Tanner Taylor

Tanner Taylor hails from Jefferson, Iowa - commonly known as the "birthplace of bebop". After studying with Jack Oatts and Garry Dial he relocated from Des Moines, Iowa to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2001. He has quickly become one of Minnesota's top jazz pianists. You can catch Tanner tickling the ivories with all of the Twin Cities' finest vocalists, as well as leading his own groups at local jazz hot-spots such as the Dakota, Artists' Quarter, The Times and Rossis. In addition to jazz, he performs with the world-beat/pop/latin band "Tickle Fight". He has also performed with jazz notables Clark Terry, Slide Hampton, Lew Tabackin, David "Fathead" Newman, Steve Turre, Wycliffe Gordon, Wes "Warm Daddy" Anderson, Dick Oatts, Eric Alexander, Bobby Shew, Steve Smith, Jaleel Shaw, Delfeayo Marsalis, Barbara Morrison and Marilyn Maye.RECORDINGS:Scott Davis: "Almost Time" Great Plains Production, 2001;Jeff Burak: "Unexpected" BMI Eroticon Pub., 2001;Tanner Taylor: "Tanner Taylor Trio" TTmusic, 2004;Mulligan Stew: "Cookin' at the Hot Summer Jazz Fest" T/C Jazz Society, 2004;Christine Rosholt: "Detour Ahead" 2006("Detour Ahead" was nominated for a Minnesota Music Award for best jazz album of 2006);Dennis Spears: "Why try to change me now" Quitplayin' Music, 2005;Sue Tucker: "Back Home" (c) Sue Tucker, 2006;Dennis Spears: "Set the Mood; Evening Candlelight" lifescapemusic, TARGET,2006;Tickle Fight: "TICKLE FIGHT" (c) Cody McKinney, 2006;Don Jaques: "Images" (c) Don Jaques 2007;Laura Taylor Whitfield: "Foward to Somewhere" (c)Laura Taylor Whitfield 2007;Christine Rosholt: "Live at the Dakota" (c) Christine Rosholt, 2008;Gordon Johnson: "GJ4" (c) 2008 Tonalities, INC.;FILM:"Arnold's Park" Film Scorer - Tom Hambleton, Undertone Music,2006Check out "Arnold's Park" at this link http://arnoldsparkmovie.com

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