Martin Taylor's Spirit of Django: Last Train to Hauteville | CD review

(The Guitar Label)This band, a highly original updating of the classic French jazz idiom, won every award going, and reached the top of the jazz charts, before disbanding at their peak. That was 15 years ago. Now Martin Taylor has reassembled it, with Alan Barnes on clarinet and the formidable Jack Emblow on accordion, and the charm is undiminished. Apart from being a phenomenally good guitarist, Taylor writes the catchiest tunes imaginable. Happy music with the lightest of touches, this cou...

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