Billy Taylor • Midnight Piano

Billy Taylor encompassed that rare combination of creativity, intelligence, vision, commitment and leadership, qualities that made him one of our most cherished national treasures.

The distinguished ambassador of the jazz community to the world-at-large, Dr. Billy Taylor's recording career spans nearly six decades. He has also composed over three hundred and fifty songs, including “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free,” as well as works for theatre, dance and symphony orchestras.

Playing the piano professionally since 1944, he got his start with Ben Webster's Quartet on New York's famed 52nd Street. He then served as the house pianist at Birdland, the legendary jazz club where he performed with such celebrated masters as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis. Since the 1950s, Billy Taylor has been leading his own Trio, as well as performing with the most influential jazz musicians of the twentieth century.

Dr. Taylor has not only been an influential musician, but a highly regarded teacher as well, receiving his Masters and Doctorate in Music Education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and serving as a Duke Ellington Fellow at Yale University.

He has also hosted and programmed such radio stations WLIB and WNEW in New York, and award winning series for National Public Radio. In the early 1980s, Taylor became the arts correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning.

Dr. Billy Taylor is one of only three jazz musicians appointed to the National Council of the Arts, and also serves as the Artistic Advisor for Jazz to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where he has developed one acclaimed concert series after another including the Louis Armstrong Legacy series, and the annual Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival.

With over twenty three honorary doctoral degrees, Dr. Billy Taylor is also the recipient of two Peabody Awards, an Emmy, a Grammy and a host of prestigious and highly coveted prizes, such as the National Medal of Arts, the Tiffany Award, a Lifetime achievement Award from Downbeat Magazine, and, election to the Hall of Fame for the International Association for Jazz Education.

Dr. Billy Taylor passed on Dec. 28, 2010.

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Billy Taylor comprendía esa rara combinación de creatividad, inteligencia, visión, compromiso y liderazgo, cualidades que lo convirtieron en uno de nuestros tesoros nacionales más preciados.

El distinguido embajador de la comunidad de jazz ante el mundo en general, la carrera discográfica del Dr. Billy Taylor abarca casi seis décadas. También ha compuesto más de trescientas cincuenta canciones, entre ellas "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free", así como obras para teatro, danza y orquestas sinfónicas.

Tocando el piano profesionalmente desde 1944, comenzó con Ben Webster's Quartet en la famosa calle 52 de Nueva York. Luego se desempeñó como pianista en Birdland, el legendario club de jazz donde tocó con maestros tan famosos como Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie y Miles Davis. Desde los años 50, Billy Taylor ha estado dirigiendo su propio trío, así como tocando con los músicos de jazz más influyentes del siglo XX.

El Dr. Taylor no sólo ha sido un músico influyente, sino también un profesor muy respetado, recibiendo su Maestría y Doctorado en Educación Musical de la Universidad de Massachusetts en Amherst y sirviendo como Duke Ellington Fellow en la Universidad de Yale.

También ha sido anfitrión y programador de las estaciones de radio WLIB y WNEW en Nueva York, y de series premiadas para la Radio Pública Nacional. A principios de la década de 1980, Taylor se convirtió en corresponsal de arte de CBS Sunday Morning.

El Dr. Billy Taylor es uno de sólo tres músicos de jazz nombrados para el Consejo Nacional de las Artes, y también sirve como Asesor Artístico de Jazz para el Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, donde ha desarrollado una aclamada serie de conciertos tras otra, incluyendo la serie Louis Armstrong Legacy, y el Festival anual Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz.

Con más de veintitrés doctorados honorarios, el Dr. Billy Taylor también ha recibido dos premios Peabody, un Emmy, un Grammy y una serie de prestigiosos y muy codiciados premios, como la Medalla Nacional de las Artes, el Premio Tiffany, un premio de logros de toda una vida de la revista Downbeat y la elección al Salón de la Fama de la Asociación Internacional para la Educación en Jazz.

El Dr. Billy Taylor falleció el 28 de diciembre de 2010.

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Tracks:
A1 Midnight Piano     2:49
A2 You Cam A Long Way From St. Louis     2:46
A3 Just The Thought Of You     3:26
A4 A Secret     2:14
A5 My Romance     2:24
A6 It's A Grand Night For Swinging     2:35
B1 You Tempt Me     3:24
B2 Dont' Ever Say We're Through     2:23
B3 Days Of Wine And Roses     3:25
B4 Miss Fine     3:00
B5 This Is All I Ask     3:24
B6 Love For Sale     2:53

Credits:
    Bass – Ben Tucker
    Drums – Grady Tate
    Piano – Billy Taylor

Notes: All selections were recorded at Capitol's New York City Studios on October 12-14, 1964.

Label: Capitol Records ‎– ST 2302
Released: 1964
Genre: Jazz
Style: Big Band, Swing

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