The James Taylor Quartet

The James Taylor Quartet, are not to be confused with the country and western heavyweight James Taylor. This band are more of an obscure breed of music with their Acid Jazz and Jazz Funk breed of music that they have been writing and performing since 1985. They open with the song “Blow Up” which features some odd time signatures but of course the signature sound of a Hammond organ that glues everything together, and makes everyone dance. This is an all star band with solos being taken all over the place, such as Nick Smart on the Trumpet and Chris Montague on the Guitar. The audience is more of a polite and appreciative one rather than getting completely drunk and throwing beer around the room. James Taylor launches into what he does best, taking a solo on his Hammond organ which looks as though it was built in 1962, by someone on a farm. I can hear that is it being powered by a rotary motor from the type of tone that it is producing. Each song is a little bit of a jam, some virtuosic musicians playing music for themselves and getting a little bit self indulgent about the whole thing. They earned it though!