JASON "MALLETMAN" TAYLOR

WHEN “MALLETMAN” STEPS ON THE STAGE GET READY TO BRACE YOURSELF FOR AN EVENING OF MUSICAL EXCITEMENT, AS A LEADER OF THE LOCKED-IN GROOVE OF SWING YOU WILL FIND HIS MUSIC BEGINS TO LIFT OFF AND THE FUN BEGINS.  MALLETMAN’S COMMAND OF HIS PERFORMANCE IS MESMERIZING FROM TWIRLING MALLETS, DANCING ACCENTS WITH SOULFUL WHIMSEY THAT FINDS ITS WAY WITH POCKETED RHYTHMS ACCENTUATING COLORFUL MOVES ON HIS INSTRUMENT.  

TAYLOR IS KNOWN FOR HIS UNIQUE PRESENTATION OF JAZZ. , R&B AND SWING, CREATING A SIGNATURE SOUND THAT HE CALLS VIBRAFUNK. HE DESCRIBES IT AS "THE SOUND OF A VIBRAPHONE SMACKED TOGETHER WITH THE THUMPING OF A BASS GUITAR"

WHILE HIS ROOTS ARE IN JAZZ, TAYLOR HAS EXPANDED INTO MANY OTHER GENRES.  HIS INSTRUMENT KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES. HIS PERFORMANCES ATTRACT PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND CULTURES.

HIS MUSICAL JOURNEY GARNERED THE COMPANY OF SUCH GREATS AS BENNY GOODMAN, DIZZY GILLESPIE, B.B. KING, RANDY BRECKER AND BERNARD "PRETTY" PURDIE JUST TO NAME A FEW. HE BECAME DEDICATED TO MASTERING THE "VIBES" JUST LIKE HAMPTON WHO TOOK "MALLETMAN" AS HIS PROTEGE' AND BECAME HIS MENTOR. HIS PERFORMANCE IS BEST DESCRIBED AS BEING "HYPNOTIC" AS TAYLOR PLAYS HIS INSTRUMENT PEOPLE WITNESS SOMETHING THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

AUDIENCES WORLD-OVER RAVE OVER HIS PERFORMANCES WITH STANDING OVATIONS AND BEGGING FOR MORE!! AS LIONEL HAMPTON’S PROTEGE HE LEAVES NOTHING LEFT BEHIND WITH HIS STEADIED CONTROL OF HIS ARTISTRY, FROM THE  CAMARADERIE WITH HIS BAND, TO HIS EFFERVESCENT PERSONALITY AND CONFIDENT FINISH, HE ALWAYS COMPLIMENTS HIS MUSICAL OFFERING ENDING WITH ANCHORING THE GROOVE IN THE AIR WITH HIS MALLETS AND A SMILE.  

WHEN MALLETMAN SETS OUT TO TURN-A-ROOM AROUND, PREPARE TO TIGHTEN YOUR SEATBELT FOR HIS PASSION FOR WHAT HE DOES STRIKES ALL THE RIGHT CHORDS ORCHESTRATING A PASSAGE DIRECTLY TO YOUR HEART….

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