Art Taylor - Mr. A. T. (1991).

Drummer Art Taylor, who spent many years in Europe, re-emerged as an important bandleader with this Enja CD. Taylor's group (called "Taylor's Wailers") features four Young Lions: the fine tenor Willie Williams, altoist Abraham Burton (most heavily influenced by his teacher Jackie McLean), pianist Marc Cary and bassist Tyler Mitchell, in addition to the drummer/leader. On a variety of tunes from the 1950s and '60s (highlighted by "Hi-Fly," "Soul Eyes" and "Gingerbread Boy") the musicians play some high-quality modern hard bop. Enjoyable music...(Review by Scott Yanow; AllMusic)
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Arthur S. Taylor Jr. (April 6, 1929 - February 6, 1995) was an American jazz drummer, who "helped define the sound of modern jazz drumming".
As a teenager, Taylor joined a local Harlem band that featured Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean and Kenny Drew. After playing in the bands of Howard McGhee (1948), Coleman Hawkins (1950-51), Buddy DeFranco (1952), Bud Powell (1953), George Wallington and Art Farmer (1954), Powell and Wallington again (1954-55), Gigi Gryce and Donald Byrd (1956), he formed his own group, Taylor's Wailers. Between 1957 and 1963, he toured with Donald Byrd, recorded with Miles Davis, Gene Ammons and John Coltrane, and performed with Thelonious Monk; Taylor also was a member of the original Kenny Dorham Quartet of 1957.
In 1963, Taylor moved to Europe, where he lived mainly in France and Belgium for 20 years, playing with local groups and jazz musicians such as Johnny Griffin, John Bodwin, and with travelling American musicians, such as Woody Shaw during the latter's tenure in Paris. Taylor also studied drums in Paris with Kenny Clarke. He returned to the United States to help his mother, who was ill. He continued freelancing after returning to the United States, and in 1993 organized a second band called Taylor's Wailers. He died aged 65 in Beth Israel Hospital, Manhattan, in 1995.
He was the author of Notes and Tones, a 1993 book based on his interviews with other musicians. This was, for many musicians, a ground-breaking work, because it presented the interviewees' perspectives on the wider social, political, and economic forces in which they operated - topics normally not mentioned in mainstream coverage of jazz musicians...(Wiki)
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Art Taylor - Mr. A.T. (1991).
Tracklist:
1. Mr. A.T. (Walter Bolden).
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Personnel:
1. Art Taylor - drums
2. Abraham Burton - alto saxophone
3. Willie Williams - tenor saxophone
4. Marc Cary - piano
5. Tyler Mitchell - bass.
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Genre: Jazz/Hard Bop/Post-Bop
Recorded: at Rudy Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.; December 9, 1991.
Label: Enja Records - ENJA 7017 2 DDD
Format: CD
Release: 1992 (Germany)
Recorded By, Mixed By - Rudy Van Gelder
Produced - Matthias Winckelmann
Photography - Jan Persson.

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