Mike Taylor (musician)
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Mike Taylor was a jazz composer, pianist and co-songwriter for the band Cream.
Born in 1938, Taylor grew up in London and joined the RAF for his military service. Having rehearsed and written extensively throughout the early 1960s, he released two albums on EMI's Lansdowne imprint - Pendulum in 1966 (with Jon Hiseman, Tony Reeves and Dave Tomlin under the name The Mike Taylor Quartet) and Trio in 1967 (with Jack Bruce, Ron Rubin and Jon Hiseman). Both rank among the rarest and most expensive jazz records of their time.
Despite his brief recording career, Taylor was a prolific and much-respected composer, several of whose pieces were played and recorded by his contemporaries in the New Jazz Orchestra. Three were recorded by Cream, with lyrics by drummer Ginger Baker - "Passing the Time", "Pressed Rat and Warthog" and "Those were the Days", all of which appeared on the band's 1968 album Wheels of Fire.
Taylor drowned in the River Thames in January 1969, at the age of 30.
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| Cream | |||||
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| Ginger Baker - Jack Bruce - Eric Clapton Pete Brown - Felix Pappalardi - Martin Sharp |
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| Fresh Cream - Disraeli Gears - Wheels of Fire - Goodbye Live Cream - Live Cream Volume II - BBC Sessions - Royal Albert Hall 2005 |
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| Songwriters covered by Cream | |||||
| William Bell - James Bracken - Howlin' Wolf - Tony Colton - Willie Dixon - Skip James Robert Johnson - Booker T. Jones - Blind Joe Reynolds - Ray Smith - T-Bone Walker - Muddy Waters |
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| The G.B.O. (Baker/Bruce) |
The Bluesbreakers (Bruce/Clapton) |
The Powerhouse (Bruce/Clapton) |
Blind Faith (Baker/Clapton) |
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