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Billy Taylor: Billy Taylor Trio with Earl May/Percy Brice

Read "Billy Taylor Trio with Earl May/Percy Brice" reviewed by David Rickert


Billy Taylor has lurked behind the scenes for years, never quite achieving the fame he deserved, and his legacy will probably rest largely on his efforts as an educator to bring jazz to a wider audience. That is a shame, because Taylor was quite a accessible pianist and his extensive catalog remains largely out of print. ...

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Ten Fingers, One Voice

Label: Arkadia Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams; In A Sentimental Mood; Joy Spring; Laura; Easy Like; Night and Day; Can You Tell by Looking at Me?; Early Bird; Tea for Two; Solo; My Heart Stood Still.

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Billy Taylor: Ten Fingers -- One Voice

Read "Ten Fingers -- One Voice" reviewed by Jack Bowers


I love piano players who swing. I especially admire 77–year–old pianists who swing like they’re 27. It follows logically that Billy Taylor would be among my favorite pianists, an assessment that is emphatically underscored by his marvelous new solo album, Ten Fingers — One Voice, a thoroughly entrancing tour de force on which Billy takes dead ...

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Billy Taylor: Ten Fingers - One Voice

Read "Ten Fingers - One Voice" reviewed by Jim Santella


At 77, pianist Billy Taylor serves the jazz world through his profiles of musicians on CBS-TV’s Sunday Morning, and as host of NPR’s Billy Taylor’s Jazz at the Kennedy Center broadcasts. Taylor’s book for Hal Leonard,The Billy Taylor Collectionis due out in January 1999. Versed in all aspects of solo piano performance, Dr. Billy Taylor demonstrates ...

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Thank You John: Our Tribute To John Coltrane

Label: Arkadia Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: My Favorite Things; Nova Bosa Nova; Moment’s Notice; Naima; Touch Me Lightly; Giant Steps; Nova Bosa Nova; The Night Has a Thousand Eyes; I Want to Talk About You; Moment’s Notice; Red Time - Take the Trane.

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Homage

Label: Victor
Released: 1995

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Solo

Label: Victor
Released: 1988

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I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 55

Label: Curcio
Released: 1981
Track listing: Blues In Green; Canteloupe Woman; Darn That Dream; Straight No Chaser; Blues;

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Today!

Label: Victor
Released: 1970


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