Sam Taylor (jazz musician)
Sam "The Man" Taylor (* 12 July 1916 in Lexington (Tennessee) as Samuel L. Taylor , † 1990 ) was an American jazz - and rhythm-and-blues - saxophone (tenor, baritone) and clarinet.
Life
Taylor came from a musical family and studied at Alabama State University , where he played in college orchestras. After that he was in his brother Paul's band in Gary, Indiana . 1937/38 he played with Scatman Crothers (1910-1986), who was later better known as an actor, and 1939-1941 in the Sunset Royal Orchestra. 1941 to 1943 and 1945/46 he was in the band of Cootie Williams , interrupted by a year 1944/45 with Lucky Millinder . From 1946 to 1952 he was with Cab Calloway , with whom he toured South America in 1951 and was in the Caribbean in 1952. After that he turned more to rhythm and blues. In 1952 he had success with the Birmingham Boogie , recorded with his Blues Chasers (a quintet with Taft Jordan trumpet, Milt Hinton bass, Panama Francis drums, Bert Keyes piano).
He also led his own combo in 1955/56 and was a sought-after sideman with this or solo on recordings. He played the saxophone on Big Joe Turner's original recording of " Shake, Rattle and Roll " . He played many rhythm and blues records as a leader and also recorded with Louis Jordan (1956), Ray Charles (1953), Ella Fitzgerald (1953), Buddy Johnson , Sy Oliver , Quincy Jones , Lawrence Brown, among others . Taylor led the studio band for the Camel Rock'n Roll Dance Party of disc jockey Alan Freed at CBS in the 1950s as the successor to Count Basie . In the 1960s he led his own bands, with which he also recorded. In 1963 he toured Japan, including with Dud Bascomb .
His swing-oriented record Jazz for Commuters from 1958 has been re-released on CD. He plays there with Charlie Shavers , Frank Rehak , Thad Jones , Georgie Auld , Budd Johnson , Hank Jones , Billy Bauer and his old rhythm section Milt Hinton and Panama Francis.
literature
- Barry Kernfeld (Ed.): The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz . 1996
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ translated "Jazz for Commuters"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Taylor, Sam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Taylor, The Man (nickname); Taylor, Samuel L. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz and blues saxophonist and clarinetist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lexington, Tennessee |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1990 |