Education
Taylor attended Alabama State University, where he played with the Bama State Collegians.
saxophonist jazz musician clarinetist
Taylor attended Alabama State University, where he played with the Bama State Collegians.
He worked with Scatman Crothers, Cootie Williams, Lucky Millinder, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Buddy Johnson, Louis Jordan and Big Joe Turner. He was one of the most requested session saxophone players in New York recording studios in the 1950s. Taylor also replaced Count Basie as the house bandleader on Alan Freed"s "Camel Rock "n Roll Dance Party" radio series over Columbia Broadcasting System. Taylor"s saxophone solo appeared on Turner"s "Shake, Rattle and Roll".
And he played "Harlem Nocturne".
He also played on "Money Honey", recorded by Clyde McPhatter with The Drifters in 1953, and on "Sh-Boom" by The Chords. During the 1960s, he led a five-piece band, the Blues Chasers.
In the s, he frequently played and recorded in Japan. Taylor died in 1990 in Lexington, Tennessee.