The flash made annoying shadows on the photo, but you can see a good image of the trombone and Taylor holding it, after the worship service July 8. (That me on the right). He played a set of three hymns, all in our hymnals, and all on the theme of walking with God: Trust and Obey (when we walk with the Lord), We Will Walk in the Valley ("...Jesus himself will be our leader...), and Just a Closer Walk with Thee.
Sure, more often it's a trumpet that plays solo in church, but Taylor had the advantage of low notes a trumpet could never dream of, almost two octaves below middle C, and his beautiful mellow range a half octave above middle C, to take our thoughts from reflective introspection to jubilant high beauty.
Thanks, Taylor.
