Dave Taylor SOLO /
The SPOKESPEOPLE- duo of Carl and Dave - or with extra guests- vocals, sax, bass, drums etc. / VARIOUS groups- including Country, Cajun, Blues, Rock, etc. /
JUMBO ACOUSTIC JAM- Dave leads monthly open-session. /
Tell me whatever you want, and I'll fix it for you...!
Influences
Otis Spann, Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson, Jimmy Yancey, Memphis Slim, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson 1+2, Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson, Rosetta Tharpe, Otis Rush, Peter Green, Jimi Hendrix, Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, Louis Jordan, Duke Ellington, Horace Silver, Bud Powell, Tommy Flanagan, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Nat King Cole, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Toots Thielemans, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, The Meters, Desmond Dekker, U-Roy, Big Yout', Bob Marley, Rufus, Graham Central Station, Big Joe Turner, Kylie, Dan Penn, The Beatles, The Band, Chris Stainton, Free, Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky, Bjork, Surgeon, and hundreds more!
Sounds Like
the shadow of the echoes of all I've ever heard or imagined I might hear one day...
Record Label
Most musicians are better off without a label-DIY!
Manchester UK-based, Dave Taylor plays all kinds of music on harmonica, guitar, bass, keyboards, percussion- but specialises in Blues piano. He is experienced, versatile, and can organise the perfect music for your event.
Dave can entertain SOLO- piano/vocals. All styles- dinner-jazz, boogie-woogie, country, soul etc- please ask for more details.
He also plays (-pno/ gtr/ bs/ hca/ voc etc) in a DUO with pianist/vocalist Charlie Allen- new Monday night residency HEAVY DUTY FREE'N'EASY! at the Lloyds Hotel, Chorlton.
The SPOKESPEOPLE- Dave-piano/hca/guitar/voc + Carl B-lead guitar/voc-
Jazz, Soul, Blues and Country, to Rock and Indy. Or they can play as a bigger band if you like. Also available for songwriting/recording projects- all retro styles, and also current R'n'B, Pop, Electronica, etc.
Dave also runs 'JUMBO ACOUSTIC JAM', the popular open session @The Carlton Club, Manchester 16 (www.carltonclub.org.uk) next= 31 JAN 2010 -free entry!
For Jumbo Acoustic Jam own page, and recent Blogs- please click on 'Jumbo' link in top friends, below, ( or go to- www.myspace.com/454205913 )
Dave gives music tuition, and is a freelance consultant- see if he can help you...
Thanks- Rowan Creative/ Gabor Olah/ Attila Zsargo/ http://www.cejaco.com
Biography written by Dave Taylor / Profile set up by Rowan Creative.
