Paul Taylor took up the saxophone at the age of seven. Though the Denver native has lived and worked primarily in Las Vegas since graduating as a music performance major from University of Nevada, Las Vegas, the proximity of his adopted hometown to Los Angeles gave him many opportunities to vibe with R&B and contemporary jazz producers and artists. In 1994, Jeff Lorber asked Taylor to play with him at the Catalina Island Jazz Trax Festival. Another popular keyboard player, Keiko Matsui, and her producer/husband Kazu liked Taylors charismatic performance and offered him an audition with their band. He recorded and toured with the Matsuis for two years (appearing on Sapphire and Dream Walk), and Kazu Matsui eventually co-produced his debut album On The Horn (1995), which spawned the #1 radio hit Till We Meet Again. Although Taylor has since been one of the genres most popular live attractions as a solo artist, he eagerly accepted Russ Freemans invitation to tour with The Rippingtons as a special guest artist in 2000. He later toured as a featured performer with the all-star Groovin For Grover lineup (including Lorber, Richard Elliot and Gerald Albright). Over the past few years, Taylor has also been part of two of the genres biggest summer tours, Gentlemen of the Night (with Marion Meadows and Warren Hill) and Sax and the City (with Meadows and Vincent Ingala). Long a mainstay among the most popular and elite artists, Taylor has been on one of the most exhilarating upswings of his career over the past seven years, starting with Ladies Choice (2007), which marked his first ever #1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz. Burnin the title track from his 2009 album, Push To Start from Prime Time (2011) and Supernova from his latest release Tenacity (2014) hit the pole position on the Smooth Jazz Songs chart. The albums itself respectively reached the Top Ten on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. Here you can order your exclusive hotel package: 1 night (11./12./13. Sept. 2014) incl. breakfast & 2 concerts: from 129,00 Euro per person in a double room from 3 nights (11.-14. Sept. 2014) incl. breakfast & 7 concerts: from 439,00 Euro per person in a double room I look forward to a great time, Christian Bössner augsburg.smoothjazzfestival.de
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 06:01:09 +0000
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