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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The Billy Taylor Trio - Complete Recordings with Henry Grimes & Ray Mosca
Jazz - Released by Fresh Sound Records on 30 sep. 2022
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The Complete Recordings: 1958-1962
Bebop - Released by Tritone on 7 apr. 2014
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With Four Flutes (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Avid Entertainment on 3 jun. 2016
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The Complete Recordings: 1955-1958
Bebop - Released by Tritone on 7 apr. 2014
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Piano Panorama (10" Album of 1951)
Pop - Released by Jazz Classics on 28 feb. 2021
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The Billy Taylor Touch
Jazz - Released by Rhino Atlantic on 28 okt. 1957
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Music Keeps Us Young
Jazz - Released by Arkadia Jazz on 26 aug. 2022
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Ten Fingers, One Voice
Jazz - Released by Arkadia Records on 26 jan. 1999
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I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Music Keeps Us Young)
Traditionele jazz en dixieland - Released by Arkadia Records on 5 aug. 2022
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Billy Taylor Plays Billy Taylor
Jazz - Released by EG Jazz on 1 sep. 2019
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Four Classic Albums (Cross Section / The Billy Taylor Trio with Candido / The Billy Taylor Touch / With Four Flutes) [Remastered]
Jazz - Released by AVID Entertainment on 1 jan. 1954
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A Touch of Taylor (Album of 1955)
Pop - Released by Jazz Classics on 31 okt. 2019
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The Very Best Of 1945-1949
Bebop - Released by Master Classics Records on 1 jan. 2022
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The New Billy Taylor Trio (feat. Ed Thigpen & Earl May) [Bonus Track Version]
Jazz - Released by Plenty Jazz Records on 15 sep. 2014
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Billy Taylor: Live at Town Hall Trio / The Billy Taylor Touch
Jazz - Released by Blue Velvet on 2 mei 2016
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