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Billy Taylor

p, 1921-2010 US, North Carolina
Musician / Composer of Jazz
A.k.a. William Edward Taylor, Jr.

William "Billy" Taylor (July 24, 1921 – December 28, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, and from 1994 was the artistic director for jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.Taylor was also a jazz educator, who lectured in colleges, served on panels and travelled worldwide as a jazz ambassador. Critic Leonard Feather once said, "It is almost indisputable that Dr. Billy Taylor is the world's foremost spokesman for jazz."

     
Instruments
  • Piano
  • Vocals
Genres
  • Jazz
  • Pop
  • Latin
Popular Tracks   
That's for Sure on One For Fun by Billy Taylor
Solace on Separate Keyboards by Erroll Garner & Billy Taylor
Night And Day on Separate Keyboards by Erroll Garner & Billy Taylor
Can You Tell by Looking at Me on The Billy Taylor Touch by Billy Taylor
Wouldn't It Be Loverly - Short Cut - theme on Short Cuts from Music Keeps Us Young by Arkadia Short Cuts & Billy Taylor
Ballade - Short Cut - theme on Short Cuts from Music Keeps Us Young by Arkadia Short Cuts & Billy Taylor
Goodbye Paris on Musicale Du Jour by Emmett Berry & Billy Taylor
Blue Moon on One For Fun by Billy Taylor
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free - Short Cut - theme on Short Cuts from Music Keeps Us Young by Arkadia Short Cuts & Billy Taylor
Naima - Short Cut - end theme on Short Cuts from Music Keeps Us Young by Arkadia Short Cuts & Billy Taylor

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Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Four Classic AlbumsBilly Taylor2016Compil.
Live at MCGBilly Taylor & Gerry Mulligan2007Album
Taylor Made At The Kennedy CenterBilly Taylor2005Album
1952-1953Billy Taylor2005Compil.
1950-1952Billy Taylor2004Compil.
Billy Taylor With Four FlutesBilly Taylor2000Single
1945-1949Billy Taylor2000Compil.
Jazz at the Kennedy Center Series SamplerBilly Taylor, Grover Washington, Jr.1999Album
The Billy Taylor Touch / One For FunBilly Taylor1999Compil.
Ten Fingers - One VoiceBilly Taylor1998Album
Lyrics By Lerner - Alan Jay Lerner Performs His Own SongsAl Lerner Featuring Kaye Ballard And Billy Taylor1998Album
HomageBilly Taylor1995Album
Billy Taylor TrioBilly Taylor1995Album
It's A Matter Of PrideBilly Taylor1994Album
It's A Matter Of PrideBilly Taylor1994Album
Dr. TBilly Taylor Featuring Gerry Mulligan1993Album
Separate KeyboardsErroll Garner, Billy Taylor1991Album
We Meet AgainRamsey Lewis / Billy Taylor1989Album
The Jazzmobile AllstarsBilly Taylor1989Album
SoloBilly Taylor1988Album
Lyrics By LernerKaye Ballard, Billy Taylor, Al Lerner1983Album
Live At StoryvilleBilly Taylor1980Album
Juicy LucySal Salvador Quartet Featuring Billy Taylor1979Album
Live At StoryvilleBilly Taylor1979Album
Echoes Of An Era The Erroll Garner - Billy Taylor YearsErroll Garner, Billy Taylor1976Compil.
Skitch & Company - Program No. 161-164Buddy Greco, Billy Taylor1974Album
Break-A-Way / Dirty Ole ManBilly Taylor1970Single
From David Frost And Billy Taylor - Merry ChristmasDavid Frost, Billy Taylor1970Album
Up-Tempo TaylorBilly Taylor1969Album
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be FreeBilly Taylor1968Album
Midnight PianoBilly Taylor1964Album
Right Here, Right Now!Billy Taylor1963Album
ImpromptuBilly Taylor1962Album
InterludeBilly Taylor1961Album
UptownBilly Taylor1960Album
Back HomeBilly Taylor1960Single
Billy Taylor With Four FlutesBilly Taylor1959Album
Koolbongo / The Song Is EndedBilly Taylor With Four Flutes1959Single
Taylor Made JazzBilly Taylor1959Album
One For FunBilly Taylor1959Album
The Billy Taylor TouchBilly Taylor1958Compil.
Creed Taylor Presenta "Know Your Jazz N. 1"Billy Taylor - Oscar Pettiford - Kenny Clarke - Joe Roland1956Single
Cross SectionBilly Taylor1956Album
At The London HouseBilly Taylor1956Album
Back To BackErroll Garner, Billy Taylor1955Compil.
MambosBilly Taylor1953Single
Billy Taylor at the piano vol.2Billy Taylor1953Single
Oscar Rides Again / Three Little WordsOscar Pettiford / Billy Taylor1952Album
Billy Taylor At The PianoBilly Taylor1952Single
Cuban Nightingale (Sun Sun Babae) / Makin' WhoopeeBilly Taylor1952Album
Billy TaylorBilly Taylor1951Album
The Very Thought Of You / Stridin' Down The Champs-ElyséesBilly Taylor1947Album
Strictly Drums / Why RegretCozy Cole And His Quintette / Cozy Cole, Don Byas, Tiny Grimes, Billy Taylor, Billy Taylor Sr.1945Album
Candido / Mambo AzulBilly TaylorAlbum
Swing Sessions 6 - 1946Louis Armstrong, Benny Carter, Gene Sedric, Billy TaylorCompil.
...Sweet N' SwingMilt Buckner, Billy TaylorCompil.
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 55Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, Billy Taylor, Attila ZollerCompil.
Let's Not Waltz Tonight / How About You? / Indiana / Good LuckZoot Sims / Mundell Lowe / Billy Taylor / Lucky ThompsonSingle
Jazz AliveBilly TaylorAlbum
The Art Tatum - Erroll Garner - Bud Powell - Billy Taylor YearsArt Tatum - Erroll Garner - Bud Powell - Billy TaylorCompil.
Billy Taylor At The London HouseBilly TaylorSingle
Now's The Time / Night WindCozy Cole And Don Byas, Tiny Grimes, Billy Taylor, Billy Taylor Sr.Album
Out Of Nowhere / Three Little WordsMary Lou Williams And Her Orchestra / Billy TaylorAlbum
I've Got The World On A String/That's AllBilly TaylorSingle
David Frost Presents OK BillyBilly TaylorAlbum
Away In A Manger / The House Of Christmas - Stable Down The RoadDavid Frost & Billy TaylorSingle
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