A California native, Mr. Taylor represented the United States as an American Cultural Specialist in South America and the Caribbean, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts (Arts America program)

He has performed sold-out concerts for such luminaries as UN delegates, American Ambassadors, and foreign heads of State.

During his formative years in the 1970s and 80s, Taylor studied music at Chapman University on full Presidential scholarship and was head of the music department at the Newport Institute of the Arts in Southern California. He studied privately for years at the home of the great virtuoso Pepe Romero and was also a private student of Frederick Noad, whose PBS series was a staple of American life. Noad was a founding member of the Guitar Foundation of America and authored the classic book "Solo Guitar Playing" "Jonathan Taylor has the will and ability to become a major musical figure" Frederick Noad (1981) Taylor also achieved distinction in Master Classes with the great American Virtuoso Christopher Parkening in 1979 "An Exceptional young guitarist" -Christopher Parkening

Taylor has had a long and distinguished career. He is known for his virtuosity and unique transcriptions, and adding materially to the guitar's repertoire. Mr. Taylor performed extensively for years throughout Europe, North and South America, and Asia. Mr. Taylor was a groundbreaker and saw the digital age coming. He was one of the first artists to record digitally back in the early 1990s. He set about creating a Catalog (over three hundred Tracks) that has few if any equals. The Beatles have recorded less material than Mr. Taylor.

His music is streaming Worldwide on iTunes, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Sirius, and iHeart Radio, and most streaming services Worldwide. If you type Jonathan Taylor Beautiful World into Google, you will find him.

https://soundcloud.com/user-75630746-880803498/albums

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/jonathan-taylor-official-app/id6448588105

A Special shout-out to Ammie: I strongly suggest reading her books and enjoying Catgirl and Wise Tiger: Blooming Love, out now (Other Books are available).

⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/97aT2D4⁠ (paperback)

⁠https://a.co/d/ee2snzV⁠ (ebook)

⁠⁠⁠and to Tim Parsons

⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/stores/Tim-Parsons/author/B085DH67JH?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true⁠⁠⁠