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 1950 - 1952
Jazz - Erschienen bei Complete Jazz Series am 29.06.2009
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The Billy Taylor Trio with Candido (Remastered)
Lateinamerika - Erschienen bei RevOla am 01.01.1954
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Billy Taylor Trio With Ed Thigpen & Earl May
Jazz - Erschienen bei Ascension Records am 30.05.2022
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Billy Taylor UpGraded Masters (All Tracks Remastered)
Jazz - Erschienen bei jjjedizionimusicali am 24.10.2020
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Blue Eyes Soothe My Soul
Country - Erschienen bei Billy Taylor am 09.02.2024
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Wouldn't It Be Loverly (Short Cut)
Arkadia Short Cuts, Billy Taylor
Jazz - Erschienen bei Arkadia Records am 23.02.2024
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Ballade (Short Cut)
Arkadia Short Cuts, Billy Taylor
Jazz - Erschienen bei Arkadia Records am 16.02.2024
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Up Jumped Spring (Short Cut)
Arkadia Short Cuts, Billy Taylor
Jazz - Erschienen bei Arkadia Records am 08.03.2024
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75 Jazz Classics
Jazz - Erschienen bei Classic Music International am 30.06.2011
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One for Fun (Album of 1959)
Pop - Erschienen bei Jazz Classics am 31.10.2019
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Meets the Jazz Greats: Know Your Jazz
Jazz - Erschienen bei Ascension Records am 29.06.2022
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Billy Taylor Selected Favorites
Jazz - Erschienen bei Charly Records am 21.03.2011
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Complete Jazz Series 1952 - 1953
Jazz - Erschienen bei Complete Jazz Series am 29.06.2009
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The Billy Taylor Trio with Candido (Remastered)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Avid Entertainment am 01.01.1954
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Lover Come Back To Me (Music Keeps Us Young)
Klassischer Jazz & New-Orleans-Jazz - Erschienen bei Arkadia Records am 15.07.2022
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Taylor Made Jazz
Jazz - Erschienen bei Fresh Sound Records am 01.11.1959
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Wouldn't It Be Loverly (Music Keeps Us Young)
Klassischer Jazz & New-Orleans-Jazz - Erschienen bei Arkadia Records am 10.06.2022
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Custom Taylored
Jazz - Erschienen bei Fresh Sound Records am 01.01.1959
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