1. Taylor Eigsti was born on September 24,1984 and is an American jazz pianist and composer.
16 Facts About Taylor Eigsti
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Taylor Eigsti is a member of Eric Harland Voyager, Kendrick Scott Oracle, and Gretchen Parlato's group.
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Taylor Eigsti has twice won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, for Tree Falls in 2023 and Plot Armor in 2025.
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Taylor Eigsti was born to Nancy and Steve Taylor Eigsti on September 24,1984, and grew up in Menlo Park, California.
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Taylor Eigsti's death made a lasting impression and continued to influence Eigsti's musical development.
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Taylor Eigsti graduated salutatorian of his high school class at Woodside Priory School, where he returned to give the Commencement Address in 2010.
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Taylor Eigsti then had a brief stint at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music before dropping out, midway through his sophomore year, to pursue his musical career.
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New York-based pianist and composer Taylor Eigsti started playing the piano when he was four years old.
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Taylor Eigsti has garnered multiple individual GRAMMY Award nominations over the years for his work as a recording artist and composer, including Best Instrumental Composition, and Best Jazz Instrumental Solo.
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Taylor Eigsti co-wrote a featured composition with Don Cheadle for the 2017 GRAMMY-winning soundtrack to the motion picture "Miles Ahead".
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Taylor Eigsti has traveled internationally with his trio and quartet, and has frequently performed as a sideman since moving to New York City in 2008.
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Taylor Eigsti has been featured numerous times in various television specials, NPR appearances, commercials, and composed the theme music to the motion picture "Detachment" starring Oscar-winner Adrien Brody collaborating on the score with the Newton Brothers.
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In 2018, Taylor Eigsti was featured on a television special with Chris Botti for PBS's Great Performances.
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Taylor Eigsti released his first album Tay's Groove at age 14.
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In 2008 Taylor Eigsti released Let It Come To You, his second release with the Concord label.
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On May 21,2021, Taylor Eigsti released Tree Falls through GSI records.