Sam Taylor (jazz)

Sam L. Taylor, best known as the tenor saxophonist Sam "The Man" Taylor, (born 12 July 1916, Lexington, Tennessee [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:apfuxqr5ldte~T1 All Music Guide biography] ] ) was a jazz and blues player, whose honking style set the standard for tenor sax solos in both rock and roll and rhythm and blues.

Taylor attended Alabama State University, where he played with the noted Bama State Collegians. He worked with Scatman Crothers, Cootie Williams, Lucky Millinder, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Buddy Johnson, Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner, and many more. He was one of the most requested session sax players in New York recording studios in the 1950s.

It was Taylor's sax solo that appeared on Big Joe Turner's original version of "Shake, Rattle and Roll". He also played on "Money Honey" recorded by The Drifters.

During the 1960s, he led a five-piece band, the Blues Chasers.

According to notes on his CD Swingsation, Sam 'The Man' Taylor died in 1980. There are many many bios on the internet that have fused the bios for Sam 'The Man' Taylor born 1916 and bluesman Sam Taylor born 1934. Someone please tackle this mess!!!

ee also

*List of blues musicians
*New York blues
*List of saxophonists
*List of Jazz blues musicians
*List of Jump blues musicians

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