James Taylor Quartet in general

I would just like to say that I think that the James Taylor Quartet is the finest jazz I have heard in some time, I was at a gig of there's and was worried about how good they were, I had heard someone say that they played acid jazz and never hearing it before I feared the worst, I am a huge jazz fan, I am only 20 and its my life, when I got in I thought that they might be okay, was I wrong or what, they sang hits from the doors, the woman was outstanding, they got the crowds singing, it was one of the best nights that I have had, it was truely an eyeopener, just fantastic. I don't want to advertise but go and see them if you like jazz. The ...  Read the complete review

Ok so you may think you know Jazz, the guy sitting in the piano bar playing gentle melodic tunes or perhaps the classics by Duke Ellington or Louis Armstrong. But Jazz is a many-pronged musical style with room for many mutations and variations around the central theme. I would like to take a little time to introduce you to just one, Acid Jazz and the group credited with its creation the James Taylor Quartet. James started his musical career in Kent and is reported to have his roots in the Medway punk explosion, don’t ask me what that was but I have visions of moehcans stuck to walls. (Messy!) James and brother David formed JTQ in 1985, James ...  Read the complete review