ABOUT
Jamie has built a strong reputation throughout the UK and overseas, as a dynamic jazz guitarist and teacher. His playing has been heard at a long list of clubs and festivals, such as Ronnie Scott's, The Vortex, Pizza Express Jazz Club, Oliver's, Manchester Jazz Festival, NQ Jazz (Manchester), Birmingham Jazz, Wakefield Jazz, Sheffield Jazz, Leeds Jazz, RNCM, Stavanger Trad Festival (part of Mai Jazz), Scarborough Jazz Festival, The Jazz Bar (Edinburgh), The Blue Lamp (Aberdeen), Benningan's (Londonderry/Derry), Bonington Theatre (Nottingham), and Lincoln Drill Hall amongst many others.
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Jamie appeared frequently with drummer Sebastiaan DeKrom's resident trio at the legendary Troubadour club in London's Earl's Court, usually alongside organist Pete Whittaker, or regular bassists Jeremy Brown and Steve Watts. Meanwhile, his collaboration with fellow guitarist Sam Dunn was a recurrent feature of Ronnie's Scott's 'Two For The Road' duo series. Jamie has also been privileged to work on a more occasional basis with many other excellent jazz musicians, among them Baptiste Herbin, Wayne Escoffery, Sheryl Bailey, John Stowell, John Goldsby, Bart DeFoort, Kate Williams, Tori Freestone, Roni Ben-Hur, Steve Fishwick, Alan Barnes, and Graham Harvey.
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In the educational field, Jamie is a Principal Lecturer in Jazz Guitar on the degree programme at Leeds Conservatoire, for which he also served as Course Leader between 2007-2009. Meanwhile, his instructional videos have reached a global audience via the US website www.mikesmasterclasses.com
Jamie Taylor uses Thomastik-Infeld strings by agreement with Barnes & Mullins.