The Watchung Taylors [MP3 Download]

"Jeff Taylor of Watchung, New Jersey deserved a song. Originally I wrote it for another band with the idea that he’d write a melody and words and sing on it. That idea fizzled out, so I decided to write the melody myself, every word quite literally about him. We recorded it for my record Grey Like The Color, but it didn’t fit with the other songs. Like Jeff, it’s a world of its own." - Chris Morrissey

About Chris Morrissey:

Chris Morrissey is a songwriter, a bassist, a singer, a music director, a leo, an uncle, a lover of most cats and some dogs, a New Yorker, a Minnesotan, a yoga practicer, a runner, a wino, a restaurant frequenter, and joke teller/appreciator. As a bassist, he's logged hundreds of thousands of miles touring five continents with Norah Jones, The Jim Campilongo Trio, Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet, Beat Music, Dave King Trucking Company, Sara Bareilles, Chris Thile’s “Live From Here” house band, Margaret Glaspy, Boy George, Ben Kweller, Andrew Bird, Mason Jennings, Gretchen Parlato, Trixie Whitley, Gabriel Kahane, and Amy Helm.

As a music director, he assembled bands and arrangements for Sara Bareilles, Sharon Van Etten, Trixie Whitley, Maren Morris and Elle King.

As a composer and band leader, Morrissey has released five records: "Impact Winter Formal (2021, Edition Records) "Laughing and Laughing” (2018, self release), "The Morning World" (2009, Sunnyside), "Cannon Falls Forever" (2011, self release) and "North Hero" (2013, Sunnyside). His 6th release "Grey Like The Color" is out March 2024 on Ground Up Music.

He has been featured in Bass Player Magazine, is a member of the adjunct faculty at The New School For Jazz and Contemporary Music and has received commissions from The Jazz Gallery and The Jazz Coalition. Chris lives in Brooklyn, New York with his partner, Emma and their dog, Long Boat Lenny The Snake Man.