Martin Taylor - The British finger picker

Martin Taylor, just like Earl Klugh and Tommy Emmanuel is the type of Jazz guitarist that can play the melody (solo), chords and bassline all at one go. One-man-band style I mean! And just like Tommy Emmanuel he is self taught! Amazing isn't it? Imagine being able to teach yourself the guitar without taking any lessons, and then making a career out of playing what you taught yourself, touring the world and winning awards too. That's our Martin Taylor.
The only thing that's maybe on the minus side is that he only plays cover versions. That's where Tommy Emmanuel and Earl Klugh beat him. Otherwise he is in their same height as a great guitarist. For some more details (not much actually) about this guitarist click on the picture on the left of this article.

Podcast description:

TRACK 1. Five-0. From the album KISS AND TELL. This is Martin's interpretation of the signiture tune for the old TV series Hawaii Five-0. I remember it here in Malta, not sure if anyone of your readers remembers it too. It was a detective series anyway, based, guess where....in Hawaii. Its a very catchy tune and all used to love to hum to it when the series was shown.

TRACK 2. Sun Step. From the album KISS AND TELL. I am not sure who actully played or composed the original but it sounds rather Brazilian to me. This is my favourite in fact. A really cool interpretation.

TRACK 3. Georgia on my mind. From the album ARTISTRY. This is Martin Taylor's interpretation of the well known song made famous by the late Ray Charles. A really enjoyable cover version. By the way, Artistry (the name of the album) is also the name of a guitar Martin Taylor helped develop...Click [HERE] to read about it.

Enjoy the music.




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