Gene Taylor
Bass, Musical Artist
1929 – 2001
Who was Gene Taylor?
Calvin Eugene "Gene" Taylor, was an American jazz double bassist. He was born in Toledo, Ohio and began his career in Detroit, Michigan. Taylor worked with Horace Silver from 1958 until 1963. He then joined Blue Mitchell's quintet, with whom he recorded and performed until 1965. From 1966 until 1968, he toured and recorded with Nina Simone. Simone recorded the song "Why?", which Taylor wrote following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.. Taylor began teaching music in New York public schools. Taylor worked with Judy Collins from 1968 until 1976, and made numerous television appearances accompanying Simone and Collins. He died on December 22, 2001, in Sarasota, Florida, where he had been living since 1990.
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- Born
- Mar 19, 1929
Toledo - Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Dec 22, 2001
Sarasota
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on July 23, 2013
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