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Musician: Martin Taylor

Location: Kirkmichael, Scotland

Instruments: guitar

Music: Scottish / Jazz

HOW I CAME TO THIS MUSICÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýWHERE I PLAYÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýA FAVOURITE SONG Click here for Hande Domac's storyClick here for Mosi Conde's storyClick here for Rachel McLeod's story


ListenÌýÌýListen (6'07) to 'Chez Fernand', performed by Martin Taylor and The Spirit of Django, from the album, Martin Taylor's Spirit of Django, (Linn Records, 1998)

ListenÌýÌýListen (2'05) to Martin Taylor talk about his music.


'Suddenly the whole place comes alive for this weekend. I’ve had locals say, "Could you turn it up. We’re sitting in the garden and we’d like the music a bit louder"'

How I came to this music:

It was very natural for me to get into jazz because my father was a jazz musician. He played the double bass in traditional jazz and dixieland bands so I grew up hearing jazz. He’d invite his friends round to the house on Saturdays and they’d listen to records of Fats Waller, Ben Webster, Django Reinhardt and The Hot Club of France. Then they’d get their guitars out and play.

Martin TaylorAs soon as I was big enough to pick a guitar up – in fact before I was even big enough to pick up a guitar, I started plucking myself. I listened to the records and my Dad’s friends playing and just picked it up as I went along. I’m self-taught and it’s that improvisational aspect of jazz that really fascinated me as a kid. I’ve been playing the guitar now for over 40 years. It’s a great way to see the world.

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