Mike Taylor Quartet – Pendulum (British Jazz Explosion) LP

Mike Taylor (Piano) – Pendulum (British Jazz Explosion)

British pianist Mike Taylor (1938-1969) was only able to record two studio albums before his drug addiction left him homeless and he drowned in the Thames. On his debut album "Pendulum", which will be re-released on vinyl by Decca in 2025 in the historic "British Jazz Explosion" series, he presented himself with a fantastic quartet and a program of very modern and unusually arranged jazz standards and original compositions.

In 2025, Decca is reissuing two albums by Mike Taylor on vinyl for the first time since their original release. The recordings have been remastered from the original analog tape and pressed on 180g vinyl, as well as featuring a detailed accompanying booklet in which British jazz expert Tony Higgins discusses the music and the artist's life.

These reissues were remastered at Gearbox Studios in London using the original tapes (or high-resolution digital source files taken from the original tapes), which were transferred to a Studer tape machine and then mastered using an analog mastering console.

Tracklist:
A1 But Not For Me
A2 Exactly Like You
A3 A Night In Tunisia
B1 Pendulum
B2 To Segovia
B3 Leeway

Label: Decca
Released: 1966/2025