This is FRESH AIR. In his hometown, Chicago, a couple of decades ago, jazz drummer Chad Taylor played in the Chicago Underground duo and its trio, quartet and orchestra offshoots. Before that, Taylor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chad Taylor and Ed Kowalczyk of Live perform onstage during 2019 Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival on September 22, 2019 in ...

The most excellent album, Smoke Shifter (Otherly Love Records, 2025), places Chad Taylor in the foreground as a bandleader, but his enduring presence onstage is evidenced by a long career built on ...

With his latest recording, “Smoke Shifter” (Otherly Love), drummer and composer Chad Taylor has created music that is equal parts retro and contemporary. Retro in that it recalls the sound of ...

Smoke Shifter leans toward tradition, which is perhaps a bit surprising given the exploratory, cutting-edge music previously produced by everyone in this quintet. Led by master percussionist Chad ...