Sam Taylor (saxophonist)

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Samuel Leroy Taylor, Jr. (July 12, 1916 – October 5, 1990),^[1] known as Sam "The Man" Taylor, was an American jazz, rhythm and blues, and blues tenor saxophonist.^[2]

Taylor was born in

Taylor played the saxophone solo on Turner's "

During the 1960s, he led a five-piece band, the Blues Chasers. In the 1970s, he frequently played and recorded in Japan.[2]

Taylor died in 1990 in

• Blue Mist (MGM), 1955
• Music with the Big Beat (MGM), 1956
• Out Of This World (MGM), 1956
• Rockin' Sax and Rollin' Organ, with Dick Hyman (MGM), 1957
• Jazz for Commuters (MetroJazz), 1958
• More Blue Mist (MGM), 1959
• Mist of the Orient (MGM) E4066, 1962
• In Japan (MGM) SMM-1019
• The Bad and the Beautiful (Moodsville), 1962
• Misty Mood (Decca), 1962
• It's a Blue World (Decca), 1963
• Watermelon Man, with Frank Hunter and the Huntsmen (Epic), 1963
• Somewhere in the Night (Decca), 1964
• A Musical Portrait of Ray Charles, with Leroy Holmes and his Orchestra (MGM)
• Love You Tokyo (Crown), GW-7001 C.M.P. Nov. 1967
• Ima Wa Shiawasekai (Crown) GW-7002 C.M.P. Dec. 1968
• Hana to Namida (Crown) GW-7005 Dec. 1969
• Koga Melodies: Best Collection (Pony Canyon), c. 1970
• Eternal Standard (Pony Canyon), c. 1971
• Bokyo Shiretokoryojo (Crown) GW-7015 C.M.P. Nov. 1971
• Hit Melodies From Shi Retoko to Nagasaki (Crown) GW-7055 C.M.P., July 1973
• Onna No Sadame (Crown), GW-7070 C.M.P., Nov. 1974
• The Blue Mood of Sam Taylor (MCA) MCA-9050-511974
• Song of Street (Crown), GW-20051-52, 1975
• Mood Tenor Sax, with Yokouchi Shoji, Kosugi Jinsan Three (Crown), GW-20139-40, 1975
• Sam (The Man) Taylor Vol. 1 (Crown), GW-20239-40, 1978
• Standard Best Collection Vols. I & II (Japan), 1999
• Bluesy Sam Taylor (Polydor), SMP-2004
• Blue Light Yokohama (Polydor), SMP-2043

As sideman

With The Chords

• Sh-Boom (Cat), 1954

With Ruth Brown

• Ruth Brown (Atlantic), 1957
• Miss Rhythm (Atlantic), 1959

With Freddy Cole

• Waiter, Ask the Man to Play the Blues (Dot), 1964

With Al Hibbler

• After the Lights Go Down Low (Atlantic), 1957

With Langston Hughes

• Weary Blues (MGM), 1958

With Quincy Jones

• The Birth of a Band! (Mercury), 1959
• Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Mercury, 1959-65 [1965])

See also

• Harlem Nocturne

References