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Tom Taylor
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Tom Taylor is an internationally known guitarist/composer whose music is a hybrid of jazz, classical, rock and even a dash of blues and bluegrass. His new CD, Home, features the world-renowned Turtle Island String Quartet. Listen to excerpts at itunes.com, cdbaby.com/cd/taylortom2 and (soon) www.tom-taylor.com
Tom is one of the winners of Musician Magazine's Best Unsigned Band contest. His winning entry from The Crossing, Aubade, is described as the hardest tune I ever had to record by mandolin virtuoso David Grisman. When Tom's full orchestral arrangement of Big Basin Breakdown (also from The Crossing) received its European premier, it brought down the house at the famed Hercules and Prinzregenten theatres in Munich, Germany. Its blend of bluegrass, jazz, and baroque melodies received a 5-minute standing ovation! Listen to excerpts at iTunes.com, www.tom-taylor.com and cdbaby.com/cd/taylortom
the rare jazz-classical amalgam that really works— Ed Kopp, Allaboutjazz.com
straight 10's— Joe Satriani
Taylor's music is a hybrid with integrity— Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle
Perfect— Chris Paton, Musician Magazine
A tour de force of styles and feelings— Chris Spector, Midwest Record Recap
Boldly new mix of classical, jazz, rock and bluegrass. Adventurous.
— John Schoenberger, Album Network
luminous— Bill Milkowski, Acoustic Guitar Magazine
A virtuoso guitarist— Mark Arnest, Colorado Springs Gazette
...an amazing piece— Christopher Wilkins, conductor of the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, about “Big Basin Breakdown”
“Tom you genius!”— Peter Merrett, PBS 106-7 FM, Melbourne, Australia, about “Home”
“The amazing Tom Taylor”— Noel Black, KRCC 91.5 FM,
Colorado Springs, Colorado