Gene Taylor (bassist)

Gene Taylor (bassist)
1929 - 2001
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Birthday 19th March, 1929
Birthplace Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died 22nd December, 2001
Place of Death Sarasota, Florida
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Nationality American
Occupation Text bassist, songwriter
Occupation Bassist
Music Genre (Text) jazz
Instrument (text) double bass
Associated Acts Horace Silver, Nina Simone, Judy Collins

Calvin Eugene "Gene" Taylor (March 19, 1929 – December 22, 2001), 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? (The King of Love is Dead)", 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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