Gene Taylor (bassist)
Gene Taylor (* 19th March 1929 in Toledo (Ohio) as Calvin Eugene Taylor ; † 22. December 2001 in Sarasota , Florida) was an American jazz - bassist of hard bop which also New Orleans Blues played.
Life
Gene Taylor started out on the sousaphone , played the piano for a short time, then turned to the bass. Taylor will be remembered most as a member of the Horace Silver quintet , in which he appeared from 1958 to 1962. He visited Europe with Silver in 1962. From 1964 he worked for Blue Mitchell and toured Japan with his quintet in 1965 . He also played freelance with Thelonious Monk , Howard McGhee , Duke Pearson , Junior Cook . In the late 1960s he worked with Coleman Hawkins , with whom he recorded one of his last albums, and with Eddie Jefferson . In 1975 he still recorded with Barry Harris .
Discographic notes
- Junior Cook: Junior's Cookin ' (OJC, 1961)
- Barry Harris: Plays Thad Dameron (Xanadu, 1975)
- Coleman Hawkins: Supreme (Enja, 1966)
- Eddie Jefferson: Coming Along With Me (OJC, 1969)
- Blue Mitchell: The Cup Bearers (OJC, 1963), Down With It (OJC, 1965)
- Duke Pearson: Profile ( Blue Note Records , 1959)
- Horace Silver: Finger Poppin ' (Blue Note, 1959), Blowin' The Blues Away (Blue Note, 1959), Horace-Scops (Blue Note, 1960), The Tokyo Blues (Blue Note, 1962)
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 4th, revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
- Bielefeld Catalog Jazz 2001
- John Jörgensen, Erik Wiedemann : Jazz Lexicon . Mosaik-Verlag, Munich
Web links
- Obituary on local802afm.org (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Taylor, Gene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Taylor, Calvin Eugene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toledo (Ohio) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 22, 2001 |
| Place of death | Sarasota , Florida |