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Artist description
Right now I have four projects that occupy my time. Circle Squared is a quartet (sometimes a trio) that performs chamberlike sets of continuous music. My S T R E T C H Quartet gives me the opportunity to play standards and straight-ahead originals, the QuietLand Project performs the music from my Mapleshade CD and the Word of Mouth Project is my name for an ongoing series of "pickup bands". I travel all over and perform with local rhythm sections. Know of a club in your area I should play? Tell them and let me know, too! |
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Music Style
General Jazz |
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Musical Influences
(in no particular order): Julius Watkins, Max Roach, Miles Davis, Henry Threadgill, Lester Bowie, Thelonius Monk, Mozart, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Woody Shaw, Ravel, Dennis Brain, Willie Ruff, David Amram... |
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Similar Artists
A french horn take on Monk, Henry Threadgill, Max Roach and Woody Shaw |
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Artist History
I started studying music at 6 and the french horn at 13. I have since recorded and/or performed with Max Roach, Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, Abdullah Ibrahim and McCoy Tyner |
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Instruments
Mark Taylor - french horn/composer |
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Albums
QuietLand, Circle Squared |
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Press Reviews
"One might think that the French horn is a strange instrument for jazz, but in the hands of Mark Taylor these thoughts were proved wrong. ...a fact that was emphasized in his brilliant solo..."?Marita Nyrhinen (Tampere Jazz Happening)"...Of this year's Corner Store Syndicate Festival...the best sets were by french hornists: Mark Taylor mostly for his rapturous golden tone..."?Coda"Taylor's sound is big, rounded and versatile."?Cadence |
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Location
Brooklyn, NY - USA |
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