Sam Taylor (jazz)

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Sam L. Taylor, best known as the tenor saxophonist Sam "The Man" Taylor, (born 12 July 1916, Lexington, Tennessee^[1]) was a jazz and blues player, whose honking style set the standard for tenor sax solos in both rock and roll and rhythm and blues.

He worked with Scatman Crothers, Cootie Williams, Lucky Millinder, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Buddy Johnson, Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner, and many more. He was one of the most requested session sax players in New York recording studios in the 1950s.

It was Taylor's sax solo that appeared on Big Joe Turner's original version of "Shake, Rattle and Roll". He also played on "Money Honey" recorded by The Drifters.

During the 1960s, he led a five-piece band, the Blues Chasers.

[edit] See also

• List of blues musicians
• New York blues
• List of saxophonists
• List of Jazz blues musicians
• List of Jump blues musicians

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