Dave Taylor | |
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| Birth name | David Michael Taylor |
| Born | June 6, 1944 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument | Bass trombone |
| Years active | 1960s–present |
| Website | davetaylor |
Dave Taylor (born June 6, 1944) is an American bass trombonist. [1]
David Michael Taylor was born on June 6, 1944, in New York City. [1] 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. [1] [2]
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. [3] 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. [1] [2]
With Manhattan Jazz Orchestra
With Gato Barbieri
With Carla Bley
With Michel Camilo
With Charlie Calello
With John Clark
With Stanley Clarke
With Linda Eder
With Maynard Ferguson
With Eric Gale
With Michael Gibbs
With Jimmy McGriff
With Vince Mendoza
With Gloria Gaynor
With George Gruntz
With Terumasa Hino
With Buddy Rich
With Rupert Holmes
With Bob James
With Thad Jones & Mel Lewis
With Earl Klugh
With Mingus Big Band
With Bob Mintzer
With Jaco Pastorius
With Lonnie Smith
With Stanley Turrentine
With John Tropea
With Charles Wuorinen
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