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With a name like Martin Taylor you know this guy is going to know his way around a guitar.

@pablpfanque

9 жыл бұрын

matt4c4 And his middle name is Gibson!

@JakeWildMusic

8 жыл бұрын

+matt4c4 It was pre-destined!

@niaoju98

6 жыл бұрын

matt4c4 わ

@GnomeChomsky9999

4 жыл бұрын

pablpfanque no, it’s Danelectro.

@AbsurdistAgent

4 жыл бұрын

Right? Lol

One of the best fingerstyle jazz guitarists on the planet.

first time in my life I've ever heard a bass solo and a changing rhythm guitar being played with a single hand, fucking amazing

@marcelcelmar

8 жыл бұрын

+Ibrar Mohammad listen to Lenny Breau....he is the master

@Miguel...160

7 жыл бұрын

and Danny Gatton

@shanelyons7929

7 жыл бұрын

and also charlie hunter

@rubenlesuma5700

6 жыл бұрын

He busting All Kinds of melodies 🤣

@holysmokes4493

4 жыл бұрын

@@rubenlesuma5700 All kinds

I'm one of Martins online students. He is a wonderful and gracious individual as well as an absolutely superb artist. He has no equal.

The guitar is not made for playing like this. A normal human being can't do this. Only an exceptional master.

Damn, leave some for the rest of us!🤯🤯🤯

What he says about Art Tatum is the same thing I say about him; every time I hear him I laugh because of the absurd of his mastery on the guitar

Having read some of these comments, it’s important to understand this piece in context. This is a showpiece It’s a showpiece…he’s showing off his walking bass chops whilst playing/improvising over the top…at breakneck speed He’s not going for maximum musical content, just fireworks 💥 I’ve seen Martin live and believe me, he can swing with the best of them!

Unbelievable that anyone could give a 'thumbs down' to such a performance! MT is a master of the art and craft of guitar

Love his playing. Loooove his guitar !

This man is an absolute genius, the Yoda of Guitar!

Absolutely breathtaking! No words....

An outrageously good and musical guitarist, and a really nice down to earth guy. I've only seen him live once, but it was one of the best jazz gigs I have ever had the pleasure to attend. Hope he comes to Norway in the not too distant future. Then again, if he has a gig in Glasgow, Scotland I will need to hop over and see him with my father, for sure!

such a beautiful guitar

7yrs ago! I remember seeing him live in NZ

different world !! genius

Just Great. Martin is one of a kind

Martin one of the best jazz guitarist in the world saw him with Tony emmanuel what a show that was both joking and having fun together playing was amazing

I feel grateful for all these saturday nights (ok these mon, tues, wed, etc.) spent rehearsing at home so I can enjoy these 5 minutes. The sad thing is that my brain likes Martin Taylor, but my heart loves Bill Frisell. You know what I mean...

After seeing this I think Martin is the world's best guitarist! Wow!

WOW !!!!!!!!!!!! UNBELIEVABLE !!!!!!!

Great Master!!!

MAESTRO!!!!!! great Playing.....

Loved the guitar

This is the best thing i have heard in my hole life :D

BRAVO!!

Lovely Martin...truely one of the greats, .......so many wonderful guitarists sound like each other, ....like Django, and Wes, Martin just sounds like himself. great.......Ade H.

@murraykilpatrick3029

3 ай бұрын

and Joe Pass.

Martin that's outstanding :)

As a pianist myself I've always thought his playing is related to solo piano in approach, and here he confirms it. I guess this is why I like it so much. Must take a genius though to do this.

@tenacious645

6 жыл бұрын

p1anosteve He and Tommy Emmanuel are the two big ones with a style akin to piano

@babinm

2 жыл бұрын

Oh come on there are hundreds of pianistically oriented guitarist, Jim hall, Ben monder, Jeffrey burr, Kevin Malone…….

Fantastic!

mind blowing!

Unglaublich! Bravo!

Nailed it👍

Wow! Never seen anything like this.

A Master at work

If there is a Yoda of Guitar playing then this man surely must be it!

@davidscott1052

4 жыл бұрын

Master of the guitar he is !!!

Grandissimo...!!

That top line definition is unreal

Martin is totally un-believable good lord!

wow, a master

Genius!

Really interesting!!

Yup 🔥

I've always wanted a beauty guitar 😉

SUPER !!!!

Genius! But seriously who would want to listen to this. But I do love Mr Taylor.

Great Guitarist !

really impressive

Superb player

This man has two brains!!

brilliant

Amazing....

@knkx

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I know he said his main influences were pianists but I have a sneaky feeling he's a closet bassist!

@roob67

4 жыл бұрын

His dad was a bassist.

@gizka6816

4 жыл бұрын

haha yeah i started to get that impression as well

Great musica

Wow

Madness

oh, c'mon! what a master..

Il. The best. Guitarista. migliore chitarrista del mondo do mindo

He's playing traps you in Nostalgia

How does his brain process something like that so quick?? Its fucken insane

@jazzerson7087

8 жыл бұрын

Obviously he couldn't play that straight off. A hell of a lot of thought and work went into working out the melody and bass lines. He'll have picked up the "tools" over the years, to allow him the facility to do it. He'd have started off playing it slowly, and then it's hard practice to perfect it and up to speed.

Days will be sunny..............................

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God！

The only thing more beautiful than his playing is that guitar.

Unbelievable

Well might he smile at the end of that. Frightening ability and a nice man too - just not fair.

how many ✋ does this man has

Amazing! One guitar no looping🤣he starts going crazy lol

If you are musicalley inclined, you don't want to miss this turn.

very good

I thought this was a guitar made by both Taylor and martin !!

What a thumb!

Play this tune on a Strandberg Boden 7 thru some delay and Reverb, you got some great prog metal

Hi I'm Fender Gibson.

im too high for this

fantastic! here He using flatwounds?

@manualvarado2212

7 жыл бұрын

I also what to know that!

@ZeekDuff

6 жыл бұрын

I don't think so, I got a new Peerless Martin Taylor Maestro a few years ago and assuming they strung it with what he uses, I believe they were D'Addario XL .011-.050 nickel/steel round wounds. At least that's what I replaced them with & it felt the same. I want to try some more beef on the bottom, there are Slinkies .011-.054 I have that I want to try on it next. Great sounding & playing ax, needed nothing out of the box.

Question guys, what do you specifically call this type of playing? I only know it's Jazz. Thanks in advance.

@manualvarado2212

7 жыл бұрын

It's quite unique i guess, because of the approach he talks about at the beginning of the video. But you could find some of this in Pat Methenty's solo performances with accoustic guitar. Look for Pat Metheny live in Zwitzerland : D

@morganwallace2873

7 жыл бұрын

He's imitating stride piano, like Fats Waller for example.

@guitargod6997

5 жыл бұрын

@@manualvarado2212 Pat Metheny has praised Martin Taylor to the nth degree. Pat is an excellent composer and guitarist. He knows the guitar and a quality musician when he hears one.

He doesn't know how huge he is...those lines could came out only from genius mind..

For those of you who say it doesn't swing 1. why does it have to? Are you trying to dance to it. You should use a big band or combo or something this is virtuoso guitar playing. 2. He used to be Stephan Grappelli's guitarist the guy who along with Django invented swing.

@josephfaison694

8 жыл бұрын

Grapelli and Django invented swing? Why are you commenting authoritatively on a jazz on KZread when you don't know anything about jazz?

@parityviolation968

8 жыл бұрын

well, swing and gypsy both spell with a 'g' ... that's easy to mix up :-)

@Rickriquinho

8 жыл бұрын

LOL They don't invented swing. Please don't be ridiculous...

@manualvarado2212

7 жыл бұрын

Swing with a guitar (?) It could be what he meant

What's the name of the "master" that Mr. Taylor names at the beginning of the video? I can't understand the last name, i just know he says George. Awesome!

@s6y9l

7 жыл бұрын

ManuAlvarado22 George Van Eps

@manualvarado2212

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

I ain't got decaf !

To think with all of that, he would have an extra finger resting on the guitar.

What's this guitar model/brand please ?

@GordiansKnotHere

7 ай бұрын

I'm looking for the same answer.

close your guys its two guys

Martin Taylor? What’s his middle name? Gibson?

Anybody want to transcribe this ???

is he british?

Wish he used a seven string on this one, those bass notes would've been clearer

@DeeEfSea

5 жыл бұрын

I think they give the sound its own quirk.

No comments ... no Need.

gave up waiting

OK...that's it...guitar for sale...:)

@guitaristmathewsloan8006

9 жыл бұрын

This should encourage you to play more, lol

@guitaristmathewsloan8006

9 жыл бұрын

#fact

Who are the 31 subhumans who gave this a Thumbs Down?

Couldn't hear much swing here - perhaps due to the attempted speed. But heard him in an earlier clip playing Georgia - slowly - and it did swing and was wonderful.

@pattOnTheHead

8 жыл бұрын

+fingerhorn4 this particular performance may not be a swinger, but don't fall into the trap of judging a musician based on 1 performance. Especially one as technically bonkers as this. He's one of the greats, no doubt about it, and perfectly ably to swing.

@Rickriquinho

8 жыл бұрын

This is a fact: Taylor is not a great soloist.

@guitargod6997

5 жыл бұрын

@@Rickriquinho Compared to whom? Martin Taylor plays in ensembles but largely solo or acompagning a singer. Ever hear of a fellow named Stephane Grappelli? Martin played with him for decades.

@Rickriquinho

5 жыл бұрын

@@guitargod6997 Compared to any other great soloist. Joe Pass for instance.

@guitargod6997

5 жыл бұрын

@@Rickriquinho In my opinion (2 cents worth) Martin is easily on the same level as Joe Pass, whom I adore. It's not an effen' competition. Martin is extraordinarily talented as was Joe. Enjoy them both.

Not bad, but can he play Crazy Train 🤪

Чо пацаны, ничо не получается? Да?

@TheBestNarrator

8 жыл бұрын

Потихоньку получается)

Para de hacer acordes chabon, me vaja deshetir el cerebraaaaa

Reminds me of Lenny Breau with worse timing and smaller chords.

@ExperimentLife

9 жыл бұрын

i hear similarities as well. but this tune is 'off' on purpose.

He's real good but he ain't no Lennie Breau.

Now that's impossible guitar playing!!!...