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Taylor Made At The Kennedy Center
By Billy Taylor
Label: Kennedy Center Jazz Recordings
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1. Birdwatcher; 2. If You Really Are Concerned; 3. Diz; 4. Theodora; 5. Suite for Jazz Piano and
Orchestra; 6. A Bientot; 7. Titoro; 8. Easy Walker; 9. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free.
Billy Taylor: Taylor Made at the Kennedy Center
by Jim Santella
Dr. Billy Taylor and friends begin this concert performance compilation with homage to early bebop as Terence Blanchard recalls the loose, pioneering spirit of Diz and Stanley Turrentine does his best to interpret Bird's spirit in his own way. Russell Malone and Stefon Harris broaden the scope, turning Taylor's idea into a thrilling jam session that ...
"Bebop" from Taylor Made Piano
by AAJ Staff
By Billy Taylor Chapter 9: Bebop Originally published in 1982, this book is an invaluable and popular resource for both music students and professional musicians alike. Billy Taylor conveys the history and development of America's classical music, jazz, through a unique perspective--that of practicing musician, jazz pianist and educator. This ...
Billy Taylor: Taylor Made at the Kennedy Center
by Franz A. Matzner
A tribute to the retiring Dr. Billy Taylor, Taylor Made at the Kennedy Center documents the artist's performance career at the Kennedy Center and presents him in the context he loved best--on stage and sharing his love of jazz by not only performing his own music, but also bringing to the audience some of jazz's greatest ...
Final Notes: Dr. Billy Taylor Retires from Concert Performance
by Franz A. Matzner
Educator, ambassador, author, composer, and master pianist, Dr. Billy Taylor ended his concert career last Thursday night, concluding over sixty years as one of jazz's greatest emissaries with a rousing performance at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater by his trio and guest John Faddis. Billy Taylor's career has spanned the entirety of modern ...
Billy Taylor: A Comma - Not a Period
by Erik R. Quick
The second and last set of pianist Billy Taylor's final public performances on March 31, 2005, was an emotional experience for many reasons. Although Taylor was born in North Carolina, Washington, DC was his home from the age of five, until he graduated Virginia State University. At the age of thirteen, Taylor played his first professional ...
Warming Up!
By Billy Taylor
Label: Unknown label
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Warming Up 2. Easy Like 3. That's Where It Is 4. Afterthoughts 5. Easy Walker 6. Lonesome Lover 7. Don't Bug Me 8. Coffee Break 9. Ya Know What I Mean 10. Native Dancer 11. Uncle Fuzzy 12. No After taste 13. You Tempt Me 14. Did You Dream Too 15. You're All That Matters 16. Interlude 17. You're Mine 18. My Heart Sings 19. I Sigh 20. Here Today Gone Tomorrow 21. All Alone.
Jazzy Soundtracks 3: Kwamina
by C. Andrew Hovan
Billy Taylor Orchestra Jazzy Soundtracks 3: Kwamina Mercury 1962Continuing our look into soundtrack albums of a jazz nature, we depart this month from film scores to take a look at a jazz interpretation of music from a Broadway production. Opening in October of 1961 and running for a ...
The Billy Taylor Trio: Warming Up!
by David Rickert
Billy Taylor is primarily known for bringing jazz to a wider audience through radio, television, and, in the case of the Jazzmobile, the streets of the city. But along the way he also recorded some fine jazz albums as well. The two sessions featured on this reissue are trio dates that are a little ...
Billy Taylor Trio with Earl May/Percy Brice
By Billy Taylor
Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. A Foggy Day 2. I'll Remember April 3. Sweet Georgia Brown 4. Theodora 5. How High The Moon 6. Early Bird 7. A Bientot 8. Memories Of Spring 9. Ever So Easy 10. Day Dreaming 11. Radioactivity 12. Purple Mood 13. Long Tom 14. It's A Grand Night For Swinging 15. Blue Clouds 16. Live it Up 17. Daddy-O.
