Johnny Griffin & John Taylor Trio - Cheltenham Jazz Fest (1997)

Cheltenham Jazz Festival

Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

April 6, 1997

Johnny Griffin, who passed away in 2008 at 80, was from Chicago and his speed, control and harmonic acuity made him one of the most talented American jazz musicians of his generation, spending most of his career in Europe. He was described by The Times as "the supreme ballad player on tenor". John Taylor, who died on stage in July 2015 at 72 from heart attack, emerged as one of the most promising newcomers in the British jazz generation of the late 1960s. As one of the house pianists at Ronnie Scott’s in the 70s, he inventively drew on the methods of Evans and Hancock. His diverse involvements nurtured an original composer’s voice and one that would be as widely acclaimed as his playing. On this set, they both swing as marvel.

Johnny Griffin - tenor saxophone

John Taylor - piano

Dave Green - bass

Steve Arguelles - drums

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BBC Radio 2 

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Marilyn Mazur Celestial Circle - Jazzfest Bonn (2015)

Bundeskunsthalle 

Bonn, Germany

May 13, 2015

Josefine Cronholm – voice

John Taylor – piano

Klavs Hovman – bass

Marilyn Mazur – Percussion, rhythm and voice

9 tr.

59:11

Deutschlandfunk

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BBC Jazz On 3 - John Taylor Tribute (2015)

Jazz on 3 pays tribute to pianist and composer John Taylor, who died in July, aged 72, with key performances drawn from the Jazz on 3 archives and tributes from students, collaborators and musical friends.

A leading figure on the British jazz scene, known for his lyricism, for his contemporary approach to harmony and for his work as an educator and mentor, Taylor rose to prominence in the 1960s playing with the likes of John Surman, John Dankworth and Cleo Laine.

As the house pianist at Ronnie Scott's in the 1970s and subsequently as a bandleader and recording artist for labels such as ECM, he worked with a host of international stars, among them Jan Garbarek and Peter Erskine. But he is perhaps best known for his partnership with trumpeter Kenny Wheeler - a musical relationship that lasted until Wheeler's own death in 2014 and that must surely count as one of the most important in the history of British jazz.

Jez Nelson, host

John Fordham, jazz critic (The Guardian)

21 tr.

Broadcast

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John Taylor & John Surman - At Bath Festival (1992)

Jazz at Bath Festival

Guildhall, Bath. 

May 1992

John Taylor - piano

John Surman - baritone and soprano saxophone, bass clarinet

9 tr.

Broadcast

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John Taylor - Castiglione delle Stiviere (1997)

Castiglione delle Stiviere

Mantova, Italy

1997

John Taylor - piano

10 tr.

From rmillos

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John Taylor Trio – Hamburg (2000)

Rolf-Liebermann-Studio

Funkhaus Hamburg

Hamburg (Germany) 

May 19, 2000

John Taylor (p) 

Marc Johnson (b) 

Joey Baron (dr)

 5 tr.

FM 

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John Taylor - Munich Klaviersommer (2006)

Munchner Klaviersommer

Jazzclub Unterfahrt im Einstein

July 14, 2006

Listening to John Taylor's music is a good way to discover what piano jazz is all about. A true giant is gone.

John Taylor - piano

6 tr.

50:14

Broadcast

R.I.P. Mister Taylor
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John Taylor - In Hamburg (1990)

Funkhaus Hamburg 

Hamburg (Germany) 

December 6, 1990

John Taylor - piano

In memory of Bill Evans

12 tr.

Fm

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John Taylor, Marc Johnson, Joey Baron - Assapheum Bethel (2000)

Assapheum Bethel

Germany

May 21,  2000

John Taylor - piano

Marc Johnson - bass

Joey Baron - drums

5 tr.

FM broadcast

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John Taylor & Charlie Haden - Cully Jazz (2010)

Cully Jazz

Temple

Cully, Switzerland

10. april 2010

Charlie Haden - bass

John Taylor - piano

8 tr.

Unreleased performance

From unclewolfi

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John Taylor Trio - Chiasso (2014)

XVII Festival Jazz di Chiasso: 

Take the “C” Train - Nel  nome di Ellington

Recorded Spazio Officina di Chiasso

21 february 2014

John Taylor - piano

Palle Danielsson - bass

Morten Lund - drums

9 tr.

RSI - Rete Due

From Barabbovich
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John Taylor - Ambleside Days In Koln (2013)

"…Taylor played as if the piano were his orchestra, always intriguing and filled with sumptuous chords, groove-alerting cross-rhythms and nimble lines. His playing is strikingly original and immediate, as if the piano has revealed all kinds of secrets to him that are kept from most other musicians…" (Peter Hum, Ottawa Citizen)

Subway

Cologne (Köln), Germany

23.10.2013

John Taylor - piano

6 tr.

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John Taylor Trio - At St George, Bristol (2006)

John Taylor (piano)

Palle Danielson (double bass)

Martin France (drums)

7 tr.

Radio 3, Jazz on 3, broadcast 31st March, 2006

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ON THE SPOT: Gwilym Simcock

John Taylor & Gwilym Simcock – Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh (2008) 

 First Set

John solo 

6 tr.

Second Set

Gwilym solo 

2 tr.

Duo 

2 tr.

Broadcast
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Gwilym Simcock Trio - Liverpool (2011)

Gwilym Simcock / piano

Yuri Goloubev / bass

Asaf Sirkis / drums

A graduate of Londons Royal Academy of Music, multi award winning virtuoso pianist and composer Gwilym Simcocks work blurs the boundaries between jazz and classical music. I feel confident that Simcock already deserves to occupy the inner circle of the great contemporary pianists along with Mehldau, Jarrett, and Rubalcaba. (David Kane, Cadence Magazine, USA)

8 tr.

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Simcock, Garland, Sirkis - Lighthouse (2012)

With Lighthouse, saxophonist Tim Garland, pianist Gwilym Simcock and percussionist Asaf Sirkis make the move to completely egalitarian collective. It's also the first album to feature the trio without any additional guests. Garland's Lighthouse Trio first came together on the saxophonist's If the Sea Replied (Sirocco, 2005), an ambitious song cycle that—in addition to including mates from his impro-folk Lammas and Acoustic Triangle, which by that time also featured Simcock—was scored for members of the Northern Sinfonia Orchestra. Libra (Global Mix, 2009) was even more far-reaching—a double-disc set sporting an even larger cast of characters. But the emphasis was always on the core trio—and, with the exception of three jazz covers on Libra—Garland's compositional pen. With Lighthouse, the trio's name reflects its more democratic nature, and in particular the emergence of the twenty-something Simcock as a leader in his own right.

Tim Garland: soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet; 

Gwilym Simock: piano, melodica (1); 

Asaf Sirkis: drums, percussion, hang drum.

9 tr.

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John Taylor Trio - In Hamburg (2011)

Rolf-Liebermann-Studio/Funkhaus

Hamburg, Germany

May 20, 2011

John Taylor - piano

Palle Danielsson - bass

Martin France - drums

5 tr.

75:11

broadcast

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