Precious Taylor
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The incomparable Precious Taylor is an accomplished singer, actress, and dancer. Born in Chicago, she began performing at the tender age of eight and was developing her incredible five-octave vocal range doing studio recordings and shows by age eleven. Ms. Taylor began performing with The Steve Edwards Orchestra in 1995.
Ms. Taylor has appeared onstage with Carl Carlton (Everlasting Love, Bad Mama Jama) The Temptations, Norman Conners, Michael Henderson, Phil Perry, George Duke, Jr. Walker & the All Stars, Howard Hewitt, The Contours, Dennis Brown, and her aunt—the legendary Koko Taylor. She has graced the stages of The Chicago Jazz Festival, Kingston Mines, The Wild Hare, The Green Mill, Brother Jimmy’s, The Cotton Club, The Chicago Blues Festival, The Chicago theater, Reggae Sunsplash, The Park West, and The House of Blues.
Her international engagements have comprised several tours of Europe and Asia—including a private gospel performance for the Pope in the Vatican City—and many USO tours for troops stationed around the world. Ms. Taylor’s studio work encompasses numerous infomercials as well as commercials for BET Comic View.
Ms. Taylor recently landed the principal role of Sister Callie in Dan Akroyd and Victor Pisano’s The Blues Brothers Revival at Chicago’s Center for the Performing Arts. Her extensive theatrical experience includes Forgotten Pearls at The Oasis theater, The Dinah Washington Story at Drury Lane theater, and performances with Tommy Gun’s Garage Dinner Theater. She has also performed in The Wiz, A Taste of Honey, and West Side Story.
Ms. Taylor majored in opera and minored in theater at The Chicago Conservatory of Music.