Ken Taylor

Ken Taylor Sextet: Live in Concert

by Jack Bowers
October 1, 2005

In my line of work one occasionally meets working musicians, some of whom are accompanied by their latest (sometimes first) album. I met trumpeter Ken Taylor at the Prescott (AZ) Jazz Summit in late August, and he sheepishly apologized for offering me a copy of Live in Concert, the debut album by the Ken Taylor Sextet. Someone else, he remarked, had encouraged him to do so. No problem, said I. Even though I'm a loyal “big-band man," any musician who ...