Mark Taylor (French horn)
Mark Thomas Taylor is an American jazz French horn player.
Taylor studied horn formally in his youth and took a bachelor's degree in music at the University of Tennessee, where he studied under Jerry Coker. He moved to Boston and continued his studies at the New England Conservatory of Music, playing during this time with Jimmy Giuffre, Max Roach, Oliver Lake, Sam Rivers, Abdullah Ibrahim, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Orange Then Blue. He also formed his own group, So What Brass 5, which was active through the 1990s. In the 1990s he worked with Henry Threadgill, Lester Bowie, Ken Filiano, Matt Wilson, Lafayette Harris, Myra Melford, Fred Hopkins, and Grover Mitchell.Discography
As leader
With Anthony Braxton
- Trillium E
- Two Compositions 2007
- Creative Music Orchestra 2011
- Two Compositions 2005
With Henry Threadgill
- Too Much Sugar for a Dime
- Carry the Day
- Makin' a Move
With others
- Muhal Richard Abrams, Blu Blu Blu
- Michael Bolton, This Is the Time
- Cecil Bridgewater, I Love Your Smile
- Gigi, Gigi
- Joseph Daley, The Seven Deadly Sins
- Oliver Lake, Otherside
- Grover Mitchell, Hip Shakin'
- James Morrison, Live at the Sydney Opera House
- Orange Then Blue, While You Were Out
- Ken Schaphorst, Making Lunch
- Gunther Schuller, Jumpin' in the Future
- Alan Silva, Alan Silva & the Sound Visions Orchestra
- Warren Smith, Race Cards
- Warren Smith, Natural/Cultural Forces
- Tom Varner, Heaven and Hell
- BeBe Winans, BeBe Winans
