Art Taylor

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Art Taylor

Communications

#4521

World Rank

#6318

Historical Rank

#1959

USA Rank

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Why Is Art Taylor Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Arthur S. Taylor Jr. was an American jazz drummer, who "helped define the sound of modern jazz drumming". 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 , Coleman Hawkins , Buddy DeFranco , Bud Powell , George Wallington and Art Farmer , Powell and Wallington again , Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd , he formed his own group, Taylor's Wailers. Between 1957 and 1963, he toured with Donald Byrd, recorded with Miles Davis, Gene Ammons and John Coltrane, and performed with Thelonious Monk; Taylor also was a member of the original Kenny Dorham Quartet of 1957.

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