BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.5// X-WR-CALNAME:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-CALDESC:www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130619T200936CEST-9291dnlLkR@www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco DTSTAMP:20130619T180636Z DESCRIPTION:Award winning guitarist MARTIN TAYLOR has established a unique musical career as an internationally acclaimed musician\, and his inimitab le style has seen him recognised as the world's foremost exponent of solo jazz guitar playing.\n\nAlthough completely self taught\, he has enjoyed a remarkable musical career spanning across four decades\, \; and durin g that time has invented and developed a way of playing the guitar that is admired\, and often imitated\, by guitarists all over the world. As well as being a true guitar innovator\, he is also a master concert performer\, dazzling audiences with his solo shows\, which combine virtuosity\, emoti on\, humour\, with a strong stage presence.\n\nHe spends much of the year travelling the world\, playing in concert halls in Europe\, North America\ , Japan\, Asia\, and Australasia.\n\nAs well as his solo concerts and reco rdings\, he has also collaborated with musicians from many different music al genre including\, Stephane Grappelli\, Chet Atkins\, Bill Wyman\, Georg e Harrison\, Dionne Warwick\, Sacha Distel\, \; Bryn Terfel and Jamie Cullum.\n\nFrom 1979 to 1990 he toured the world and recorded over 20 albu ms with the French jazz violin legend STEPHANE GRAPPELLI. Their album with Vassar Clements "\;Together At Last"\; won a Grammy Nomination in 1987.\n\nMonsieur Grappelli described him as \;"\;A great artist\ , rich in talent and elegance"\;\n\nHis ground breaking solo album ART ISTRY\, produced by Steve Howe\, was released in 1992 to much critical acc laim. It was \;No 1 in the HMV Jazz Charts for \;a record 12 weeks and launched his career as an international solo artist.\n\nAfter two ver y successful albums for Sony/Columbia\, KISS AND TELL and NITELIFE\, he we nt on to record several albums for \;The Guitar Label. \n\nIn 1999 he was made an Honorary Doctor of the University of Paisley\, Scotland and in 2002\, was appointed MBE "\;For Services To Jazz Music"\;\, in Th e Queen's Birthday Honours List\, which he received personally from Her Ma jesty The Queen at an investiture at Buckingham Palace.\n\nIn 2007 he reci eved the prestigious BBC Radio 2 "\;Heart of Jazz"\; Award in reco gnition of his career in music\, \;was presented with a Lifetime Achie vement Award from the North Wales Jazz Guitar Festival for his "\;Cont ribution to Jazz Guitar Worldwide"\; and was voted Best Guitarist in t he British Jazz Awards for a record eleventh time. \nWhen not touring he d ivides his time between his homes in France and Scotland where he writes m usic for TV and film. His film credits include the French comedy "\;Mi lou En Mai"\; directed by Louis Malle\, and more recently his composit ion "\;Green Lady"\; is featured in the Andrew Piddington \;mo vie "\;The Killing of John Lennon"\;\n\nHis autobiography "\;M artin Taylor- Autobiography of a Travelling Musician"\; and his latest  \;CD/DVD "\;Freternity"\; \;are available worldwide.\n\nh ttp://martintaylor.com DTSTART:20100315T000000 DTEND:20100315T000000 DURATION:PT3H LOCATION:San Francisco SUMMARY:Martin Taylor END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR