Billy Taylor
Billy Taylor was an amazingly articulate spokesman for jazz, and his profiles on CBS' Sunday Morning television program (where he was a regular beginning in 1981) were so successful at introducing jazz to a wider audience, that sometimes one could forget what a talented pianist he was for over half-a-century. While not an innovator, Taylor was flexible enough to play swing, bop, and more advanced styles while always retaining his own musical personality. After graduating from Virginia State College in 1942, he moved to New York and played with such major musicians as Ben Webster, Eddie South, Stuff Smith (with whom he recorded in 1944), and Slam Stewart, among others. In 1951, he was the house pianist at Birdland and soon afterward formed his first of many trios. He helped found the Jazzmobile in 1965. In 1969 he became the first Black band director for a network television series (The David Frost Show). He earned his doctorate at the University of Massachusetts in 1975 and founded and served as director for the popular radio program Jazz Alive. Despite his activities in jazz education, Taylor was rarely absent from performances and recordings, always keeping his bop-based style consistently swinging and fresh. He died of heart failure in New York on December 28, 2010, at the age of 89.
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Meets the Jazz Greats: Know Your Jazz
Jazz - Paru chez Ascension Records le 29 juin 2022
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Complete Jazz Series 1950 - 1952
Jazz - Paru chez Complete Jazz Series le 29 juin 2009
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Blue Eyes Soothe My Soul
Country - Paru chez Billy Taylor le 9 févr. 2024
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Up Jumped Spring (Short Cut)
Arkadia Short Cuts, Billy Taylor
Jazz - Paru chez Arkadia Records le 8 mars 2024
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The Billy Taylor Trio with Candido (Remastered)
Amérique latine - Paru chez RevOla le 1 janv. 1954
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Billy Taylor Trio With Ed Thigpen & Earl May
Jazz - Paru chez Ascension Records le 30 mai 2022
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Wouldn't It Be Loverly (Short Cut)
Arkadia Short Cuts, Billy Taylor
Jazz - Paru chez Arkadia Records le 23 févr. 2024
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Ballade (Short Cut)
Arkadia Short Cuts, Billy Taylor
Jazz - Paru chez Arkadia Records le 16 févr. 2024
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75 Jazz Classics
Jazz - Paru chez Classic Music International le 30 juin 2011
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One for Fun (Album of 1959)
Pop - Paru chez Jazz Classics le 31 oct. 2019
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Billy Taylor Selected Favorites
Jazz - Paru chez Charly Records le 21 mars 2011
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Complete Jazz Series 1952 - 1953
Jazz - Paru chez Complete Jazz Series le 29 juin 2009
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The Billy Taylor Trio with Candido (Remastered)
Jazz - Paru chez Avid Entertainment le 1 janv. 1954
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Lover Come Back To Me (Music Keeps Us Young)
Jazz traditionnel & New Orleans - Paru chez Arkadia Records le 15 juil. 2022
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Wouldn't It Be Loverly (Music Keeps Us Young)
Jazz traditionnel & New Orleans - Paru chez Arkadia Records le 10 juin 2022
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Custom Taylored
Jazz - Paru chez Fresh Sound Records le 1 janv. 1959
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The Billy Taylor Trio with Candido (Bonus Track Version)
Jazz - Paru chez Circadian Jazz le 1 janv. 1954
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