Calvin Eugene "Gene" Taylor (March 19, 1929[1] – December 22, 2001[2]), was an American jazz double bassist.

He was born in Toledo, Ohio, and began his career in Detroit, Michigan.

[1][3][4] He then joined Blue Mitchell's quintet, with whom he recorded and performed until 1965.

(The King of Love is Dead)", which Taylor wrote following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.[2][5][6] Taylor began teaching music in New York public schools.

[2] He died on December 22, 2001, in Sarasota, Florida, where he had been living since 1990.