Eddie Taylor

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Eddie Taylor

dr, *1929 GB
Musician of Jazz
A.k.a. Edward Taylor

British jazz drummer. Born: 1929 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. Taylor served in the RAF between 1947–1949, then began drumming in local bands. He joined the The Johnny Dankworth Seven in 1951, staying for two years. From 1954 to 1956 he worked with Tommy Whittle in his popular quintet with Harry Klein. He then had a long spell from 1956 to 1964 with the Humphrey Lyttelton mainstream band. Thereafter he freelanced in a wide range of musical situations including, cruising, studio recording work, and theatre work until 1980. He continued freelancing through to the 2000s, working with Bruce Turner, John Chilton, and Humphrey Lyttelton again.

Instruments

Drums
Percussion

Genres

Jazz
Blues
Pop

Plays With

Harry Klein Quartet

Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band

Kenny Graham And His Satellites

The Johnny Dankworth Seven

The Wally Fawkes-Sandy Brown Quintet

Tommy Whittle Quintet

Wally Fawkes And The Troglodytes

Val Wiseman

Tommy Whittle & His Orchestra

The L. S. T. B. Orchestra

Band Members

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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