Line Up!

A new project featuring myself and Dawn Clement! Our adventure begins Saturday Oct 17 @ 7:30pm! Join us at Tula’s as part of the Earshot Jazz Festival! Mark Taylor- saxophones/compositions Dawn Clement -piano/voice/compositions Russ Johnson – trumpet/compositions Phil Sparks – bass Byron Vannoy – drums

Human Spirit in Vancouver

May 11th  and 12th, Human Spirit will be playing two nights of great music at The Cellar in Vancouver, BC. Joining us will be two great Canadian musicians who played a great show with last fall!  Looking forward to working again with pianist Brad Turner, and Adam Thomas on bass Our new CD “Dialogue”  will be available released [...]

Frieze of Life!

Join us at the Royal Room on March 13 for a Frieze of Life reunion show! Greg Sinibaldi-tenor & compositions Chris Stover-trombone & compositions Thomas Marriott-trumpet Mark Taylor-saxophones Geoff Harper- Bass Byron Vannoy-drums The evening  starts at 7:00PM with another great band reuniting for this special event…Chris Stover’s [...]

Zero Goose!

Zero Goose is a collaborative group featuring Mark Taylor-sax/Jason (Goose) Goessl-guitar/Ryan Burns-keyboards and electric bass/and Tom Zgonc-drums.  Originals, Mingus, Ornette, Bill Evans, and pretty much anything we feel like playing!  Check us out at the Rendezvous Thursday January 5th …and stay tuned for an upcoming recording [...]

Human Spirit in December

Join us as we play material from our upcoming Origin Release and more.. December 2  @  Red Bicycle  (Vashon Island)  9:00pm December 10 @ Tula’s  8pm  (w/Bill Anschell) December 30 @ Ballard Jam House  9pm  (with/ Gary Fukushima) Visit Human Spirit for more details and in depth info of this new band!    

Break Time!

Jazz Port Townsend and More….

Fun weekend of music coming up! On Saturday July 30th, I’ll be playing with an All-Star big band at Jazz Port Townsend  premiering a new piece by Bill Holman featuring Paquito d’Rivera…and then playing with Human Spirit at the Undertown that evening. Sunday the 31st,  I’ll be back in Seattle with Wayne Horvitz  [...]