About Taylor Ho Bynum

Critics have called Taylor Ho Bynum “a young brass master and compelling composer” (Jon Garelick, Boston Phoenix), “a remarkable writer, improviser and bandleader” (Troy Collins, AllAboutJazz.com) and “one of the most exciting figures in jazz’s new power generation” (Steve Dollar, Time Out Chicago). “Over the past decade,” wrote Kevin Le Gendre in Jazzwise, “Bynum has shown himself to be a worthy addition to the canon of maverick trumpeters that includes such illustrious names as Wadada Leo Smith, Ron Miles, Cuong Vu and Arve Henrikson.” The Chicago Reader’s Peter Margasak adds, “Taylor Ho Bynum cemented his reputation as one of the most compelling and progressive trumpeters and bandleaders currently active, at home in every corner of the creative-music map.”

Bynum’s expansive resume includes collaborations with both his contemporaries and legendary figures alike, most notably the iconic saxophonist/composer Anthony Braxton, with whom he has performed and recorded extensively over the past decade. His most recent releases as a leader/co-leader include Positive Catastrophe’s Garabatos Volume One (Cuneiform Records), The Thirteenth Assembly’s (un)sentimental (Important Records), and the Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet’s Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths (hatOLOGY). He is also a member of such groups as The Convergence Quartet, Jason Kao Hwang’s Edge, the Joe Morris Bass Quartet and the large ensembles of Bill Dixon and Cecil Taylor. In addition, he is a curator and board member for the Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT Music) and a partner in Firehouse 12 Records.

Featured Discography

Taylor Ho Bynum & SpiderMonkey Strings, Madeleine Dreams (Firehouse 12 Records, 2009)

Le Petomane

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Objects Lost On Journeys

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Positive Catastrophe, Garabatos Volume One (Cuneiform Records, 2009)

Plena Organization

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Revamped

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The Thirteenth Assembly, (un)sentimental (Important Records, 2009)

Bird Dog

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Too Sweet

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Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet, Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths (hatOLOGY, 2008)

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