Born January 29th, 1962 in Buffalo, New York. Jeff Taylor was given a keyboard at a very young age, he proceeded to take it completely apart and put it back together before going on to learn to play the instrument. He later taught himself to play Guitar, Bass, Drums and anything else he could get his hands on. Encouraged by his progress the young musician set out to follow his heart and his dreams. He formed many bands throughout High School, acted in plays and pursued every avenue that involved production.

After High School he Joined the U.S. Air Force as a KC135 boom operator, flying all over the world lying face down in a glass pod in the rear of the giant aircraft, refueling Fighter jets in mid air, an amazing experience that further opened his mind to the possibilities of creating and dreaming. “I would write songs and poems while flying over the Bermuda triangle or the Pyramids of Egypt, what a rush.”

After an honorable discharge, Jeff relocated to New York City and rented a small apartment on The Lower East side. I loved the Village, its musicians, actors; everything about it was a pleasure to my senses. Spike Lee filmed “She’s gotta have it” in Brooklyn and one of my musician friends from Fort Greene said, let’s go and watch. “On this day I was mesmerized by the Director, the Camera, the blocking, I was in love”. Music however, was his first love and there were goals to accomplish in music, movies & film would have to wait.

New technological advances in music production made for plenty of opportunities for the tech savvy, musician, and eventually brought him to the attention of the legendary production Duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis of Minneapolis Flyte Tyme Productions. Jeff’s command of the studio led to an 8 year tenure of programming drums, playing, singing and engineering on albums by some of the duo’s biggest hit artists including,
Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, BoyzIIMen, Karyn White, Patti Labelle, Barry White, New Edition, The Sounds of Blackness, Mint Condition, and many more.

His interest and love of film stayed with him as he began to seek production work on
Movie Soundtracks. He would eventually receive engineering or sound credit on some of the following albums, The Apostle, Money Train, Down in the Delta, Low Down Dirty Shame, Beverly Hills Cop III, Jason’s Lyric, Posse, Panther, Kazamm, Good Burger and Woo.

Never one to rest on his accomplishments, Jeff went independent of Flyte Tyme in 2000 in order to gain some real world experience outside of the nest. He has never looked back. In dealing with big budget albums and Record labels, he realized how much he wanted to return to a more fun and creatively rewarding style of working and this meant combining his love for music and film. “These days I spend my time screenwriting, songwriting, directing, and shooting 24p with a sexy Steadicam Mini”. “This new chapter is most exciting, because it’s about being in love with what you do all over again”. Currently shooting his first Full Length Feature film in 24p DV Jeff continues to embrace the new technology with his keen eye for what looks and sounds good, recording into the future.