Chad Taylor

Biography

Chad Taylor (born March 19, 1973) is an American drummer, percussionist, and composer. Taylor leads both the Chad Taylor Trio with Brian Settles and Neil Podgurski and Circle Down with Angelica Sanchez and Chris Lightcap. He is a founding member of the Chicago Underground along with Jeff Parker and Rob Mazurek. In 2024, he was selected to lead the University of Pittsburgh's Jazz Studies Program while holding the university's William S. Dietrich II Endowed Chair in Jazz Studies.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Kiss Each Other Clean

  2011

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  Strict Joy

  2009

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  Fly Or Die Fly Or Die Fly Or Die ((World War))

  2023

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  Sound-Dust

  2001

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  Fly Or Die II: Bird Dogs Of Paradise

  2019

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  Fly Or Die Live

  2021

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  Fly Or Die

  2017

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  Pink Dolphins

  2022

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  Jesup Wagon

  2021

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  Looks At The Bird

  2002

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  Dimensional Stardust

  2020

Credited work

314 releases · 74 albums · active 1995–2026

• Performance · 587
• Other credits · 140
• Production · 14
• Engineering · 2

Studios: Soma Electronic Music Studios · Big Ego · Park West Studios · International Anthem Studios

Frequent collaborators

• Chicago Underground Duo
• Various
• James Brandon Lewis Quartet
• James Brandon Lewis
• Jaimie Branch
• Rob Mazurek
• Jeff Parker
• Chicago Underground Trio

Around the web

• Wikipedia