Taylor Roberts Guitarist from Keystone Heights, FL

Taylor Roberts has been playing music since the age of three, when his piano lessons began. He studied classically, but was more intrigued by picking out songs from records and movies, then playing them on the piano. His piano lessons continued until the age of thirteen, when he got his first guitar. He began studying at the Gainesville Guitar Academy with Shaun Boos. Three years later, he began studying with Chris Jenkins, focusing primarily on jazz. He graduated from GHS in 2001, on a music scholarship to the University of North Florida. While attending UNF, Taylor had the honor and privilege to study with world-renowned musicians such as Barry Greene, Keith Javors, Kevin Bales, Ricky Ravelo, JB Scott, and legendary saxophonist Bunky Green. He moved back to Gainesville for approximately four years to take on gigging and teaching as a full-time job. He now resides in Jacksonville, where he is continuing his education, teaching lessons, and playing gigs. He can be seen performing at many venues in the Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Gainesville areas, as well as many other venues in the Southeastern United States.

• A Felicidade | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Afro Blue | Mongo Santamaria
• Ain't Misbehavin' | Fats Waller
• Airegin | Sonny Rollins
• Alice in Wonderland | Fain/Hillard
• All Blues | Miles Davis
• All of Me | Simons/Marks
• All the Things You Are | Hammerstein/Kern
• Alone Together | Dietz/Schwartz
• Always And Forever | Pat Metheny
• Angel Eyes | Matt Dennis
• Anthropology | Charlie Parker
• Autumn Leaves | Joseph Kozma
• Au Privave | Charlie Parker
• Bags' Groove | Milt Jackson
• Beautiful Love | Victor Young
• Bemsha Swing | Thelonious Monk
• Bernie's Tune | Bernie Miller
• Billie's Bounce | Charlie Parker
• Birdland | Joe Zawinul
• Birk's Works | Dizzy Gillespie
• Black Orpheus | Luis Bonfa
• Black Nile | Wayne Shorter
• Bluebird | Charlie Parker
• Blue Bossa | Kenny Dorham
• Blue Monk | Thelonious Monk
• Blue Skies | Irving Berlin
• Blue Train | John Coltrane
• Bluesette | Toots Thielmann
• Blues for Alice | Charlie Parker
• Blues Walk | Clifford Brown
• Body and Soul | Johnny Green
• But Not For Me | Gershwin
• Bye Bye Blackbird | Ray Henderson
• C Jam Blues | Duke Ellington
• Canteloupe Island | Herbie Hancock
• Caravan | Ellington/Tizol
• Chameleon | Herbie Hancock
• Cherokee | Ray Noble
• Child is Born | Thad Jones
• Confirmation | Charlie Parker
• Cool Blues | Charlie Parker
• Corcovado | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Cottontail | Duke Ellington
• Darn That Dream | Jimmy Van Heusen
• Day By Day | Axel Stordahl
• Days of Wine and Roses | Henry Mancini
• Desafinado | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Dewey Square | Charlie Parker
• Dishere | Cannonball Adderly
• Dolphin Dance | Herbie Hancock
• Donna Lee | Charlie Parker
• Don't Blame Me | Jimmy McHugh
• Doxy | Sonny Rollins
• Dr. Jackle | Jackie McLean
• Elizete | Clare Fischer
• Equinox | John Coltrane
• Eternal Triangle | Sonny Stitt
• Every Time We Say Goodbye | Cole Porter
• Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum | Wayne Shorter
• Feel Like Makin' Love | Gene McDaniels
• Fly Me to the Moon | Bart Howard
• Foggy Day | Gershwin
• Four | Mile Davis
• Four Brothers | Jimmy Giuffre
• Four on Six | Wes Montgomery
• Freddie the Freeloader | Miles Davis
• Freedom Jazz Dance | Eddie Harris
• Footprints | Wayne Shorter
• For Heaven's Sake | Sherman Edwards
• Gentle Rain | Luiz Bonfa
• Georgia on My Mind | Hoagy Carmichael
• Giant Steps | John Coltrane
• Girl from Ipanema | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Got A Match? | Chick Corea
• Groovin' High | Dizzy Gillespie
• Green Dolphin Street | Bronislaw Kaper
• Have You Met Miss Jones | Richard Rogers
• Honeysuckle Rose | Fats Waller
• How High the Moon | Morgan Lewis
• How Insensitive | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• I Can't Give You Anything but Love | Jimmy McHugh
• I Fall in Love Too Easily | Jule Styne
• I Get a Kick Out of You | Cole Porter
• I Got Rhythm | Gershwin
• I Love You | Cole Porter
• If I Were a Bell | Frank Loesser
• I'll Remember April | Gene Vincent de Paul
• I'm in the Mood for Love | Jimmy McHugh
• I'm Old Fashioned | Jerome Kern
• Impressions | John Coltrane
• In a Mellow Tone | Duke Ellington
• In a Sentimental Mood | Duke Ellington
• In Your Own Sweet Way | Dave Brubeck
• In Walked Bud | Thelonious Monk
• It Could Happen to You | Jimmy van Heusen
• It Never Entered My Mind | Richard Rogers
• It's All Right With Me | Cole Porter
• It's Only a Paper Moon | Harold Arlen
• I've Grown Accustomed to her Face | Frederick Loewe
• Jordu | Duke Jordan
• Joy Spring | Clifford Brown
• Just Friends | John Klenner
• Just One of those Things | Cole Porter
• Killing Me Softly | Charles Fox
• Lady Be Good | Gershwin
• Lady Bird | Tadd Dameron
• Lady is a Tramp | Richard Rogers
• Lazy Bird | John Coltrane
• Lester Leaps In | Duke Ellington
• Like Someone in Love | Jimmy van Heusen
• Li'l Darlin' | Neil Hefti
• Line for Lyons | Gerry Mulligan
• Lover Man | Ramirez/Davis/Sherman
• Lullaby of Birdland | George Shearing
• Maiden Voyage | Herbie Hancock
• Meditation | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Mercy Mercy Mercy | Joe Zawinul
• Milestones | Miles Davis
• Minority | Gigi Gryce
• Misty | Erroll Garner
• Mohawk | Charlie Parker
• Moment's Notice | John Coltrane
• Monk's Dream | Thelonious Monk
• Mr. Clean | Mitchel Forman
• Mr. P.C | John Coltrane
• My Favorite Things | Richard Rogers
• My Foolish Heart | Victor Young
• My Funny Valentine | Richard Rogers
• My Little Suede Shoes | Charlie Parker
• My One and Only Love | Guy Wood
• My Romance | Richard Rogers
• My Secret Love | Sammy Fain
• Nardis | Miles Davis
• The Nearness of You | Hoagy Carmichael
• Nefertiti | Wayne Shorter
• Nica's Dream | Horace Silver
• Night and Day | Cole Porter
• Night Dreamer | Wayne Shorter
• A Night in Tunisia | Dizzy Gillespie
• Nostalgia in Times Square | Charles Mingus
• Now's the Time | Charlie Parker
• Nutville | Horace Silver
• Old Folks | Willard Robison
• Oleo | Sonny Rollins
• One by One | Wayne Shorter
• One Finger Snap | Herbie Hancock
• On the Street Where you Live | Frederick Loewe
• On the Sunny Side of the Street | Jimmy McHugh
• Out of Nowhere | Johnny Green
• Our Love is Here To Stay | Gershwin
• Passion Dance | McCoy Tyner
• Pent-up House | Sonny Rollins
• Polka Dots and Moonbeams | Jimmy van Heusen
• Prelude to a Kiss | Duke Ellington
• Recorda Me | Joe Henderson
• Red Clay | Freddie Hubbard
• Rhythm-a-ning | Thelonious Monk
• Rocker | Gerry Mulligan
• Round Midnight | Thelonious Monk
• Samba de Orfeu | Luiz Bonfa
• Sandu | Clifford Brown
• Satin Doll | Duke Ellington
• Scrapple from the Apple | Charlie Parker
• Skylark | Hoagy Carmichael
• Smoke Gets in Your Eyes | Jerome Kern
• Softly | as in a Morning Sunrise
• Solar | Miles Davis
• Solitude | Duke Ellington
• Someday My Prince Will Come | Frank Churchill
• Song is You | Jerome Kern
• Sonnymoon for Two | Sonny Rollins
• So What | Miles Davis
• Spain | Chick Corea
• St. Thomas | Sonny Rollins
• Star Eyes | Don Raye
• Stardust | Hoagy Carmichael
• Stella by Starlight | Victor Young
• Straight | no Chaser
• Summertime | Gershwin
• Take Five | Paul Desmond
• Take the "a" Train | Billy Strayhorn
• Tangerine | Victor Schertzinger
• Tenor Madness | Sonny Rollins
• They Can't Take That Away from Me | Gershwin
• There is No Greater Love | Isham Jones
• There Will Never Be Another You | Harry Warren
• Things Ain't What They Used to Be | Duke Ellington
• Time After Time | Sammy Cahn
• Turnaround | Ornette Coleman
• Unit Seven | Sam Jones
• Wail | Bud Powell
• Watermelon Man | Herbie Hancock
• Wave | Antonio Carlos Jobim
• The Way You Look Tonight | Jerome Kern
• Well You Needn't | Thelonious Monk
• What is This Thing Called Love? | Cole Porter
• What's New? | Tadd Dameron
• Windows | Chick Corea
• Witch Hunt | Wayne Shorter
• Woody n You | Dizzy Gillespie
• Yardbird Suite | Charlie Parker
• Yes and No | Wayne Shorter
• You Are the Sunshine of my Life | Stevie Wonder
• You Must Believe in Spring | Michel Legrand
• You Stepped Out of a Dream | Nacio Herb Brown
• You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To | Cole Porter