James Taylor has managed the career of jazz guitarist Martin Taylor since 1997. During that time Martin Taylor has won the following awards:
- 2013 – International Brand Laureate Award
- 2012 – Lifetime Achievement Award, Ards International Guitar Festival
- 2012 – Scottish Jazz Awards, Best Live Jazz
- 2010 – Honorary Doctorate Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- 2008 – International Association For Jazz Education, Outstanding Service to Jazz Education
- 2007 – Lifetime Achievement Award NWJS
- 2007 – British Jazz Awards, Best Guitarist
- 2007 – BBC Radio 2 ‘Heart Of Jazz’ Award
- 2005 – Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Musicians, City of London
- 2003 – Pioneer to the Life of the Nation, awarded by HM the Queen
- 2002 – International Guitar Foundation, Best Album: Solo
- 2002 – Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), awarded by HM the Queen for Services to Music
- 2001 – British Jazz Awards, Best Guitarist
- 1999 – Honorary Doctorate University of the West of Scotland
- 1999 – British Academy of Composers and Songwriters ‘Gold Badge of Merit’
- 1999 – British Jazz Awards, Best Guitarist
- 1998 – Freedom of the City of London
- 1997 – British Jazz Awards, Best Small Group: Martin Taylor’s Spirit of Django
- 1997 – British Jazz Awards, Best Guitarist