Gene Taylor (bassist)
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March 19, 1929
Gene Taylor | |
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 Gene Taylor and Blue Mitchell at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 1959 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Calvin Eugene Taylor March 19, 1929 Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
| Origin | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | December 22, 2001 (aged 72) Sarasota, Florida, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupations |
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| Instrument | Double bass |
| Years active | 1950s–1970s |
| Formerly of | |
Calvin Eugene Taylor (March 19, 1929[1] – December 22, 2001[2]), was an American jazz double bassist. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, United States, and began his career in Detroit, Michigan.[2] Taylor worked with pianist Horace Silver from 1958 until 1963.[1][3][4] He then joined trumpeter Blue Mitchell's quintet, with whom he recorded and performed until 1965.[2] From 1966 until 1968, he toured and recorded with Nina Simone.[2] Simone recorded the song "Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)", which Taylor wrote following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.[2][5][6] Taylor began teaching music in New York public schools.[2] He worked with Judy Collins from 1968 until 1976 and made numerous television appearances accompanying Simone and Collins.[2] He died on December 22, 2001, in Sarasota, Florida, where he had been living since 1990.
