A collection of six originals by Northwest jazz artists, including Fred Taylor, Craig Lawrence, and Andy Carr. Features several different ensemble settings with jazz, Afro-Cuban, fusion, and symphonic influences. Originally released on vinyl in 1982.

6 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Jazz Fusion, JAZZ: Latin Jazz



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Fred Taylor is a drummer, composer, and arranger. He has worked extensively in the Seattle-Tacoma area as a leader, sideman, arranger, and producer in studios since 1970, working on singles, albums, and jingles, in nightclubs and in concert, in theater, and on radio. He's worked live TV in Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver, B.C., and Minneapolis, and has appeared on film in travelogues and on film soundtracks. He spent several years traveling with various bands throughout the western and central U.S. and Canada from the early '70s to about 1980. In 1982, his album "Court of Circe" attracted international attention on the air and in magazines such as Down Beat and Cadence.

Seattle-area musicians with whom he's worked over the years include Chuck Metcalf, James Knapp, Murl Allen Sanders, Craig Lawrence, Dave and Susan Pascal, Ron Pierce, Floyd Standifer, Keith Baggerly, Dianne Schuur, Greta Matassa, the Bell Brothers, Pete Leinonen, Maia Santell, and many others. Famous artists with whom he's performed include Gary Peacock, Jimmy Witherspoon, Phillippe Kahn, Connie Evingson, and Ferlin Husky. In 2005 he spent several months in the New York City area, where he attended The Collective, studying with Kim Plainfield, Pat Petrillo, Vince Cherico, Pete Retzlaff and Fred Klatz. While in the NYC area, he performed with Roy Hargrove, Gerry Niewood, Steve Turre, Eddie Henderson, Bruce Williams, and Tyshawn Sorey, among others.

Fred's band, Inquest, has just released its first album, 'Processional', on the Crinkle-Cuts label. It is also available on CDBaby.