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This is the first piece from our performance on the AACM NYC Concert Series. October 16, 2009 The Quartet is: Tomas Fujiwara - drums Keith Witty - bass Chris Dingman - vibes Taylor - horn / composer All the music we performed will be released o...
November 6
Check this video out -- Mark Taylor Quartet - Cypher http://bit.ly/1UFIHq
November 6
Status Update: The MarkMusik November Newsletter is up! http://feeds.artistdata.com/bit4eTF5b
November 5
Printing out parts for rehearsal tonight. SWIPE Cartel Composer's Collective gig coming up
November 4

Profile Information

What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
Film, Small Ensemble, Songs, Contemporary Ensembles, Other
What is your favorite genre or style of music?
it's a toss-up between slightly left of center new(er) jazz and most types of film music
Is music your main income source?
No - Not Yet
Where do you live?
New York City
About Me:
I'm a composer/french hornist primarily focused on jazz and improvised music and music for the media, especially film and theatre. Most recently I've discovered an interest in sound design and begun a a quest to return the mellophone to jazz as a lead instrument. I've also begun playing the trumpet and am having a ball!

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Here's the "official" bio:

Mark Taylor is one of a handful of talented performers carrying on the improvisational tradition pioneered by the great (french) hornist, Julius Watkins, and is currently the only artist on the international jazz scene bringing new life to the long forgotten mellophone as a solo jazz instrument.

Taylor's sound has been described as "rapturous" and "golden" (Coda Magazine); "as fluid and limpid as (the) flute, and as gnarly as (the) alto." (JazzTimes). His innovative style has won him recognition by such legendary artists as Max Roach, who said, "Mark Taylor is a virtuoso instrumentalist...there is no one dealing with the french horn or the music the way he is."

A native of Chattanooga, TN, Mark's broad musical background includes performing, composing and arranging. Mark has performed and recorded with an array of modern giants including: Max Roach, McCoy Tyner, Abdullah Ibrahim, Muhal Richard Abrams, Lester Bowie, and Basie bandleader Grover Mitchell.

As a featured soloist with Henry Threadgill's Very Very Circus, Mark has toured throughout the United States, Europe and in Asia. As a member of George Schuller's post-modern big band, Orange Then Blue, he participated in a State Department tour of Turkey, Cyprus and Syria., and as leader of his own groups he has performed at the Tampere Jazz Happening in Tampere, Finland, Ljubljana and Maribor, Slovenia, and at a number of clubs in Germany, Austria, Canada and New York City, including Birdland, the Zinc Bar and the Knitting Factory.

As a composer, Mark has written for Max Roach, the Ebony Brass Quintet, pianist Larry Willis and was a member/arranger for Max Roach’s So What Brass Quintet. He has also been commissioned to compose for theatre, dance, CD-ROM, placed two songs in the Dollface Productions independent feature film "The Girl", scored Camille Billops' documentary, "A String of Pearls" and, most recently, completed the score for “9/11: The Forgotten Underdogs”, a new documentary about the difficulties faced by the deaf and hard of hearing during emergency situations, and done music, sound design and audio post for “Zero Down O.A.C.”, a dark comedy by Canadian filmmaker Aaron Moseson about the adventures of two used car salesmen in rural Alberta.
Website:
http://www.marktaylormusic.net

I put up a bunch of music...

Some of it's quite old, but I wanted to share it with you guys. "Cypher" was one of my early experiments in overdubbing many French Horns (there are even multiple improvised solos going on!).

There are also a few of my older jazz tracks (Alexia's Rescue, Jade),

Enjoy!

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Mark Taylor Launches the At What Age Project at Kickstarter.com

Here's the latest news! I'm finishing off my third CD. A project titled "At What Age". It features my new quartet with some special guests contributing poetry and other instruments and lots of new music by yours trul...y. I'm even bringing out the Mellophone on a couple of pieces! You know you don't want to miss that!

To make this happen, I'm partnering with Kickstarter.com, a great website that makes funding the project surprisingly easy and painless (I get 100% of the money raised, minus the… Continue

Posted on October 16, 2009 at 11:56pm —

Mark Taylor

Big Fun Next Weekend!!!

I'm really excited to be doing music and sound design on a team for this year's 48 Hour Film Project in NYC! I can't imagine what it'll be like to work on such a schedule, but I'm sure it'll be quite the experience. Wish us luck!

Posted on May 24, 2009 at 11:53am — 1 Comment

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At 9:53am on September 23, 2008, steve urwin said…
Honoured .....
At 8:10pm on April 28, 2008, Heavy said…
Yes sir. Keep Jazz happen'n. God Bless.
Heavy
At 7:55am on March 30, 2008, Luciano Fleming said…
Great playing and composing/arranging work Mark!
Jade is just astonishing!
A hug from Luciano Fleming
At 1:14pm on March 15, 2008, Sharon HGTV said…
Hi, Mark. Thanks for the invite! Let me know if, as a producer, I can answer any questions.
At 2:11pm on March 7, 2008, David Beard said…
All my very best wishes Mark.
Wishing you continued success with your music and in all that you do - I'm sending a MySpace request! - Great sound!
David Beard - UK
TV and Film Music Composer & Sound Design David Beard Music Production. Creating original Music for Film, TV, Video and Games, Dance and Theatre Productions and Podcast Broadcasting. Experienced in all styles from Children's TV to Horror Film Scores.
Film Music Composer
At 1:49pm on March 7, 2008, Mark Taylor said…
I decided to put my film music on it's own MySpace page. Anyone who is a MySpace user is welcome to join. Just go to http://www.myspace.com/marktaylorfilmmusik

Don't forget to say HI!
At 2:59am on November 30, 2007, Matthew Moore said…
Hi Mark. Thanks for your comments. Good luck!

Regards


Matthew
At 6:04am on November 25, 2007, Matthew Moore said…
Hi Mark. Enjoying your tunes. Helix particularly!. Sweet horn playing!

Regards

Matthew
At 6:19pm on October 3, 2007, Mark Taylor said…
Finally put some music up here! More to come once I have a chance to finish off a few things. Be gentle, please. heh
At 2:49pm on August 14, 2007, Chris Merritt said…
Hi Mark! Welcome to the forum. Post some of your music!
 
 

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