Martin Taylor

Martin Taylor MBE (born 20 October 1956) is a highly respected British jazz guitarist who has performed in groups, guitar ensembles and as an accompanist to many of the world’s most famous musicians. However, it is for his solo fingerstyle performances, in which he provides bass and chordal accompaniment in addition to a melody, that he is most renowned.

Martin Taylor mostly plays guitars built by Scottish-based luthier Mike Vanden. His main guitar is the ‘Martin Taylor Artistry’ archtop with another, nylon-stringed, archtop used for Spirit of Django. Whilst playing with Grappelli he used a WG Barker which was given to him by Ike Isaacs. Throughout the ’90s he played a Yamaha AEX 1500 which he also helped to develop. He uses AER amps and Elixir strings exclusively.

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