BIO: Taylor Kelly was born & raised in Rochester, NY and now happily resides in Philadelphia (after graduating Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2014 and needing a change of scenery to rediscover herself). Taylor has a voice that blends both the smoothness and rhythmic nature of jazz, soul and funk. Her tasteful songwriting tells tales of truth in hopes to inspire many to love, live and let go. Also a trumpet player, she proves the importance of a strong horn section and hot horn lines and strives for a vocal approach that is reminiscent of many of her trumpet playing influences that are both rhythmic and improvisational in nature (Chet Baker, Roy Hargrove and Miles Davis to name a few). Her musical stylings are reflective of Erykah Badu and Stevie Wonder as they possess what she believes to be the true essence of music- harmonic complexity, strong melodic contour and lyrical honesty with an absolutely relentless underlying groove. She releases her third studio album, DO U FEEL ME, on June 23rd and you can be sure to be up off your feet (in dance, in praise, in disbelief, in what-have-you). If you are to ever toy with her heart, you will likely get a song full of stank with an optimistic twist out of it. taylorkellymusic.com || facebook.com/taylorkellyjams