8X GRAMMY® Nominee & NAACP IMAGE Award Winners
“Married musicians vocalist Jean Baylor and drummer Marcus Baylor have created a captivating “project” that meets at the 3-way intersection of jazz, gospel, and legacy. Brimming with aural snapshots of their individual roots and the sacred space where they come together, it is a very unique album that soothes the soul...” -Urban Music Scene (by A. Scott Galloway)
A husband. A wife. An astonishing duo built on love, family, faith, culture, and community.
These are the things that power The Baylor Project featuring Jean Baylor and Marcus Baylor. Marcus is known for drumming in the jazz quartet Yellowjackets, and Jean for singing in the R&B duo Zhané. These threads are woven through their joint musical output that has garnered them seven Grammy nominations.This enticing collaboration is steeped in the heart and soul of jazz. As the children of Pastors, Marcus and Jean's musical roots were planted deep within the church, and it was there that the road was paved for the influence of jazz, gospel, blues and soul to make its mark. Their debut CD The Journey, released on their own label, Be A Light, topped the Billboard Jazz Chart at Number 8 in 2017 and a year later garnered two Grammy nominations for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best Traditional R&B Performance. Two years later during one of the most challenging years in recent history, The Baylors released their single, “Sit On Down” in 2020 which earned a third Grammy nomination for Best Traditional R&B Performance, solidifying The Baylor Project as an undeniable force. Their second album, Generations, released in 2021 earned the duo its first NAACP Image Award win for Outstanding Jazz Album-Vocal and its fourth Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album. And their first live album, The Evening: Live At APPARATUS earned The Baylors their fifth and sixth Grammy nominations for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best Improvised Jazz Solo. A collaboration with Adam Blackstone and Russell Ferrante earned them a seventh Grammy nomination for the original song and most recently, in partnership with APOGEE Electronics, the pair received their eighth Grammy nomination for an impromptu live, in-studio performance of the age-old spiritual “Walk With Me, Lord.”
Marcus and Jean have also expanded into television, writing, producing and performing the new theme song, “Good Life” for Season 6 of the Tamron Hall Show. The Baylor Project pays homage to their wide-ranging musical influences, and in doing so generates an eclectic sound whose overall effect is spiritual, buoyant, feel-good music. Soulful. Melodic. Authentic.
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