Letter: John Taylor gave many musicians a helping hand

In 1983, I telephoned John Taylor to ask whether he might consider being part of my ensemble for a BBC broadcast. He didn’t know me and he’d certainly never heard my music, but he said yes. We stayed in touch. Then John called asking if I would produce his 1987 Arts Council tour of the quartet Foil, happy for me to make mistakes as I basically learned on the job.We continued to work together: Kenny Wheeler, Peter Erskine, Charlie Mariano, Julian and Steve Argüelles, the Creative Jazz Or