Fred Taylor is a drummer, percussionist, composer, and arranger, born in Spokane Washington in 1954. He has
worked extensively nationwide 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. From the '80s through the mid-2000s, he was very busy as a sideman in clubs, studios, and musicals in the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett area. During the 80s, Fred produced and/or performed on several singles and albums by the Cozzetti-Gemmill Band, Pete Leinonen, and Dingman-Duran, among others. In
1982, his album "Court of Circe" attracted international attention on
the air and in magazines such as Down Beat and Cadence.
In 2000, Fred and guitarist Gary Rollins re-created their 1970s-era jazz/fusion group 'Inquest'. Their first album, "Processional", was released in December 2006 and is attracting much
favorable attention on the Web and in the jazz press.
In addition to drum set, Fred plays congas, bongos, timbales, mallets, and tympani. Fred also plays keyboards, bass guitar, and double bass. He studied piano with Hans and Rosalyn Moldenhauer at the Spokane Conservatory; drums and percussion with Fred Hartley, Joe Field, and Daved Stetler; composition and arranging with Ralph Mutchler at Olympic College; and drumming and afro-cuban percussion with Kim Plainfield, Pat Petrillo, Vince Cherico, Fred Klatz, and Peter Retzlaff at the Drummer's Collective in New York. He currently studies double bass with Rick Crane.
Fred uses Yamaha drums; K. Zildjian cymbals; DW hardware and pedals; Aquarian heads and Vic Firth sticks.
Fred started Crinkle Music Company in 1976 to record and promote his projects and those of other artists. Now called Fred Taylor Music, the Crinkle-Cuts label includes both CDs by Fred, plus work by jazz saxophonist Myles Lawrence and 'street' singer Will Ayers.
Fred Taylor is a drummer, percussionist, composer, and arranger, born in Spokane Washington in 1954. He has
worked extensively nationwide 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. From the '80s through the mid-2000s, he was very busy as a sideman in clubs, studios, and musicals in the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett area. During the 80s, Fred produced and/or performed on several singles and albums by the Cozzetti-Gemmill Band, Pete Leinonen, and Dingman-Duran, among others. In
1982, his album "
