| Taylor's Tenors | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Art Taylor |
| Cover: | Taylor's_Tenors.jpg |
| Released: | 1959 |
| Recorded: | June 3, 1959 |
| Studio: | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 36:17 |
| Label: | New Jazz NJ 8219 |
| Producer: | Bob Weinstock |
| Prev Title: | Taylor's Wailers |
| Prev Year: | 1957 |
| Next Title: | A.T.'s Delight |
| Next Year: | 1960 |
Taylor's Tenors is the second studio album by drummer Art Taylor. It was recorded and released in 1959 for Prestige sub-label New Jazz, as NJ 8219. The album was reissued on CD once in 1995.[1]
In a review for AllMusic, Al Campbell noted that although Taylor "played on a multitude of classic jazz sessions," he "only managed to release a few dates as a leader." He described the album as "an insightful yet swinging hard bop conversation."
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called the album a "cracker," and wrote: "Rouse didn't often have to play in two-tenor situations, but he acquits himself with honour against Foster, who moves like a particularly dangerous big cat through Taylor's flashing rhythms... Forty minutes or so of this sort of thing is enough; and this is just right."
Chris Hovan of MusicHound Jazz stated: "Taylor's Tenors is essentially a blowing session, but what a fine one it is! Charlie Rouse and Frank Foster make a killer tenor pair, and pianist Walter Davis is no slouch either."
A writer for Billboard called the album "a happy session," and noted that the tenor players "have a good blowing time." They commented: "All of the tunes are originals, and they move."[2]