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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Complete Jazz Series 1952 - 1953
Jazz - Editado por Complete Jazz Series el 29 jun. 2009
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Lover Come Back To Me (Music Keeps Us Young)
Jazz tradicional & Nueva Orleans - Editado por Arkadia Records el 15 jul. 2022
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Wouldn't It Be Loverly (Music Keeps Us Young)
Jazz tradicional & Nueva Orleans - Editado por Arkadia Records el 10 jun. 2022
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The Billy Taylor Touch (Album of 1958)
Pop - Editado por Jazz Classics el 31 oct. 2019
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Up Jumped Spring (Radio Mix)
Jazz - Editado por Arkadia Records el 10 may. 2024
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I'll Never Run Away
Electrónica - Editado por Almighty1 Music el 29 dic. 2023
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Everytime I See Her (Feat. Leon Cormack)
House - Editado por Almighty1 Music el 8 dic. 2023
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Billy Taylor At The London House
Jazz - Editado por CoolNote el 22 ene. 1956
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Arkadia Blues (Music Keeps Us Young)
Jazz tradicional & Nueva Orleans - Editado por Arkadia Records el 27 may. 2022
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Stridin' Down The Champs-Elysées
Chanson francesa - Editado por Rooster Records el 19 jun. 2014
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Girl Of My Dreams
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Billy Taylor el 2 nov. 2023
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When Your Heart Sinks
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Bill Taylor el 19 oct. 2023
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The Test Of Time
Country - Editado por Billy Taylor el 13 nov. 2023
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Body and Soul (Short Cuts - breakdown)
Arkadia Short Cuts, Billy Taylor
Jazz - Editado por Arkadia Records el 15 dic. 2023
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Interlude (Short Cut)
Arkadia Short Cuts, Billy Taylor
Jazz - Editado por Arkadia Records el 2 feb. 2024
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