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“Smoke Shifter doesn’t break new ground for these players, but it’s hardly a record that’s slumming either,” writes Roz Milner. https://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/809548946223644672/chad-taylor-quintet-smoke-shifter-otherly-love #music #ChadTaylor

Chad Taylor Quintet — Smoke Shifter (Otherly Love)

Chad Taylor Quintet - Broken Horse For his sixth album as a leader, Chad Taylor’s put together a band that doesn’t stray too far from the tradition and over six songs makes an album that doesn’t push...

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Jazzfestival Saalfelden 2026 – Vorverkauf gestartet und erste Informationen zum Programm

https://jazzpages.de/jazzfestival-saalfelden-2026-vorverkauf-gestartet-und-erste-informationen-zum-programm-2602101/

🤘 The Metal Dog 🤘Dec 24

#NowPlaying #TheMetalDogIsNowPlaying
#SteelPanther
Sexy Santa
Sexy Santa

🎸 Live Stream:
https://nowplaying.themetaldog.net/

YouTube Search:
https://youtube.com/results?search_query=Steel%20Panther+Sexy%20Santa+Sexy%20Santa

LastFM:
https://www.last.fm/music/Steel+Panther/_/Sexy+Santa

Lyrics:
https://genius.com/Steel-panther-sexy-santa-lyrics

Listen on major platforms:
https://song.link/s/1ZH7nLjkBTRHQ5JRVKiG30

#SteelPanther #ChadTaylor #DanMcCarroll #JohnFahnestock #EricCarlberg #GlamMetal #HardRock #ComedyRock #Metal2010s #BayAreaGlam

Andi Chorley Nov 19

Live in Willisau by James Brandon Lewis, Chad Taylor, released on Intakt in 2020.

After the brilliant finale at the 2019 Willisau Jazz Festival with saxophonist James Brandon Lewis and drummer Chad Taylor, Lucerne journalist Pirmin Bossart wrote: "The music sought neither to preach nor impress, instead revealing itself as pure, spirited intensity. 'Yeah! Yeah!' James Brandon cries after the final note of 'Willisee' adding a jubilant 'Wow!'". The duo had just finished a track which Dewey Redman and Ed Blackwell played on the same stage in 1980, a stage where Max Roach & Archie Shepp also wrote jazz history. Lewis and Taylor pay tribute to this legacy and conjure up the spirit of Great Black Music in the very first piece with an homage to John Coltrane.

https://jamesbrandonlewis.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-willisau

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2l8Ej64Zto&list=RDf2l8Ej64Zto&start_radio=1

#WillisauJazzFestival #JamesBrandonLewis #ChadTaylor #Intakt #FreeJazz #Jazz #Music

Andi Chorley Nov 17

A Monster Is Just An Animal You Haven't Met Yet by Angelica Sanchez – Chad Taylor, released on Intakt in 2024.

...It is therefore no exaggeration to describe pianist Angelica Sanchez and drummer Chad Taylor as two of the most important musical personalities in contemporary jazz. Both are virtuoso improvisers and unmistakable stylists and they celebrate a music that releases energy – pulsating vividly while at the same time withdrawing into intimacy...A celebration of successful interplay and a tribute to the moment. Playing the music of our time, these two personalities who show respect for each other and give each other space.

“We are eavesdropping upon an intimate exposition of dimensional theses. A privileged impropriety granted by no one, vaguely wanton, and luridly inviting. And so, it is...”, writes Brandon Ross in the liner notes.

https://intaktrec.bandcamp.com/album/a-monster-is-just-an-animal-you-havent-met-yet

#AngelicaSanchez #Intakt #ChadTaylor #Music #FreeJazz #Duo #Piano #Drums

Andi Chorley Sep 18, 2025

Ended Wednesday and welcomed Thursday after a swim with Time No Changes by Chris Schlarb & Chad Taylor, released on Astral Spirits in 2021.

''Taylor, of course, is best known for his work with Rob Mazurek in the Chicago Underground Duo — though that long-running project is just the very tip of the iceberg when it comes to his ongoing explorations...

With Schlarb on 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars (plus subtle keyboard accents) and Taylor on drums (plus mbira interludes), the most obvious touchstones for Time No Changes are Sandy Bull and Billy Higgins’ collaborations, which fearlessly crossed currents and blew minds back in the 1960s. With sharp simplicity, Bull called those long improvisations Blends;.."

https://schlarb.bandcamp.com/album/time-no-changes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BKizBmJq58&list=RD0BKizBmJq58&start_radio=1

#ChrisSchlarb #acousticguitar #Moogsynthesizer #Hammondorgan
#ChadTaylor #mbira #chicago #sandybull