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Tyson Naylor

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About Me

An active player in the Vancouver music scene, Tyson Naylor is a pianist/keyboardist/composer who has toured across Canada, the US and Germany.

Tyson has made numerous appearances at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, with artists such as Tony Wilson and Dan Gaucher, and he was artist-in-residence at Lime (formerly Rime), one of Vancouver’s premier alternative live music venues. He’s toured throughout Canada and Germany, and has shared stages with some of western Canada's finest musicians, including: Steve Dawson Gord Grdina , François Houle , Simon Fisk , and JP Carter .

Current Projects:
The Crackling
Headwater
Leah Abramson
Steve Dawson
Tyson Naylor Quartet
Queso Blanco
Tony Wilson Quartet

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/28/2005
Influences: Thelonious Monk, Abdullah Ibrahim, Professor Longhair, Wayne Horvitz, Zony Mash, Brad Mehldau, The Bad Plus, Medeski, Tom Waits, Tortoise, McCoy Tyner, Misha Mengelberg, John Zorn, Okkervil River, Joe Privat, Havard Wik, Atomic, Earl Hines, Jamie Saft, Bob Dylan, Tony Scherr, Tin Hat Trio, Don Cherry, Ali Farka Toure, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Sharrock
Sounds Like: you're listening to it
Type of Label: None

My Blog

new songs up

for variety's sake, i've thrown a few improvs up that i did a few days ago. i'll be recording an album in february, so stay tuned!
Posted by Tyson Naylor on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:42:00 PST

Jazzfest Time!

Hiya folks,Sorry about the ridiculously late notice, but I thought I'd give you a heads up on a couple shows I'm taking part in this week in the Vancouver Jazz Festival. #1 this Sunday June 24th (tomo...
Posted by Tyson Naylor on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:14:00 PST