Shadow Of Your Smile

[SIRONEDRAGON]

SWEET

[petruccirag3]

martin and taylor in 1 name... should be really good at guitar LOL

[SaintClarity]

Beautiful vocal performance and superb accompaniment.

[revedmusic]

When I heard this I remember seeing Chet Atkins placing Martin Taylor as one of the best in the world. Chet's right about that. Listen to this arrangement and then tell me hes not right.

[danielmj86]

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwww beautifullllllllllllllllllllll­llllllllll :)



[jazz1bro]

Top shelf tasty playing Martin!

[kkintuzz]

very smooth i like this version...

[takaz2]

realy nice....bravo

[halaluani]

Does a tab for this exist? I've been searching for a version like this. I could hear it in my head but couldn't find anything even close. Please tell me the tab is available. Regular notation would suffice. Thanks!

[halaluani]

I love this arrangement. 

[En3usiast]

How he articulates the melody line is really special...a true guitar genius!

[Revolutionoffunk]

Great rendition!

I collect versions of this song. Tony Bennett's is still my favorite and Marvin Gaye's is by far the most innovative, but this one, I will gladly add to my collection. Thanks for sharing!

[eorozcomatute]

Nice chords, nice arrangements and of course nice voice of the lady. Congratulations

[androidguitar]

Well, no wonder so many comments on Martin. I've just seen him yesterday in concert here in Portugal, and all i can say is i have never heard anyone quite like him and i have the feeling i probably won't. He's unbelievable. The quality of the sound, of the expression, it's just too much going on. Cheers, folks!

[demon48]

This particular recording doesn't really do justice to Martin Taylor. He is VERY "pulled back" here, playing in a very basic Bossa Nova style. While nice, it doesn't really show him at his very best, which is his interpretation of standards. I'm a huge fan of MT, seen him ten times or so, and to get the straight no chaser version of his playing, have a look at him playing/teaching his version of "I Got Rhythm" Part 1 and 2 here on the YT. (The classic recorded version is twice as fast.)

[carvetop01]

demon48,

You are spot on with that comment. I have seen Martin live five times. In addition to being a master guitarist he is a genuine nice guy. I find the great players usually are.

[demon48]

carvetop,

You're right, he's s genuinely nice guy... I've got a good friend who's a very close friend, been to his house in Normandy, spent time with him after his son's suicide, that kind of close, and he confirms the impression - just a great guy. My friend told me that the Rhythm arrangement was written, all of a piece, without a guitar, while on a long distance train ride - just mind boggling. Firat time I heard it, I was in the car, and had to pull over, slack-jawed.

[carvetop01]

Demon48

I did not realize that his son killed himself. I thought his son was his manager. Sad. I saw him 3 times in Scotland and 2 times in the USA. If he ever gets tired of playing he could make a good living as a comedian. I have been playing guitar a L O N G time. I have never seen anyone like him. It's hard to watch and figure out what he is doing.

[demon48]

Son James is the manger. Son Stewart committed suicide in 2005 - real tragedy - hanged himself near their Ayrshire home. My favorite show of Martin's was in 98 at the Scott Chinery Blue Guitar event at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia. He was great as usual (played Rhythm) but the show was my favorite because I sat right behind Johnny Smith!  What an honor to meet him...

[sulaimanswaleh]

why did his son kill himself ??

[demon48]

I don't know, and really how can anyone  know?

[Ashgrove17]

I agree but Martin was accompanying his daughter inlaw here so I guess he wouldn't want to overwhelm her!

[dwebster50]

I cannot but help but think, how Martin is such a master at accommpanying an artist , besides hi tasteful comping , It is a form that distinguishes him from al others ...what a wonderful man and true master

Calgary Dave

[carstenneugebauer]

what i admire most is, next to his overall technical prowess and his obvious enormous musicality of course, his ability to seperate the soloing voice from the accompanying one. at this extent, i think itÄs unherd of before. this REALLY sounds like two instruments playing, whereas many times, when you hear somebody try to pull this off, it sounds reasonably well overall, but you can almost always tell that it's one man trying to sound like he's two guys.

here - perfection in it's true essence.

[Denousa]

man this guy can play guitar...awesome!

[lefty550]

Great man! I love MT and always will consider him as one of the best solo jazz guitarist ever. He's chops are infinite, but he's got more mature with the years. I have his records from the 90's which is the most scary stuff I ever heard, but he's about music first now. FYI:MT was playing with Grapelli in his early twenties(Maybe before..), and has been touring the world since teens-Respect

Great singer too!

[carvetop01]

I have seen this guy live 5 times. Twice on this side of the pond and three times in Scotland. 4 of the shows were solo performances. A great player and a classy guy as well. If you not seen him live I can tell you it a very special treat.

[rosariomdq]

whar about de singer she sings lovely and

i think martin can consider this mistake

music an sing bouth ar in espanish

esquisitos ....

rosario buenos aires

[Str8Blast]

Martin Taylor??? what an awesome name for a guitarist. great song.

[ktran11]

loved the chord melody solo. damm. nice stuffs

[wgoco]

This fellow is good, only fluffed (recovered swiftly and artfully) once, maybe twice. lovely playing and sound produced...did he study under the great Winnipeg, Canada jazz guitarists, I wonder...similar phrasing technique...I learned this type of playing 38 years ago in Winnipeg.

[waldo2384]

Fluffs where? I didn't hear any.

[matthewpie]

Martin Taylor is from Scotland, and probably the best living jazz guitarist. You may be thinking of Lenny Breau as the great Canadian guitarist. He, tragically, died in Los Angeles about 15 years ago. Martin was influenced by Lenny, but never studied with him. Martin was also influenced by Django Reinhardt, and actually toured for years with Stephane Grapelli, with whom Django had worked many decades earlier.

[wgoco]

matt...ta 4 that...yeah, i remember mr breau as he sat in small clubs here in winterpeg...any idea how he died, pal??? he used to dose heavy on the winterpeg heroin...did they put out somefing heavvy one day in LA....or wot?

[matthewpie]

He was living in Los Angeles. He was found dead, floating in a swimming pool. Suspected foul play, but they never found the killer. Many have speculated that it may have been a drug dealer to whom Lenny owed money.

[wgoco]

how very, very sad....mat....thank you for the info, sad as it is...had no idea of any of this..

[carvetop01]

His biggest influence was a great pianist named Art Tatum. Martin was trying to play on the guitar what he heard from the piano. That's one reason his solo playing has so much movement.

[maxpurdy]

Beautiful

[iceboy1984]

i like the rhythm very much :)

[hamishjazz]

Beautiful. Must hear more.