz Festival w/ Didier Lockwood
17/05 France Dole La Commanderie Hall w/ Didier Lockwood
23/05 UK Goole The Gate Solo
24/05 UK Goole The Gate Solo
25/05 UK Coventry Coventry Jazz Festival, Belgrade Theatre Solo
30/05 UK Edinburgh Queen's Hall w/ Alison Burns
31/05 UK Glasgow City Halls w/ Alison Burns
June 2008
Date Country Location Venue Info
01/06 France Vance Private Function w/ Alison Burns & Bill Wyman
04/06 UK Toft Monks, Beccles, Suffolk The Granery www.oldgranarystudio.co.uk Solo
05/06 UK St. Asaph Oriel House Solo