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Dave Taylor
Background information
Birth nameDavid Michael Taylor
Born (1944-06-06) June 6, 1944 (age 80)
New York City, New York, U.S.
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentBass trombone
Years active1960s–present
Websitedavetaylor.net
Musical artist

Dave Taylor (born June 6, 1944) is an American bass trombonist.

Early life and education

David Michael Taylor was born on June 6, 1944, in New York City. Taylor learned to play trumpet, tuba, and trombone in his youth, and while attending the Juilliard School picked up bass trombone, which became his primary instrument. He graduated with a master's degree from Juilliard in 1968.

Career

Taylor was a trombonist in the American Symphony Orchestra in the late 1960s under the direction of Leopold Stokowski and began playing as a studio musician during this time. In jazz, he worked with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, Chuck Israels, George Russell, and Larry Elgart in the 1970s, and in the 1980s he worked with George Gruntz, Bob Mintzer, Ray Anderson, Jim Pugh, Gil Evans and Duke Ellington in his album New Orleans Suite. He began teaching at the Manhattan School of Music in 1989 and the Mannes School of Music in 1991. Taylor worked in the 1990s with Frank Lacy, Paul Smoker, John Clark, Daniel Schnyder, and Kenny Drew Jr. He has also played in formal music idioms, including a 1984 recital at Carnegie Hall and with the Chamber Orchestra of New York and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Discography

As leader

  • The Pugh-Taylor Project with Jim Pugh (DMP, 1984)
  • Bass Trombone (Triple Letter Brand, 1985)
  • Past Tells (New World, 1993)
  • Doppelganger (CIMP, 2002)
  • Hymns, Hums, Hiss and Herz (PAO, 2004)
  • Morning Moon (CIMP, 2004)
  • Not Just... (CIMP, 2005)
  • Red Sea (Tzadik, 2009)

With Manhattan Jazz Orchestra

  • Moanin (Paddle Wheel, 1989)
  • Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Sweet Basil, 1992)
  • A Night in Tunisia (Sweet Basil, 1993)
  • Get It On (Sweet Basil, 1995)
  • Paint It Black (Sweet Basil, 1996)
  • Black Magic Woman (Sweet Basil, 1997)
  • Hey Duke! (Videoarts Music, 1999)
  • Some Skunk Funk (Videoarts Music, 2002)
  • Birdland (Videoarts Music, 2004)
  • Swing, Swing, Swing (Videoarts Music, 2006)

As sideman

With Gato Barbieri

  • Caliente! (A&M, 1976)
  • Ruby, Ruby (A&M, 1977)

With Carla Bley

  • Night-glo (WATT/ECM, 1985)
  • Looking for America (WATT/ECM, 2003)

With Michel Camilo

  • One More Once (Columbia, 1994)
  • Caribe (Calle 54, 2009)
  • Essence (Redondo Music, 2019)

With Charlie Calello

  • Calello Serenade (Midsong, 1979)
  • Sing, Sing, Sing & in the Mood (EMI, 1979)

With John Clark

  • Il Suono (CMP, 1993)
  • I Will (Postcards, 1997)

With Stanley Clarke

  • Stanley Clarke (Nemperor, 1974)
  • Journey to Love (Nemperor, 1975)
  • School Days (Epic, 1991)

With Linda Eder

  • It's Time (Atlantic, 1997)
  • Broadway My Way (Atlantic, 2003)

With Maynard Ferguson

  • Primal Scream (Columbia, 1976)
  • Conquistador (Columbia, 1977)
  • New Vintage (Columbia, 1977)

With Eric Gale

  • Ginseng Woman (Columbia, 1977)
  • Multiplication (Columbia, 1977)
  • Part of You (Columbia, 1979)

With Michael Gibbs

  • In the Public Interest (Polydor, 1974)
  • Big Music (Venture, 1988)
  • Nonsequence (Provocateur, 2001)

With Jimmy McGriff

With Vince Mendoza

  • Start Here (World Pacific, 1990)
  • Instructions Inside (Manhattan, 1991)

With Gloria Gaynor

  • Experience (MGM, 1975)
  • I've Got You (Polydor, 1976)

With George Gruntz

  • Live '82 (AMIGA, 1983)
  • Theatre (ECM, 1984)
  • Happening Now! (hat ART, 1988)
  • Blues 'n' Dues (Enja, 1991)
  • Beyond Another Wall (TCB, 1994)
  • Sins'n Wins'n Funs Left-cores and Hard-core En-cores (TCB, 1996)

With Terumasa Hino

  • Daydream (Flying Disk, 1980)
  • Pyramid (CBS/Sony, 1982)

With Buddy Rich

  • No Jive (Novus, 1992)
  • Speak No Evil (RCA Victor, 1976)

With Rupert Holmes

  • Widescreen (Epic, 1974)
  • Rupert Holmes (Epic, 1975)
  • Partners in Crime (Infinity, 1979)

With Bob James

  • Three (CTI, 1976)
  • Heads (Tappan Zee/Columbia, 1977)
  • Lucky Seven (Tappan Zee/Columbia, 1979)
  • Sign of the Times (CBS, 1981)
  • Hands Down (Tappan Zee, 1982)
  • 12 (Tappan Zee/Columbia, 1984)

With Thad Jones & Mel Lewis

  • Suite for Pops (A&M/Horizon, 1975)
  • New Life (A&M/Horizon, 1976)

With Earl Klugh

  • Crazy for You (Liberty, 1981)
  • Whispers and Promises (Warner Bros., 1989)

With Mingus Big Band

  • Live in Time (Dreyfus, 1996)
  • Que Viva Mingus! (Dreyfus, 1997)
  • Blues & Politics (Dreyfus, 1999)
  • Mingus Big Band 93 Nostalgia in Times Square (Dreyfus, 1993)
  • Tonight at Noon...Three or Four Shades of Love (Dreyfus, 2002)

With Bob Mintzer

  • Papa Lips (CBS/Sony, 1983)
  • Incredible Journey (DMP, 1985)
  • Camouflage (DMP, 1986)
  • Spectrum (DMP, 1988)
  • Urban Contours (DMP, 1989)
  • Art of the Big Band (DMP, 1991)
  • Departure (DMP, 1993)
  • Only in New York (DMP, 1994)
  • Big Band Trane (DMP, 1996)
  • Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival (Basic, 1996)
  • Latin from Manhattan (DMP, 1998)
  • Homage to Count Basie (DMP, 2000)
  • Gently (DMP, 2002)
  • Live at MCG with Special Guest Kurt Elling (MCG, 2004)
  • Old School: New Lessons (MCG, 2006)
  • Swing Out (MCG, 2008)
  • Get Up! (MCG, 2015)

With Jaco Pastorius

  • Word of Mouth (Warner Bros., 1981)
  • Truth, Liberty, & Soul (Resonance, 2017)

With Lonnie Smith

With Stanley Turrentine

  • Nightwings (Fantasy, 1977)
  • West Side Highway (Fantasy, 1978)

With John Tropea

  • Tropea (Marlin, 1975)
  • Short Trip to Space (Marlin, 1977)
  • To Touch You Again (Marlin, 1979)

With Charles Wuorinen

  • Five; Archangel; Archaeopteryx; Hyperion (Koch, 1992)
  • Trios (Koch, 1993)
  • Genesis Mass (Koch, 1995)
  • Archaeopterix (Albany, 2008)

With others

References

  1. ^ "Biography". Dave Taylor. Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. ^ Gary W. Kennedy, "Dave Taylor". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld, 2004.
  3. "Duke Ellington : New Orleans Suite". Discogs.com. Retrieved Aug 11, 2024.
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