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Lars Rainer Rüetschi (born March 24, 1977), professional known as Lars Taylor, is a Swiss fusion guitarist, composer, and producer.
Lars Taylor was born in Switzerland, but spent a portion of his childhood in Brazil, where music such as Bossa Nova influenced him.[3] He played the piano for seven years before discovering the guitar at the age of 14.
From 1998 to 2002, Lars Taylor studied jazz guitar in the Basel Music Academy's[4] jazz faculty with French–Marseiller guitar virtuoso Francis Coletta as his teacher.[4]
In 2005, Taylor moved to Berlin, looking for better opportunities in music. After playing at sessions, he quickly became involved in the scene and toured through Berlin clubs with Nigerian singer Leon Adonri and his band The Peacekeeper & The Purple Egg.[4]
In 2009, he spent a few months in Bucharest, Romania. Returning to Switzerland afterward, with his wife Gabriela. In 2018, he collaborated with 2-time Grammy Award producer Paul Brown.[4]
In 2019, Taylor released his first solo single Sweet Onion, Which entered the Top 40 in the Smooth Jazz Charts.[9]
In 2022, Taylor released a new single called Blue Sphere, which received over 50,000 streams on Spotify, and spent 26 weeks total on various radio charts. It also made it to the Top 30 on the Groove Jazz Music Chart.[11] In 2022, he also released Flying (To Another Place) and The Waltz.
Taylor was featured in Akustik Gitarre magazine in 2022.[12]
Lars Taylor was born in Switzerland, but spent a portion of his childhood in Brazil, where music such as Bossa Nova influenced him.[3] He played the piano for seven years before discovering the guitar at the age of 14.
From 1998 to 2002, Lars Taylor studied jazz guitar in the Basel Music Academy's[4] jazz faculty with French–Marseiller guitar virtuoso Francis Coletta as his teacher.[4]
In 2005, Taylor moved to Berlin, looking for better opportunities in music. After playing at sessions, he quickly became involved in the scene and toured through Berlin clubs with Nigerian singer Leon Adonri and his band The Peacekeeper & The Purple Egg.[4]
In 2009, he spent a few months in Bucharest, Romania. Returning to Switzerland afterward, with his wife Gabriela. In 2018, he collaborated with 2-time Grammy Award producer Paul Brown.[4]
In 2019, Taylor released his first solo single Sweet Onion, Which entered the Top 40 in the Smooth Jazz Charts.[9]
In 2022, Taylor released a new single called Blue Sphere, which received over 50,000 streams on Spotify, and spent 26 weeks total on various radio charts. It also made it to the Top 30 on the Groove Jazz Music Chart.[11] In 2022, he also released Flying (To Another Place) and The Waltz.
Taylor was featured in Akustik Gitarre magazine in 2022.[12]
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