Keith Taylor
Pianist/composer Keith Taylor specializes in ragtime and early American music. He also performs and composes music for silent movies and teaches music at Blue Mountain Community College, Baker City, Oregon. Taylor founded the Cascade Ragtime and Vintage Music Festival, the Shaniko Ragtime and Vintage Music Festival, co-founded the Sutter Creek Ragtime Festival, and Fresno Flats Ragtime and Vintage Music Festival, and currently directs the Cascade Ragtime Society.
He began playing ragtime in 1972. His previous background was in classical music, having received music degrees in composition and piano, plus having studied in Paris, France. A native Oregonian, he moved back to Azalea, Oregon in 1978 and then to Haines, Oregon in 2000 where he works as a freelance pianist, piano teacher and composer.
Keith Taylor is available as a pianist and composer for any type of musical performance. He also performs original music to silent movies.
Keith Taylor's Top Ten YouTube Videos 2025
Lilac Time with music composed & performed by Keith Taylor
Metropolis1927 Keith Taylor, Piano
Keith Taylor (Piano Man) performs at Shaniko, Oregon 2023
Nosferatu 100th Anniversary Edition Silent Movie Full Version. Keith Taylor, Piano.
Keith Taylor’s Top Ten YouTube Videos Keith Taylor, Pianist "Frankie and Johnie"
Keith Taylor’s Top Ten YouTube Videos Keith Taylor, Pianist "Improv. on Telephone Number"
Keith Taylor’s Top Ten YouTube Videos Keith Taylor, Pianist "James Booker Medley"
Keith Taylor’s Top Ten YouTube Videos Keith Taylor, Pianist "Improv. Arkansas Rag"
Keith Taylor’s Top Ten YouTube Videos Keith Taylor, Pianist "Gold Bar Rag"
Keith Taylor’s Top Ten YouTube Videos Keith Taylor, Pianist "Improv. Two Titles"
Keith Taylor’s Top Ten YouTube Videos Keith Taylor, Pianist "Improv. Bookers Boogie"
Keith Taylor’s Top Ten YouTube Videos Keith Taylor, Pianist "Improv. Love Me Tender"
Keith Taylor’s Top Ten YouTube Videos Keith Taylor, Pianist "Improv Spirits in the Wind"
Keith Taylor's Top Ten YouTube Videos "Razor Blades" Keith Taylor, Piano
Torrent Silent Movie Keith Taylor, Piano-Full Movie
Live at Mad Matilda's Volume Two DVD Music performed by Keith Taylor, Piano Images by Whit Deschner
Live at Mad Matilda's Music performed by Keith Taylor, Piano and Photos by Whit Deschner
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Silent movie Music composed & performed by Keith Taylor, Piano
7th Heaven Silent Movie Music composed & performed by Keith Taylor, Piano-Full Movie