Billy Taylor (jazz/bop pianist)

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member of:	Billy Taylor Quintet The Oscar Pettiford Quartet Walter Thomas Orchestra
original eponymous member of:	The Billy Taylor Trio

part of:	Attended University of Massachusetts, Amherst (order: 2)

purchase music for download and streaming page:	https://music.apple.com/us/artist/264634 [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/251777 [info]
official homepages:	http://www.billytaylorjazz.net/ [info]
other databases:	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82152222 [info] http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6g16d9s [info] https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139003108 [info] https://d-nb.info/gnd/134806832 [info] https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82152222 [info]
BBC Music:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/80855d0f-b173-432a-8882-178cdec7fd71 [info] (until 2020-11-19)
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/artist/2jiQ4lRvpc4ZTtUFMB3dGF [info] https://www.deezer.com/artist/64459 [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000768149 [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/19662 [info]
VIAF ID:	19867222 [info]
Wikidata:	Q718617 [info]
Songkick:	https://www.songkick.com/artists/125201 [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Credited as	Attributes	Artist	Length
	arranged
	Cag			Billy Taylor	4:22
	Hard to Find			Billy Taylor	4:08
	I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free			Billy Taylor	4:25
	Lonesome Lover			Billy Taylor	3:32
	Morning			Billy Taylor	5:23
	Pensativa			Billy Taylor	8:11
	Sunny			Billy Taylor	4:22
	TNT			Billy Taylor	4:27
	instruments
1930-10-09	Gambling Jack (recording session no. 64313-2)		tuba	Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers	2:45
1945-03-20	Alexander's Ragtime Band		piano	Billy Taylor Trio	2:44
1945-03-20	Monk's Mood (Mad Monk)		piano	Billy Taylor Trio	2:36
1945-03-20	Night and Day		piano	Billy Taylor Trio	2:41
1945-03-20	Solace		piano	Billy Taylor Trio	2:33
1945-06-09	Bugle Call Rag		piano	Stuff Smith Trio	4:16
1945-06-09	Bugle Call Rag (Town Hall)		piano	Stuff Smith Trio	4:12
1945-06-09	Desert Sands		piano	Stuff Smith Trio	4:03
1945-06-09	Desert Sands		piano	Stuff Smith Trio	4:03
1945-06-09	Desert Sands (Town Hall)		piano	Stuff Smith Trio	3:59
1945-06-09	Perdido		piano	Stuff Smith Trio	7:10
1945-06-09	Perdido		piano	Stuff Smith Trio	7:10
1945-06-09	Perdido (Town Hall)		piano	Stuff Smith Trio	7:04
1945-06-09	Stardust		piano	Bill Coleman	6:10
1945-06-27	Back Talk		piano	Walter Thomas Orchestra	3:08
1945-06-27	Bird Brain		piano	Walter Thomas Orchestra	2:48
1945-06-27	Black Maria's Blues		piano	Walter Thomas Orchestra	2:53
1945-06-27	Dee-Tees		piano	Walter Thomas Orchestra	2:31
1945-10	Before Long		piano	Sid Catlett and His All Stars	3:08
1945-10	Just a Riff		piano	Sid Catlett and His All Stars	3:16
1945-10	Mop De Mop Mop		piano	Sid Catlett and His All Stars	3:10
1945-10	What's Happenin'		piano	Sid Catlett and His All Stars	2:53
1946-07-24	Harlem Cradle Song		piano	Buck Clayton’s Big Eight	2:41
1946-07-24	I Want a Little Girl		piano	Buck Clayton’s Big Eight	2:53
1946-07-24	My Good Man Sam		piano	Buck Clayton’s Big Eight	2:39
1946-07-24	Saragota Special		piano	Buck Clayton’s Big Eight	2:39
1946-07-24	Sentimental Summer		piano	Buck Clayton’s Big Eight	3:23
1946-10-18	Mohawk Special		piano	Don Byas	3:20
1946-10-18	Peanut Butter Blues		piano	Don Byas	2:50
1946-12-04	Ain't Misbehavin'		piano	Don Byas	2:45
1946-12-04	Blue and Sentimental		piano	Don Byas	2:40
1946-12-04	Body and Soul		piano	Don Byas	2:55
1946-12-04	Gloria (1946-12-04, mx. 0SW 438-1)		piano	Don Byas and His Orchestra	3:07
1946-12-04	I'm Beginning to See the Light		piano	Don Byas	2:25
1946-12-04	Rosetta		piano	Don Byas	2:45
1946-12-04	Stridin’ Down the Champs‐Elysées (1946-12-04, mx. 0SW 436-1)		piano	Billy Taylor	3:11
1946-12-04	The Very Thought of You (1946-12-04, mx. 0SW 435-1)		piano	Billy Taylor	3:23
1947-01-06	Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1947-01-06, mx. 0SW 446-1)		piano	Don Byas Quartet	2:45
1947-01-06	Blue and Sentimental (1947-01-06, mx. 0SW 448-2)		piano	Don Byas Quartet	2:44
1947-01-06	Body and Soul (1947-01-06, mx. 0SW 447-1)		piano	Don Byas Quartet	2:58
1947-01-06	I’m Beginning to See the Light (1947-01-06, mx. 0SW 444-1)		piano	Don Byas Quartet	2:24
1947-01-06	Rosetta (1947-01-06, mx. 0SW 445-2)		piano	Don Byas Quartet	2:48
1947-01-13	Billie's Bounce		piano	Tyree Glenn & His Orchestra	2:49
1947-01-13	I Can't Get Started		piano	Tyree Glenn & His Orchestra	2:36
1947-01-13	I Surrender, Dear		piano	Tyree Glenn & His Orchestra	3:10
1947-01-13	I Surrender, Dear		piano	Don Byas/Tyree Glenn Orchestra	3:08
1947-01-13	Mad Monk		piano	Tyree Glenn & His Orchestra	2:38
1947-01-13	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone		piano	Tyree Glenn & His Orchestra	2:47
1947-01-13	The Hour of Parting		piano	Tyree Glenn & His Orchestra	3:23
1947-01-27	Cement Mixer		piano	Don Byas Ree‐Boppers	2:54
1947-01-27	Dynamo A		piano	Don Byas Ree‐Boppers	3:32
1947-01-27	How High the Moon		piano	Don Byas Ree‐Boppers	2:41
1947-01-27	Laura		piano	Don Byas Ree‐Boppers	3:44
1947-01-27	Red Cross		piano	Don Byas Ree‐Boppers	2:48
1947-01-27	Walking Around		piano	Don Byas Ree‐Boppers	2:52
1947-01-27	Walking Around		piano	Don Byas Ree‐Boppers	2:42
1947-02-17	Always		piano	Tyree Glenn	3:12
1947-02-17	Humoresque		piano	Tyree Glenn	3:11
1947-02-17	My Melancholy Baby		piano	Tyree Glenn	2:58
1947-02-17	Poor Butterfly		piano	Tyree Glenn	3:05
1947-06-13	Billie’s Bounce		piano	Don Byas & Tyree Glenn Orchestra	2:54
1947-06-13	I Can’t Get Started		piano	Don Byas & Tyree Glenn Orchestra	2:40
1947-06-13	I Surrender, Dear		piano	Don Byas & Tyree Glenn Orchestra	3:16
1947-06-13	Mad Monk		piano	Don Byas & Tyree Glenn Orchestra	2:42
1947-06-13	Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone		piano	Don Byas & Tyree Glenn Orchestra	2:40
1947-06-13	The Hour of Parting		piano	Don Byas & Tyree Glenn Orchestra	3:26
1947-06	I Don't Ask Questions, I Just Have Fun		piano	Billy Taylor Quartet	2:44
1947-06	So You Think You're Cute		piano	Billy Taylor Quartet	2:37
1947-06	Twinkletoes		piano	Billy Taylor Quartet	2:42
1947-06	Well Taylor-Ed		piano	Billy Taylor Quartet	2:46
1947-09-26	Mitch's Pitch		piano	Billy Taylor Quartet	2:55
1947-09-26	Mr. B. Bops		piano	Billy Taylor Quartet	2:47
1947-09-26	Restricted		piano	Billy Taylor Quartet	2:45
1947-09-26	Stridin' Down the Champs-Élysées		piano	Billy Taylor Quartet	3:11
1947-11-29	Misty Morning Blues		piano	Billy Taylor Quintet	2:47
1947-11-29	Prelude to a Kiss		piano	Billy Taylor Quintet	2:26
1947-11-29	Take the "A" Train		piano	Billy Taylor Quintet	2:42
1947-11-29	The Bug		piano	Billy Taylor Quintet	2:38
1950-08-23	I Cried for You		piano	Charlie Parker	2:30
1950-08-25	Can Anyone Explain?		piano	Coleman Hawkins Quintet	2:52
1950-08-25	I Cross My Fingers		piano	Coleman Hawkins Quintet	2:46
1950-08-25	I’ll Know		piano	Coleman Hawkins Quintet	2:50
1950-08-25	You’ve Got Me Crying Again		piano	Coleman Hawkins Quintet	2:53
1951-02-20	Good Groove		piano	The Billy Taylor Touch	3:02
1951-02-20	Somebody Loves Me		piano	The Billy Taylor Touch	2:44
1951-02-20	The Very Thought of You		piano	The Billy Taylor Touch	3:22
1951-02-20	Thou Swell		piano	The Billy Taylor Touch	3:12
1951-02-20	What Is There to Say		piano	The Billy Taylor Touch	3:00
1951-02-20	Willow Weep for Me		piano	The Billy Taylor Touch	3:27
1951-02-20	Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams		piano	The Billy Taylor Touch	2:44
1951-02-21	Ah-Dee-Dong Blues (Oriental Cello Blues)		piano	Oscar Pettiford	2:32
1951-02-21	Cello Again		piano	Oscar Pettiford	2:39
1951-02-21	I'm Beginning to See the Light		piano	Oscar Pettiford	2:50
1951-02-21	Sonny Boy		piano	Oscar Pettiford	2:52
1951-07-13	Aboard the Sentimental Train		piano	Sy Oliver and His Orchestra	3:25
1951-07-13	Castle Rock		piano	Sy Oliver and His Orchestra	3:05
1951-08-14	Kissin' Bug Boogie		piano	Sy Oliver and His Orchestra	3:30
1951-08-14	Slick Chick on the Sly		piano	Sy Oliver and His Orchestra	2:49
1951-09-29	Lady Bird		piano	Miles Davis	5:38
1951-09-29	Move		piano	Miles Davis	6:26
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	orchestra
1966-08-16	I've Got You Under My Skin			Earl Coleman featuring Billy Taylor	2:53
1966-08-16	People			Earl Coleman featuring Billy Taylor	3:27
	The Work Song			Earl Coleman featuring Billy Taylor	2:37
	produced
	'Round Midnight			Billy Taylor	10:34
	Back to My Dream			Billy Taylor	3:51
	Barbados Beauty			Billy Taylor	2:04
	Billy and Dave			Billy Taylor	1:09
	Cag			Billy Taylor	4:22
	Cubano Chant			Billy Taylor	3:51
	Dave and Billy			Billy Taylor	1:09
	Hard to Find			Billy Taylor	4:08
	Homage - Part I			Billy Taylor	5:57
	Homage - Part II			Billy Taylor	12:15
	Homage - Part III			Billy Taylor	8:17
	Hope and Hostility			Billy Taylor	2:46
	I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free			Billy Taylor	4:25
	I'll Remember April			Billy Taylor	6:11
	It Happens All the Time			Billy Taylor	4:35
	Just the Thought of You			Billy Taylor	7:26
	Kim's Song			Billy Taylor	4:51
	Laurentide Waltz			Billy Taylor	4:52
	Line for Lyons			Billy Taylor	6:04
	Lonesome Lover			Billy Taylor	3:32
	Lush Life			Billy Taylor	6:21
	Morning			Billy Taylor	5:23
	On This Lean, Mean Street			Billy Taylor	3:48
	One for Fun			Billy Taylor	2:44
	Pensativa			Billy Taylor	8:11
	Rico Apollo			Billy Taylor	4:13
	Step Into My Dream			Billy Taylor	6:13
	Sunny			Billy Taylor	4:22
	TNT			Billy Taylor	4:27
	Two Shades of Blue			Billy Taylor	4:50
	Uncle Bob			Billy Taylor	3:42
	Who Can I Turn To?			Billy Taylor	4:24
	You're Mine			Billy Taylor	2:45
	arranged
	Back to My Dream
	Barbados Beauty
	Billy and Dave
	Dave and Billy
	Homage - Part I
	Homage - Part II
	Homage - Part III
	Hope and Hostility
	It Happens All the Time
	Kim's Song
	On This Lean, Mean Street
	One for Fun
	Step Into My Dream
	Two Shades of Blue
	Uncle Bob
	composed
	(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One
	A Bientot
	Blue Cloud
	Capricious
	Cool and Caressing
	Daddy-O
	Day Dreaming
	Did you dream too
	Early Bird
	Easy Walker
	Ever So Easy
	It’s a Grand Night for Swinging
	Live It Up
	Long Tom
	Mad Monk
	Mood for Mendes
	One for the Woofer
	Radioactivity
	Theodora
	Titoro
	Tune for Tex
	wrote
	Back to My Dream
	Barbados Beauty
	Billy and Dave
	Dave and Billy
	Homage - Part I
	Homage - Part II
	Homage - Part III
	Hope and Hostility
	I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free	Billy Taylor
	It Happens All the Time
	Kim's Song
	On This Lean, Mean Street
	One for Fun
	Step Into My Dream
	Two Shades of Blue
	Uncle Bob

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