Paul Taylor III - Keys
Paul Taylor III - Keys
Paul Taylor III was born and raised in Chicago and had early musical influences from local and major artist that performed in the Chicago area. Taylor, who also plays drums, played with R&B groups and Gospel choirs in Chicago and throughout the Midwest. In 1972, Paul Taylor played drums for the Beautiful Zion Inspirational Choir, who had a top charting gospel hit "I'll Make It Alright." In 1974, Taylor recorded with the choir on their next release "Ride To The Mountain Top" at the legendary Brunswick recording studios. The project was engineered by Bruce Swedien.

In the late 70's Taylor worked in broadcasting in Southern Illinois and the Chicago area, but he continued with his music career as a side musician. The early 80's found Paul Taylor in Dallas, Texas playing drums with various Jazz groups; Above and Beyond, Scrupples, Jazz Z, and many others. In the 90's Taylor made the move to piano and keyboards.

Currently Paul Taylor performs as a solo act, plays with The Brim Brothers, The TrueBone Band, Singer Adrienne White and continues to work in Gospel music. Paul also produces several other artists and runs his own small studio,"The Sanctuary."