Reviews
Mr. Indefatigable - Article by Steven Ivory (28/10/03)
Billboard Magazine Album
Preview (4/07/01)
Gary Taylor’s
"Under The Nightlight ”
(Album - R&B/Hip-Hop)
GARY TAYLOR
Under The Nightlight
PRODUCER: Gary Taylor
Morning Crew Records 1855
Songwriter/producer Gary Taylor has come a long way since his first solo turn in 1983, the
A&M album G.T. With a still-strong U.K. following, such titles as Anita
Baker’s “Good Love” and the Whispers’ “Just Gets Better With
Time,” and collaborations with Grover Washington Jr. and others to his credit, Taylor
launched Morning Crew in 1990. His goal: to obey his own creative muse rather than
the industry’s commercial command. But interestingly enough, keyboardist Taylor
– cousin to hit songwriter Skip Scarborough – is poised to become a commodity
with this new album, which soulfully confronts the male/female relationship content of his
previous albums.
Tapping into a vibe that recalls
the 70s heyday of Roy Ayers, Donny Hathaway, and Lonnie Liston Smith, Taylor
conjures a romantic mood whose various nuances are shaped by such tracks as “The
Nightlight,” “All or Nothing at All,” and “Keep an Open
Heart.”
(Billboard Magazine 04/07/01,
pgs. 18-19)
Urban Network
Startime Review By A. Scott Galloway
Gary Taylor’s “Under The Nightlight ”
(Morning Crew)
The ever-nocturnal Gary Taylor returns with what is, amazingly after all these years, his
slickest effort yet. The new nine-song album is awash in Taylor’s tried-and-true
dreamy chord changes, only this time the layering of synthesizer sounds and touches is
richer, warmer… more chocolately – delicious – and the drum/percussion
tracks are slightly more varied. Alongside surround-sound sensuality like “Gotta Be A
Way,” “Take me Through” and the duet “All or Nothing At All”
(w/Vann Johnson) is the thought-provoking “About The Real,” a pointed dismissal
of a woman who refuses to play the love game by the rules. As always, Taylor’s lyrics
and voice blend to send hearts on a thousand-league voyage to the depths of the sea of
love. The man has simply proven over years of great work that he knows no other way.
Contact: 818-387-2261.
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