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Born: July 24, 1921 in Greenville, NC
Years Active: 40 's, 50 's, 60 's, 70 's, 80 's, 90 's, 00's
Genre: Jazz

Biography:
Billy Taylor has been such an articulate spokesman for jazz, and his profiles on CBS' Sunday Morning television program (where he has been a regular since 1981) are so successful at introducing jazz to a wider audience, that sometimes one can forget how talented a pianist he has been for the past half-century. While not an innovator, Taylor has bee... Continue Bio >>

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Discography:
2007 Live at MCG
2006 Billy Taylor Trio with Earl May & Ed Thigpen
2005 Taylor Made at the Kennedy Center
2003 Billy Taylor Trio With Earl May & Percy Brice
2002 Live at the IAJE, New York
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Filmography:
2003 The Last of the First
1993 La Postière
1991 Class of Nuke 'Em High 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown
1990 Alice
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Similar Artists: Ahmad Jamal Sir Roland Hanna Toshiko Akiyoshi John Lewis Ramsey Lewis More >>

Influenced By: Thelonious Monk Art Tatum Nat King Cole Erroll Garner Teddy Wilson More >> Followers: Dorothy Ashby Cy Coleman Onaje Allan Gumbs Corky Hale Ahmad Jamal More >>

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