Sep 3, 2021
You can find Taylor at: https://www.tayjazz.com/
Instagram: @tayloreigsti
Taylor has garnered multiple individual GRAMMY Award
nominations over the years for his work as a recording artist and
composer, including Best Instrumental Composition, and Best Jazz
Instrumental Solo. Taylor also co-wrote a featured composition with
Don Cheadle for the 2017 GRAMMY-winning soundtrack to the motion
picture “Miles Ahead”. Over the past 30+ years, Taylor has had the
good fortune of performing, touring or recording with such
luminaries as Dave Brubeck, Chris Botti, Joshua Redman, Sting, John
Mayer, Esperanza Spalding, Chick Corea, Terence Blanchard, Joshua
Bell, Snarky Puppy, Vanessa Williams, Chris Potter, Nicholas
Payton, Christian McBride, McCoy Tyner, Red Holloway, James Moody,
Kurt Rosenwinkel, Joe Lovano, and many others. Taylor has travelled
internationally quite extensively with his trio and quartet, and
also has been a frequent and integral part of the regular touring
bands of Chris Botti, and Gretchen Parlato. Taylor has also been
featured numerous times in various television specials, NPR
appearances, commercials, and composed the theme music to the
motion picture "Detachment" (2011) starring Oscar winner Adrien
Brody, collaborating on the score with the Newton Brothers. In
2019, Taylor was also featured on a television special with Chris
Botti for PBS’s “Great Performances”. His eighth album as a leader
(and his first brand new album in 11 years), called “Tree Falls” is
out now wherever you get your music on GSI Records. NYC on Sept 23
at Le Poisson Rouge
#tayloreigsti #treefalls #isitjazz
0:00 Intro
1:30 Lifestyle: Mindfulness & meditation
06:01 Lifestyle: Exercise
12:13 Lifestyle: How do you define yourself?
28:29 Practice: Time of day
33:29 Practice: Maximum effective duration
46:50 Practice: Maximum duration
48:50 Practice: Dealing with mistakes
1:05:00 Virtual masterclasses and jamming
1:15:00 Would you still practice?
1:18:00 Practice: Injury
1:23:50 Creativity: Burnout
1:28:20 Songwriting: Inspiration
1:31:18 Performance anxiety
1:36:50 Swing vs. Swung
1:37:45 Modern jazz?
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