Taylor Ho Bynum, performer on various trumpets, composer, and bandleader, was born in 1975 and raised in Boston, where he presently resides. He has performed under the leadership of Anthony Braxton, Fred Ho, Bill Lowe, Kwaaku Kwaakye Obeng, Abraham Adzenyah, and many of his colleagues in the Tri-Centric Foundation, among others. He is a founding member of Paradigm Shift, with fellow brass multi-instrumentalists Bill Lowe, Joseph Daley, and Stephen Haynes, and percussionists Syd Smart and Pheeroan akLaff. His own projects range from ensembles in the jazz tradition to collaborations with DJs to interdisciplinary dance/theatre pieces.

 
 
 
 
STATEMENT:
 
Dreams have a power to transform themselves entirely while maintaining a seamless internal logic. One minute you and your cat are swimming in the ocean, suddenly your cat is an octopus, and youíre shopping for new shoes, but the line at the checkout counter is too long, twelve items or less, Mister! This kind of contextual evolution is the primary inspiration for my dreamsketch series, presently the focus of my composing efforts. The dream metaphor provides a loose framework in which to play with the forces of composition and improvisation, ensemble and individual, theater and music, myth and reality, relishing in the ambiguities.
 
 
 
 

CONTACT INFO:

E. thobynum@aol.com  T. (617) 560-6877