Blue Mist - Sam Taylor

Harlem Nocturne

Blue Mist
Sam (The Man) Taylor
And His Orchestra
MGM Records E3292
1957

From the back cover: Tenor-sax jazzman, Sam Taylor was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1918. All during his childhood, he was interested in music, but it was only when he began attending high school in Gary, Indiana in later years that he began teaching himself to play clarinet. By 1934 he was playing the instrument professionally. It was while he was at Alabama State Teachers College that he learned to play the alto, soon changing to the tenor sax which has remained his favorite and specialty. From the college band, Sam passed on to the orchestra of Sherman (Scatman) Crothers. The year was 1938. From there he passed to other jobs, with the Sunset Royal Entertainers, the Cootie Williams Orchestra and the Cab Calloway Orchestra. Shortly after this, he began to free-lance, appearing as side-man-soloist with many great TV-radio-recording orchestras and as the conductor-soloist (as in this recording) of his own great orchestra. Currently it is in the latter role that he is heard most frequently by American jazz fans.

Harlem Nocturne
To A Wild Rose
September Song
Bluer Than Blue
The Very Thought Of You
Lonely Love Affair
Don't Take You Love From Me
Indian Summer
As Time Goes By
Someone To Watch Over Me
Blue Mist
Tara's Theme