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Taylor Haskins
Taylor has also been composing and producing music for media for over 20 years. He worked full-time for 6 years as an in-house composer for the cutting-edge music production house tomandandy, composing & producing music & sound design for numerous major commercial campaigns, films, & art installations. While at tomandandy Taylor also helped develop and field-test proprietary music generation software that employed artificial intelligence-based algorithms to compose new music. The software eventually received a U.S. Patent.
Taylor holds degrees in music from the Manhattan School of Music (MM, 1996) and the University of New Hampshire (BA, 1993).
Originally hailing from the woods of New Hampshire and having thrived as a musician in New York City for over 20 years, Taylor now resides in the Champlain Valley region of New York's Adirondack mountains.
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Taylor Haskins: Raising His (Trumpet) Voice
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by R.J. DeLuke
Taylor Haskins is forging more of a career in the jazz world, and it's based on his solid musicianship and flair on the trumpet: a good strong tone, good chops, and a wide array of influences, translating into him being at ease and formidable in many styles, including being plugged-in. In addition to stepping out more on his own as a solo player, he can be found, in recent years, with the likes of Richard Bona, Guillermo Klein, Jamie Baum, ...
read moreTaylor Haskins: Wake Up Call
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by Phil DiPietro
Some big thinking is evident here, but not of the traditional jazz type. Trumpeter Taylor Haskins obviously takes compositional inspiration from rock, film and electronic music, as well as jazz. Not the first player of his generation to do so, he's brought some like-minded friends along. You Have Everything You Need" begins in the Latin-epic arena, with guitarist-extraordinaire Ben Monder's strumming setting off Haskins, saxophonist Andrew Rathbun and violinist Regina Bellantese's unison theme. The tune calls for ...
read moreTrumpeter Taylor Haskins Interviewed at All About Jazz!
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John Kelman
Taylor Haskins is forging more of a career in the jazz world, and it's based on his solid musicianship and flair on the trumpet: a good strong tone, good chops, and a wide array of influences, translating into him being at ease and formidable in many styles, including being plugged-in. In addition to stepping out more on his own as a solo player, he can be found, in recent years, with the likes of Richard Bona, Guillermo Klein, Jamie Baum, ...
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Taylor Haskins' Recombination & Erik Deutsch @ Loove at Coco 66 on March 29th
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Michael Ricci
Monday, March 29th The LOOVE at Coco 66 presents: Taylor Haskins' Recombination - 8pm Taylor Haskins [trumpet, fx & keys] Jonathan Goldberger [guitar] Henry Hey [keys] Todd Sickafoose [bass] Nate Smith [drums] With the intention of creating music with a unique set of DNA, Taylor Haskins & 'Recombination' ride soaring melodies atop lush, hypnotic grooves to reach new worlds of musical expression. They seek nothing less than the total integration ...
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"There’s nothing fuzzy about Haskins’ logic on this superb and special album." —Nick Bewsey's April Jazz picks for Icon Magazine