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Birth name
Arthur S. Taylor, Jr.
Genres
Jazz
Name
Art Taylor
Instruments
Drums
Occupation(s)
Musician, composer
Born
April 6, 1929
New York City (
1929-04-06
)
Died
February 6, 1995, New York City, New York, United States
Books
Notes and Tones: Musician-to-musician Interviews
Movies
Jazz Icons: Dexter Gordon: Live in '63 & '64
Albums
AT's Delight, Red Garland's Piano, Taylor's Wailers, Taylor's Tenors, Soultrane
Similar People
Paul Chambers, Red Garland, Doug Watkins, Jackie McLean, Donald Byrd
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Arthur S. Taylor, Jr. (April 6, 1929 – February 6, 1995) was an American jazz drummer who "helped define the sound of modern jazz drumming".
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Career
As a teenager, Taylor joined a local Harlem band that featured Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean and Kenny Drew. After playing in the bands of Howard McGhee (1948), Coleman Hawkins (1950–51), Buddy DeFranco (1952), Bud Powell (1953), George Wallington and Art Farmer (1954), Powell and Wallington again (1954–55), Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd (1956), he formed his own group, Taylor's Wailers. Between 1957 and 1963 he toured with Donald Byrd, recorded with Miles Davis and John Coltrane, and performed with Thelonious Monk; he also was a member of the original Kenny Dorham Quartet of 1957.
In 1963 he moved to Europe, where he lived mainly in France and Belgium for 20 years, playing with local groups and jazz musicians such as Johnny Griffin, John Bodwin and with travelling American musicians such as Woody Shaw during the latter's tenure in Paris. He returned to the United States to help his mother, who was ill. He continued freelancing after returning to the United States, and in 1993 organized a second band called Taylor's Wailers. He died in Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan.
He is the author of Notes and Tones, a book based on his interviews with other musicians.
As leader
Taylor's Wailers (Prestige, 1957)
Taylor's Tenors (Prestige, 1959)
A.T.'s Delight (Blue Note, 1960)
Mr. A.T. (Enja, 1991)
Wailin' At The Vanguard (Verve, 1991)
As sideman
With Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins
Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (Prestige, 1956)
With Gene Ammons
The Happy Blues (Prestige, 1956)
Jammin' with Gene (Prestige, 1956)
Funky (Prestige, 1957)
Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (Prestige, 1957)
The Big Sound (Prestige, 1958)
Groove Blues (Prestige, 1958)
Blue Gene (Prestige, 1958)
Boss Tenor (Prestige, 1960)
Velvet Soul (Prestige, 1960 [1964])
Angel Eyes (Prestige, 1960 [1965])
Up Tight! (Prestige, 1961)
Boss Soul! (Prestige, 1961)
With Chris Anderson
My Romance (Vee-Jay, 1960 [1983]),
With Dorothy Ashby
In a Minor Groove (New Jazz, 1958)
Hip Harp (Prestige, 1958)
With Benny Bailey
Big Brass (Candid, 1960)
With Kenny Burrell
All Night Long (Prestige, 1956)
All Day Long (Prestige, 1957)
2 Guitars – with Jimmy Raney (Prestige, 1957)
Just Wailin' (New Jazz, 1958) with Herbie Mann, Charlie Rouse and Mal Waldron
With Donald Byrd
2 Trumpets (Prestige, 1956) – with Art Farmer
Jazz Eyes (Regent, 1957) – with John Jenkins
Off to the Races (Blue Note, 1958)
Byrd in Hand (Blue Note, 1959)
With Paul Chambers
Bass on Top (1957)
With Sonny Clark
Sonny's Crib (Blue Note, 1957)
With James Clay
The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces!!!! (Riverside, 1960) – with David "Fathead" Newman
With Jimmy Cleveland
A Map of Jimmy Cleveland (Mercury, 1959)
With Arnett Cobb
Party Time (Prestige, 1959)
More Party Time (Prestige, 1960)
Movin' Right Along (Prestige, 1960)
With Pepper Adams, et al.
Baritones and French Horns (1957)
With John Coltrane
Wheelin' & Dealin' (1957)
Trane's Blues (1957)
The Dealers (1957)
Black Pearls (1958)
Lush Life (1958)
The Believer (1958)
Settin' the Pace (1958)
The Last Trane (1958)
Jazz Way Out (1958)
Traneing In (1958)
Soultrane (1958)
Giant Steps (1959)
Bahia (1964)
Alternate Takes (1975)
With Continuum
Mad About Tadd (1980, Palo Alto Records)
With Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Goin' to the Meeting (Prestige, 1962)
With Miles Davis
Miles Ahead (1957)
With Walter Davis Jr.
Davis Cup (1959)
With Kenny Dorham
Show Boat (1960)
With Art Farmer
The Art Farmer Septet (Prestige, 1953–54)
When Farmer Met Gryce (Prestige, 1955) – with Gigi Gryce
With Tommy Flanagan
Thelonica (Enja, 1982)
With Red Garland
A Garland of Red (Prestige, 1956)
Red Garland Revisited! (Prestige, 1957 [1969])
The P.C. Blues (Prestige 1956–57 [1970])
Groovy (Prestige, 1956–57)
All Mornin' Long (Prestige, 1957)
Soul Junction (Prestige, 1957)
High Pressure (Prestige, 1957 [1962])
The Red Garland Trio (Moodsville, 1958 [1960])
All Kinds of Weather (Prestige, 1958)
The Red Garland Trio + Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (Moodsville, 1959)
Halleloo-Y'-All (Prestige, 1960)
With Matthew Gee
Jazz by Gee (Riverside, 1956)
With Benny Golson
Gettin' with It (New Jazz, 1959)
Free (Argo, 1962)
| style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; " | With Dexter Gordon
One Flight Up (Blue Note, 1964)
The Squirrel (Blue Note, 1967 [1997])
A Day in Copenhagen (MPS, 1969) – with Slide Hampton
With Bennie Green
Hornful of Soul (1960)
With Johnny Griffin
Do Nothing 'til You Hear from Me (Riverside, 1963)
With Tiny Grimes
Tiny in Swingville (Swingville, 1959) – with Jerome Richardson
With Gigi Gryce
Jazz Lab (Columbia, 1957) – with Donald Byrd
Gigi Gryce and the Jazz Lab Quintet (Riverside, 1957)
Modern Jazz Perspective (Columbia, 1957) – with Donald Byrd
New Formulas from the Jazz Lab (RCA Victor, 1957) with Donald Byrd
Jazz Lab (Jubilee, 1958) with Donald Byrd
Doin' the Gigi (Uptown, 2011)
With Ernie Henry
Presenting Ernie Henry (Riverside, 1956)
With Elmo Hope and Frank Foster
Hope Meets Foster (Prestige, 1955)
With Milt Jackson
Bags & Flutes (Atlantic, 1957)
With Thad Jones
After Hours (Prestige, 1957)
With Clifford Jordan
Cliff Jordan (Blue Note, 1957)
With Duke Jordan
Flight to Jordan (Blue Note, 1960)
With Ken McIntyre
Looking Ahead (New Jazz, 1960) with Eric Dolphy
With Jackie McLean
Lights Out! (Prestige, 1956)
4, 5 and 6 (Prestige, 1956)
McLean's Scene (Prestige, 1957)
Alto Madness (Prestige, 1957)
Strange Blues (Prestige, 1957)
A Long Drink of the Blues (Prestige, 1957)
Makin' the Changes (Prestige, 1957 [1959])
Swing, Swang, Swingin' (Blue Note, 1959)
Capuchin Swing (Blue Note, 1960)
With Lee Morgan
Introducing Lee Morgan (1956)
City Lights (Blue Note, 1957)
Candy (Blue Note, 1957)
With Oliver Nelson
Meet Oliver Nelson (New Jazz, 1959)
With Cecil Payne
Patterns of Jazz (Savoy, 1956)
With The Prestige All Stars
Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors (Prestige, 1957)
With Bud Powell
The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2 (Blue Note, 1954)
With Julian Priester
Spiritsville (Jazzland, 1960)
With Dizzy Reece
Blues in Trinity (1958)
With Charlie Rouse
Takin' Care of Business (Jazzland, 1960)
With Sahib Shihab
Jazz Sahib (Savoy, 1957)
With Horace Silver
Silver's Blue (Columbia, 1956)
With Jimmy Smith
Damn! (Verve, 1995)
With Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Talk That Talk (New Jazz, 1960)
Open House (Riverside, 1963)
With Louis Smith
Here Comes Louis Smith (Blue Note, 1958)
With Sonny Stitt
Stitt Meets Brother Jack (Prestige, 1962) – with Jack McDuff