Chad Taylor -drums
Jonathan Finlayson -trumpet
Bryan Rogers -tenor saxophone
Victor Viera-Branco -vibraphone
Matt Engle -bass
Chad Taylor (born March 19th 1973) is an American percussionist, composer, scholar and educator. Taylor leads the Chad Taylor Trio, Circle down, and the Chad Taylor Quintet. He is a founding member of the Chicago Underground along with Jeff Parker and Rob Mazurek. A prolific sideman, Taylor has performed on over 130 recordings with musicians such as Pharoah Sanders, Marc Ribot, Nicole Mitchell, Matana Roberts, Eric Revis, Jaimie Branch, James Brandon Lewis, Fred Anderson, Roscoe Mitchell, Darius Jones amongst many others. Chad Taylor was recently appointed Artistic Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. We will be presenting new music in preparation for an upcoming recording.
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