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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. [2 ...
Billy Taylor, a pianist and composer who was also an eloquent spokesman and advocate for jazz as well as a familiar presence for many years on television and radio, died on Tuesday in Manhattan....
Billy Taylor - A Life in Jazz. Jazz Video Guy. 115K subscribers. 111. 2.6K views 3 years ago Billy Taylor's playing was marked by a deep sense of swing, impeccable timing, and a lyrical...
Pianist, composer, and recording artist Billy Taylor was born in Greenville, North Carolina, on July 24, 1921, to a dentist father and schoolteacher mother. As a youth, Taylor and his family moved to Washington, D.C.; it was there that he began to study music.
In the grand history of Black American music, no one ever embodied a combination of instrumental prowess, composerly ambition, educational authority and institutional savvy quite like Dr. Billy...
Billy Taylor: 'Solo' August 1, 2001 • Dr. Billy Taylor is perhaps best known as one of the founders of public radio. He also is a pianist and composer who has produced more than...
Official YouTube channel for guitarist / singer / songwriter Billy Taylor. Front man of British hard rock band Deever. Formerly of classic rock band Inglorious.
