{"id":8265,"date":"2014-04-26T10:37:42","date_gmt":"2014-04-26T10:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=8265"},"modified":"2020-11-26T00:22:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T00:22:19","slug":"notes-and-tones-art-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=8265","title":{"rendered":"Notes & Tones"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0N<\/a><\/strong>otes and T<\/strong>ones\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0is one of the most controversial, honest, and insightful books ever written about jazz. As a black musician himself, Arthur Taylor<\/strong> was able to ask his subjects hard questions about the role of black artists in a white society. Free to speak their minds, these musicians offer startling insights into their music, their lives, and the creative process itself.<\/p>\n

This expanded edition is supplemented with previously unpublished interviews with Dexter Gordon and Thelonious Monk, a new introduction by the author, and new photographs.\u00a0\u2192Notes and Tones<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u2190<\/em><\/strong> consists of twenty-nine no-holds-barred conversations which drummer Arthur Taylor held with the most influential jazz musicians of the \u201960s and \u201970s:<\/p>\n

\u00a01. Dexter Gordon. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a016. Nina Simone.<\/strong>\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a02.\u00a0Miles Davis \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a017. Tony Williams.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a03. Randy Weston. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a018. Sonny Rollins.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a04. Ornette Coleman. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a019. Don Cherry.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a05. Philly Joe Jones. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a020. Hampton Hawes.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a06. Don Byas. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 21. Kenny Clarke.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a07. Ron Carter \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a022. Freddie Hubbard.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a08. Johnny Griffin. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a023. Richard Davis.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a09. Charles Tollivier. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a024. Elvin Jones.
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10. Eddie Lockjaw Davis. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a025. Kenny Dorham.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

11. Erroll Garner. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a026. Art Blakey.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

12. Leon Thomas. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a027. Hazel Scott.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

13. Max Roach. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a028. Betty Carter.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

14. Dizzy Gillespie. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a029. Thelonious Monk.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

15. Carmen McRae.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a4\u00a0\u00a0Art Taylor<\/a>\u00a0 – \u00a0(1929 – 1995)<\/h4>\n

One of the premier hard bop drummers of his era, by 1948 while still a teenager in Harlem, Art Taylor<\/strong> had played drums in church with Jackie McLean<\/strong> and Sonny Rollins<\/strong>. He also played with Howard McGhee<\/strong> and other young bop musicians in New York. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In the early 50s he was also to be heard in mainstream groups, playing with Buddy De Franco<\/strong> and Coleman Hawkins<\/strong>. He continued to play with leading beboppers, including Bud Powell<\/strong>, and Art Farmer<\/strong>. Later in the decade was with Miles Davis<\/strong> and John Coltrane<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

From time to time he led his own bands, notably Taylor\u2019s Wailers<\/strong>, and toured the States and Europe with Donald Byrd, and did a short stint with Thelonious Monk<\/strong> in 1959. Also in \u201959 he was the drummer on John Coltrane\u2019s \u201cGiant Steps\u201d<\/em> album, which speaks for itself.<\/p>\n

He became resident in Europe in the early 60s, playing with visiting fellow Americans including Dexter Gordon<\/strong> and Johnny Griffin<\/strong>. During this period, Taylor began recording interviews with musicians, the results of which, often acutely angled towards the racial and political circumstances surrounding jazz, were first published in 1977 under the title ‘Notes And Tones’\u00a0 <\/em>(which was reprinted in 1993).<\/p>\n

In the mid-80s Taylor returned to the USA and hosted a radio show. Between 1989 and 1991, he featured several brilliant recordings with Steve Grossman<\/strong>. His last studio session was with Jimmy Smith<\/strong> in 1995 for the excellent record \u201cDamn!,\u201d<\/em> and the album was dedicated to his memory.<\/p>\n

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\u03a6\u00a0 For more bios<\/strong> of other artists, you can try the links below \u2193<\/p>\n

\u2022\u2192\u00a0http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/biography\/music-jazz.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u2192\u00a0http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/jazz\/biography\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2663\u00a0 Regina Carter \u00a0\u21d3<\/span><\/h4>\n

Violinist\u00a0Regina Carter<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a highly original soloist whose sophisticated technique and rich, lush tone took the jazz world by pleasant surprise when she arrived in New York from her native Detroit . . .<\/p>\n

\u21d3 \u00a0‘Artistya’<\/strong><\/p>\n