Gene Taylor (bassist)
| Gene Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Calvin Eugene Taylor |
| Born |
March 19, 1929 Toledo, Ohio |
| Origin | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Died |
December 22, 2001 (age 72) Sarasota, Florida, USA |
| Genres | jazz |
| Occupation(s) | bassist, songwriter |
| Instruments | double bass |
| Associated acts | Horace Silver, Nina Simone, Judy Collins |
Calvin Eugene "Gene" Taylor (March 19, 1929[1] – December 22, 2001[2]), was an American jazz double bassist. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, and began his career in Detroit, Michigan.[2] Taylor worked with Horace Silver from 1958 until 1963.[1][3][4] He then joined Blue Mitchell's quintet, with whom he recorded and performed until 1965.[2] From 1966 until 1968, he toured and recorded with Nina Simone.[2] Simone recorded the song "Why? (The King of Love is Dead)", which Taylor wrote following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.[2][5][6] Taylor began teaching music in New York public schools.[2] Taylor worked with Judy Collins from 1968 until 1976, and made numerous television appearances accompanying Simone and Collins.[2] He died on December 22, 2001, in Sarasota, Florida, where he had been living since 1990.[2]
Discography
As sideman
- Junior Cook: Junior's Cookin' (Jazzland, 1961)
- Barry Harris: Barry Harris Plays Tadd Dameron (Xanadu Records, 1975)
- Coleman Hawkins: Supreme (Enja Records, 1966)
- Junior Mance: Harlem Lullaby (Atlantic, 1967)
- Eddie Jefferson: Coming Along With Me (OJC, 1969)
- Eric Kloss: Doors (Cobblestone, 1972)
- Blue Mitchell: The Cup Bearers (OJC, 1963), Down with It! (OJC, 1965), Boss Horn (Blue Note 1967)
- Duke Pearson: Profile (Blue Note, 1963), The Right Touch (Blue Note 1967), Tender Feelin's (Blue Note 1967)
- Horace Silver: Finger Poppin' (Blue Note, 1959), Blowin' the Blues Away (Blue Note, 1959), Horace-Scope (Blue Note, 1960), The Tokyo Blues (Blue Note, 1962), Song for My Father (Blue Note, 1964)
References
- 1 2 "Jazz Performers - T's & U's". Jazz, Ragtime & Blues in the Knight Library. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Requiem". Allegro. New York: American Federation of Musicians, local 802. CII (3). Retrieved 2010-11-04.
- ↑ Obituary specifies 1962, but Taylor recorded tracks in 1963 for Song for My Father
- ↑ Cuscuna, Michael (2008). Live at Newport '58 (CD booklet). Horace Silver. New York: Blue Note Records. 0946 3 98070 2 4.
- ↑ Taylor, Calvin Eugene (January 20, 1986). Johnson, John H., ed. "Why? (The King of Love is Dead)". JET. Chicago: Johnson. 69 (18): 55. ISSN 0021-5996. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
- ↑ Simone, Nina; Stephen Cleary (2003) [1992]. I Put a Spell on You. Introduction by Dave Marsh (2nd ed.). New York: Da Capo Press. pp. 114–115. ISBN 0-306-80525-1.
External links
- Gene Taylor discography at Discogs