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RealTracks Artist Bio: Jeff Taylor
As a boy in Batavia, NY Jeff Taylor played trumpet, piano, and accordion. By the age of 10 he was playing in his father's wedding band, the Variety Kings. Soon after he was playing in a Jazz trio, and by the time he was 16 he also played the fiddle, bass, euphonium, guitar, and trombone in a number of different bands, including Jazz and Western Swing combos. Jeff then studied Classical piano at Eastman School of Music and at SUNY Fredonia before joining the US Air Force and becoming a band leader.
Jeff moved to Nashville in 1990, working as a pianist, keyboard player and music director for live stage productions (Opryland, Ryman Auditorium, General Jackson Showboat), and as band leader for a year with "Hee-Haw Live" and another year with Boots Randolph. It was also at that time that he returned to playing the accordion, playing regularly at the Grand Ole Opry with Jimmy C. Newman and appearing as an accordion soloist with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. He has recorded and toured with Vince Gill, Grandpa Jones, Martina McBride, Ricky Skaggs, George Strait, The Chieftains and with the Sugarcanes, a Bluegrass "supergroup" assembled by Elvis Costello for his "Secret, Profane & Sugarcane" CD. Jeff was featured on the "Ricky Skagg's and Kentucky Thunder" instrumental CD that won the 2007 Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album.
Jeff's credits show him to be a musician of diverse tastes and talents, and in addition to the accordion he still plays the piano, keyboards, penny whistles, mandolin, and bouzouki. He is in a Celtic trio, The Boys of County Nashville, has recorded a solo piano CD of hymns, and performs live with Christian musicians Buddy Greene and Michael Card. He is also a member of the Grammy-nominated Time Jumpers, the A-list group whose famous Monday night jam at Nashville's legendary Station Inn is the "show that stars go to see."
You can read Jeff's bio at the Time Jumpers' web site, and he also has a profile on the Nashville Music Pros web site.
Jeff Taylor plays these RealTracks:
- Accordion, Soloist ZydecoJeff Ev 190 (#4098)Band DemoSolo Demo
Found in: RealTracks Set 397: Cajun Zydeco - Accordion, Rhythm ZydecoJeff Ev 190 (#4097)Band DemoSolo Demo
Found in: RealTracks Set 397: Cajun Zydeco - Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm CountryBoogie Sw 140 (#1855)Band DemoSolo Demo
Found in: RealTracks Set 167: Country Boogie and More UltraPAK UltraPAK+ Audiophile Edition RealPAK Country Vol. 8 2012.5 PlusPAK - Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm CountryBoogie Sw 110 (#1854)Band DemoSolo Demo
Found in: RealTracks Set 167: Country Boogie and More UltraPAK UltraPAK+ Audiophile Edition RealPAK Country Vol. 8 2012.5 PlusPAK - Accordion, Rhythm Pop8ths Ev 085 (#1757)Band DemoSolo Demo
Found in: RealTracks Set 159: Folk-Pop Ballads UltraPAK UltraPAK+ Audiophile Edition RealPAK Rock/Pop Vol. 8 2012.5 PlusPAK - Accordion, Rhythm Pop8ths Ev 110 (#1752)Band DemoSolo Demo
Found in: RealTracks Set 171: Medium Folk-Pop 8ths UltraPAK UltraPAK+ Audiophile Edition RealPAK: Rock-Pop 9 - Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm CountryWaltz Sw 140 (#1702)Band DemoSolo Demo
Found in: RealTracks Set 153: Bluegrass Waltz & More - Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm CountryWaltz Sw 110 (#1701)Band DemoSolo Demo
Found in: RealTracks Set 153: Bluegrass Waltz & More Pro MegaPAK UltraPAK UltraPAK+ Audiophile Edition - Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm CountryWaltz Sw 085 (#1700)Band DemoSolo Demo
Found in: RealTracks Set 153: Bluegrass Waltz & More - Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm MemphisSwing Sw 190 (#1551)Band DemoSolo Demo
Found in: RealTracks Set 136: More Swingin' Country: Electric Guitar, Fiddle & Piano UltraPAK UltraPAK+ Audiophile Edition RealPAK Country Vol. 6 - Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm CountrySwing Sw 140 (#1550)Band DemoSolo Demo
Found in: RealTracks Set 136: More Swingin' Country: Electric Guitar, Fiddle & Piano UltraPAK UltraPAK+ Audiophile Edition RealPAK Country Vol. 6 - Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm CountrySwing Sw 110 (#1549)Band DemoSolo Demo
Found in: RealTracks Set 136: More Swingin' Country: Electric Guitar, Fiddle & Piano UltraPAK UltraPAK+ Audiophile Edition RealPAK Country Vol. 6 - Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm CountrySwing Sw 085 (#1548)Band DemoSolo Demo
Found in: RealTracks Set 136: More Swingin' Country: Electric Guitar, Fiddle & Piano UltraPAK UltraPAK+ Audiophile Edition RealPAK Country Vol. 6 - Accordion, Rhythm TexMexCountry Ev 120 (#1292)Band DemoSolo Demo
Found in: RealTracks Set 120: TexMex Country UltraPAK UltraPAK+ Audiophile Edition RealPAK Country Vol. 5 - Accordion, Rhythm TexMex2Beat Ev 120 (#1287)Band DemoSolo Demo
Found in: RealTracks Set 119: TexMex 2-Beat UltraPAK UltraPAK+ Audiophile Edition RealPAK Country Vol. 5 - Accordion, Rhythm PopCalypso Ev 100 (#1173)Band DemoSolo Demo
Found in: RealTracks Set 106: Calypso Pop UltraPAK UltraPAK+ Audiophile Edition RealPAK Rock/Pop Vol. 5
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