Billy Taylor
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American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator (1921-2010)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Jazz Piano, a jazz history
- Praying for Your Pastor
- Cracking the Theft Rings
- Mutual Feelings
- Billy Taylor Collection
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- 86,568
- Total plays
- 359,376
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jazzpianofunkbluesjazz piano
Multiple artists: A jazz pianist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Taylor A jazz bassist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Taylor_(jazz_bassist) 1. Billy Taylor (July 24, 1921 – December 28, 2010) was born in Greenville, North Carolina. Dr. Taylor, one of jazz's most influential pianists, composers, and educators, was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. Taylor graduated from Virginia State College with a B.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Billy
- Family name
- Taylor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Greenville
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- radio personality
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Official website
- billytaylorjazz.com
- Image
- Billy Taylor (jazz).jpg
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- Commons gallery
- Billy Taylor
- cause of death
- heart failure
- Commons category
- Billy Taylor
- date of birth
- 1921-07-24
- date of death
- 2010-12-28
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1943-00-00
- different from
- Billy Taylor
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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