Latest Release
- 17 FEB 2023
- 1 Song
- Wait a Minute · 1988
- Do Your Own Thing · 1990
- Quick Fire: The Audio Network Sessions (Live) · 2017
- Wait a Minute · 1988
- In the Hand of the Inevitable · 1995
- Message from the Godfather · 1998
- A Taste of Cherry · 2006
- Bootleg · 2000
- Soul Lounge (Fifth Edition) · 2007
- Penthouse Suit · 1998
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About James Taylor Quartet
When Medway Valley psychedelic-mod hopefuls the Prisoners disbanded in 1986, organist James Taylor assembled a jazz-influenced quartet comprised of fellow Prisoner bass player Alan Crockford, ex-Daggermen drummer Simon Howard, and Taylor’s brother, David, on guitar. A mini-album of cover versions, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, featured groovy organ-based instrumentals like "Blow Up." A powerful remake of "The Theme from Starsky and Hutch," found the group central to the growing, London-based acid jazz movement. Their album, DO YOUR OWN THING, combined their original fusion-jazz and rare groove sound, with a new club music sensibility. Taylor also made several guest appearances, notably for the Pogues and U2. The band’s subsequent work saw a return to the Hammond groove-jazz style of Jimmy McGriff and Jimmy Smith.
- ORIGIN
- Kent, England
- FORMED
- 1985
- GENRE
- Jazz