Episode 052 - Louis Van Taylor; Performing with Kool and the Gang

Louis Van Taylor has performed with Ray Charles, The Gap Band, Michael Bolton, Stevie Wonder Sheila E., Billy Vera and many more, but he is best known for performing with Kool and the Gang.

Louis was born in Salt Lake City Utah and later moved to Los Angeles CA, where he attended Foshay Jr. High, then later moved to Pasadena and was a graduate of Pasadena High School. 

Louis has always been one of the top horn live and session players in the business along with leading his own formidable “Louis Taylor Quartet: Hornlicious” featuring Louis Van Taylor and Bijon Watson, Louis Van Taylor Quintet.

Louis is endorsed by D’Addario and Trevor James Saxophones.

The link to his full biography, along with more Resources for this episode, is on our website.

In this episode, we talked about:

• His tips for traveling with your horn
• Improvisation advice and how he taught his students at USC
• Differences between creating solos for various genres
• and more

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