Jazz Guitar Special Combo – Martin Taylor’s

The Music of Duke Ellington

Martin Taylor’s guitar playing has been greatly influenced by jazz pianists. In this challenging video lesson Martin applies his fingerstyle jazz genius to the music of the great American composer Duke Ellington. Five of Duke’s compositions are presented. These are complex and arrangements for the advanced guitarist. 52 Mins

Titles include: Just Squeeze Me, I’m Beginning To See The Light, Drop Me Off In Harlem, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore and In A Mellow Tone

The Music of Jimmy Van Heusen

Jimmy Van Heusen wrote some of the all-time great jazz standards. In this unique video lesson Martin Taylor applies his fingerstyle jazz genius to six of Van Heusen’s best know compositions. These are complex and challenging arrangements for the advanced guitarist. 58 Mins

Titles include: Like Someone In Love, Polka Dots Moonbeams, I Thought About You, Darn That Dream, Here’s That Rainy Day and Second Time Around

Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar

“One of the great virtuosi of his instrument, producing torrents of the hardly possible without spilling any perspiration. However, behind the racing brain and apparently 16 fingers is a mind that loves the evocative beauty in a good melody and can spread it out shimmering, like no-one else.” Guitar International

“Martin Taylor is one of the greatest and most impressive guitar players in the world.” Chet Atkins

Martin Taylor has been playing guitar for as long as he can remember, ever since his father gave him his first instrument at the age of four. It was to be the start of a career which has delighted audiences worldwide and drawn critical acclaim from some of the world’s finest musicians. Chet Atkins, Barney Kessel, John Williams, Joe Pass, Stephane Grappelli, Yehudi Menuhin, David Grisman, Bill Wyman are just some of the musicians who have collaborated with Martin. In this unique DVD lesson Martin explains how to play a bass-guitar duet on a single instrument and how to accomplish this without sacrificing the feel and swing of the music. Martin Taylor is the master of this approach and demonstrates his style and technique with five classic jazz standards. 64 Mins

Titles include: I Got Rhythm, Georgia, Old Man River, Take Five and The Dolphin