Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble
New director Taylor Ho Bynum leads this student ensemble through exciting explorations of jazz past and present.
Taylor Ho Bynum, director
Emphasizing a creative, improvisational approach, the Coast opens a new chapter under Bynum, whose expressionistic playing on cornet and expansive vision as composer have garnered him critical attention on over 20 recordings as a bandleader and dozens more as a sideman. He’s made global and cross-disciplinary connections through his contributions to The New Yorker’s Culture Blog as well as other published writings; teaching stints at universities, festivals and workshops worldwide; and inventive endeavors like his Acoustic Bicycle Tours, in which he travels to concerts solely by bike across thousands of miles.
