James Taylor Quartet

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James Taylor Quartet
James Taylor Quartet (2006)
James Taylor Quartet (2006)
General information
Genre (s) Acid jazz , jazz radio
founding 1985
Website www.jtq.co.uk
Current occupation
Hammond organ , vocals
 James Taylor
Chris Montague
Andy McKinney
Adam Betts
Nick Smart
Yvonne Yanney
former members
singing
 Noel McKoy
guitar
 David Taylor
guitar
 Nigel Price
Trumpet
 Graham Flowers
Trumpet
 Dominic Glover
bass
 Allan Crockford
Drums
 Andrew McGuinness
Drums
 Wolf Howard

The James Taylor Quartet , also known as JTQ , is a British band in the field of jazz radio that at times flirted with acid jazz . The band also recorded under the name New Jersey Kings records. The quartet consists of James Taylor, Nigel Price, Gary Crockett and Neil Robinson. During recordings and live performances, they are regularly reinforced by a brass section with currently John Willmott (tenor saxophone, flute) and Nick Smart (trumpet) as well as the singer Yvonne Yanney.

The James Taylor Quartet has no ties to the American folk / pop musician James Taylor .

history

Beginnings with film music

The quartet emerged from the group The Prisoners. Herbie Hancock's film music classic Blow-Up was the first single recording of the James Taylor Quartet in 1985 for the record label Re Elect the President , the later acid jazz label. The title was played by John Peel for three years on the Festive 50 Charts show . The band's debut album, Mission Impossible , which was released the following year, also contained songs from the 1960s that were known from feature films, such as Alfie (from Der Verfuhrer lets greetings ), Mrs. Robinson (from The Maturity Exam ) or Goldfinger (from James Bond 007 - Goldfinger ). In contrast, the second album, The Money Spyder , formed the soundtrack to an imaginary film about spies.

After the third album Absolute (1991), recorded in a live atmosphere , the band, which until then only played instrumental numbers, changed styles and released albums with songs aimed at the British soul and acid scene. Singers such as Rose Windross from Soul II Soul , Alison Limerick and Noel McKoy were involved in them. McKoy was part of the band for a while. The group made it into the top 40 with the single Love the Life ; the album Supernatural Feeling also hit the UK charts. The following album, In the Hand of the Inevitable, sold even better.

Back to the beginnings

Subsequently, the James Taylor Quartet returned to the original style, which was heavily influenced by bands like Booker T. & the MG's . The band occasionally covered titles like Whole Lotta Love , Dirty Harry or Jesus Christ Superstar , but mainly dealt with their own compositions. The band has also worked with Tom Jones , The Wonder Stuff , Manic Street Preachers , The Pogues, and U2 , and acted as the house band on Gaby Roslin's talk show on Channel 4 . Occasionally the James Taylor Quartet expands into a big band.

Discography

The James Taylor Quartet at PizzaExpress Jazz Club, Maidstone , 2010 with singer Yvonne Yanney
as the James Taylor Quartet
  • Mission Impossible (1987)
  • The Money Spyder (1987)
  • The First Sixty Four Minutes (1988; contains the previous two albums)
  • Wait a Minute (1988)
  • Get Organized (1989)
  • Do Your Own Thing (1990)
  • Absolute - JTQ Live (1991)
  • Supernatural Feeling (1993)
  • Extended Play (EP) (1994)
  • BBC Sessions (1995)
  • In the Hand of the Inevitable (1995)
  • (A Few Useful Tips about) Living Underground (1996)
  • Creation (1996) (Single)
  • Whole Lotta Live (1998)
  • Blow up! A JTQ Collection (1998)
  • JTQ, A Collection - the Best of the Acid Jazz Years (1999)
  • Penthouse Suite (live) (1999)
  • A Bigger Picture (1999)
  • Swinging London (2000)
  • Message from the Godfather (2001)
  • Hammond-Ology (2001)
  • Room at the Top (2002)
  • The Oscillator (2003)
  • A Taste of Cherry (2006)
  • Picking Up Where We Left Off (2007)
  • Don't Mess with Mr. T (2007)
  • Live at the Jazz Cafe (2008)
  • New World (2009)
  • The Template (2011)
  • Closer to the Moon (2013)
  • The Rochester Mass (2015)
  • Bootleg (2017)
  • Quick Fire: The Audio Network Session (2017)
  • Soundtrack from electric bkack (2018)
  • People Get Ready [We're Moving On] (2020)
as New Jersey Kings
  • Party to the Bus Stop (1992)
  • Stratosphere Breakdown (1995)
  • Uzi Lover (2001)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with Nitin Sawhney
  2. ↑ James Taylor Quartet Big Band - From the Cat to the Moon at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (2014)