Mark Thomas Taylor (born May 22, 1961,
Chattanooga, Tennessee) is an American
jazz French horn player.
Taylor studied horn formally in his youth and took a bachelor's degree in music at the
University of Tennessee, where he studied under
Jerry Coker
Jerry Coker (born November 28, 1932) is an American jazz saxophonist and pedagogue.
Coker was born in South Bend, Indiana. He attended Indiana University in the early 1950s, but left school to become a member of Woody Herman's Herd. Coker eventua ...
. He moved to Boston and continued his studies at the
New England Conservatory of Music (1988-1990), playing during this time with
Jimmy Giuffre,
Max Roach,
Oliver Lake,
Sam Rivers,
Abdullah Ibrahim,
Muhal Richard Abrams, and
Orange Then Blue
Orange Then Blue is an avant-garde big band from Boston, Massachusetts led by drummer George Schuller. Several well known jazz musicians have performed with the group as either members or guests, including trumpeters Dave Douglas (trumpeter), Dav ...
(including for international tours). He also formed his own group, So What Brass 5, which was active through the 1990s. In the 1990s he worked with
Henry Threadgill,
Lester Bowie,
Ken Filiano
Ken Filiano (born 1952) is an American jazz and orchestral bassist based in Brooklyn, New York.
Since the 1970s, Filiano has played or recorded with Anthony Braxton, Fred Ho, Nels Cline, Bill Dixon, Fay Victor, and others. Filiano is on the tea ...
,
Matt Wilson,
Lafayette Harris
Lafayette or La Fayette may refer to:
People
* Lafayette (name), a list of people with the surname Lafayette or La Fayette or the given name Lafayette
* House of La Fayette, a French noble family
** Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757 ...
,
Myra Melford,
Fred Hopkins, and
Grover Mitchell.
[Gary W. Kennedy, "Mark Taylor (i)". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed. ]Barry Kernfeld
Barry Dean Kernfeld (born August 11, 1950) is an American musicologist and jazz saxophonist who has researched and published extensively about the history of jazz and the biographies of its musicians.
Education
In 1968, Kernfeld enrolled at U ...
, 2004.
Discography
As leader
* ''Circle Squared'' (Mark Taylor, 2002)
As sideman
With
Anthony Braxton
* ''Trillium E'' (New Braxton House, 2011)
* ''Two Compositions 2007'' (New Braxton House, 2011)
* ''Creative Music Orchestra 2011'' (New Braxton House, 2012)
* ''Two Compositions (Orchestra) 2005'' (New Braxton House, 2013)
With
Henry Threadgill
* ''Too Much Sugar for a Dime'' (Axiom, 1993)
* ''
Carry the Day'' (Columbia, 1995)
* ''Makin' a Move'' (Columbia, 1995)
With others
*
Muhal Richard Abrams, ''Blu Blu Blu'' (Black Saint, 1991)
*
Michael Bolton, ''This Is the Time'' (Columbia, 1996)
*
Cecil Bridgewater, ''I Love Your Smile'' (Bluemoon, 1992)
*
Gigi, ''Gigi'' (Palm Pictures, 2001)
*
Joseph Daley, ''The Seven Deadly Sins'' (Jaro, 2010)
*
Oliver Lake, ''Otherside'' (Gramavision, 1988)
*
Grover Mitchell, ''Hip Shakin' '' (Ken Music, 1990)
*
James Morrison, ''Live at the Sydney Opera House'' (Warner, 1996)
*
Orange Then Blue
Orange Then Blue is an avant-garde big band from Boston, Massachusetts led by drummer George Schuller. Several well known jazz musicians have performed with the group as either members or guests, including trumpeters Dave Douglas (trumpeter), Dav ...
, ''While You Were Out'' (GM, 1994)
*
Ken Schaphorst
Ken Schaphorst (born May 24, 1960 in Abington, Pennsylvania) is a composer, performer, and educator.
Career
Before moving to Boston in 2001, Schaphorst served as Director of Jazz Studies at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin for ten years. ...
, ''Making Lunch'' (Accurate/JCA, 1989)
*
Gunther Schuller, ''Jumpin' in the Future'' (GM, 1988)
*
Alan Silva, ''
Alan Silva & the Sound Visions Orchestra'' (Eremite, 2001)
*
Warren Smith, ''Race Cards'' (Freedom Art, 2003)
* Warren Smith, ''Natural/Cultural Forces'' (Engine Studios, 2007)
*
Tom Varner
Tom Varner (born June 17, 1957 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States) is an American jazz horn (French horn) player and composer.
Varner grew up in Millburn, New Jersey, and studied piano in his youth with Capitola Dickerson of Summit, ...
, ''Heaven and Hell'' (OmniTone, 2009)
*
BeBe Winans
Benjamin "BeBe" Winans (born September 17, 1962) is an American gospel and R&B singer. He is a member of the noted Winans family, most members of which are also gospel artists. Winans has released nine albums, seven with his sister CeCe Winans, C ...
, ''BeBe Winans'' (Atlantic, 1997)
References
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American jazz musicians
Jazz musicians from Tennessee