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	Jazz News: Billy Taylor Trio Live at IAJE, New York
		Billy Taylor Trio Live at the IAJE, New York was recorded at the 28th annual conference of the International Association of Jazz Education held on January 13, 2001 in New York City.
		Taylor's life-long dedication to jazz education and the development of jazz audiences is unparalleled.
		Billy Taylor practices what he preaches--his music reaches out with open arms, enveloping the ears of jazz novices and seasoned veterans alike, inviting all to share in the joy and excitement that is this music called jazz.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/news.php?id=1847 (374 words)

	UMD: Billy Taylor
		William "Billy" Taylor, world-renowned jazz pianist, received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters for Cultural Contributions from the University of Minnesota Duluth on Friday, March 5 at noon in the Weber Music Hall.
		Taylor is the Duke Ellington Fellow at Yale and adviser for jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. In a career that has spanned six decades, he has shared his music with people around the world through performance, recordings, lectures, public arts initiatives and television.
		Taylor was born in Greenville, N.C., in 1921 and began studying his chosen instrument, piano, at the age of 7.
	www.d.umn.edu /unirel/homepage/btaylor.html (315 words)

	Billy Taylor Biography
		Distinguished ambassador of the jazz community to the world-at-large, Dr. Billy Taylor was born in 1921 in North Carolina to a musical family, where everybody played piano and sang.
		Taylor's career in broadcasting reached its summit in the early 1980s when he was hired as the arts reporter for the CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt.
		Taylor was appointed by the president to the National Council for the Arts, the first jazz musician since Duke Ellington to be so honored.
	www.view.com /taylor-bio.html (1476 words)

	Billy Taylor, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
		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.
		In 1951, he was the house pianist at Birdland and soon afterward Taylor formed his first of many trios.
		But despite his activities in jazz education, Taylor has rarely gone long between performances and recordings, always keeping his bop-based style consistently swinging and fresh.
	www.emusic.com /artist/10558/10558360.html (334 words)

	Billy Taylor: Legendary jazz pianist plays UM, Main Hall to Main St., The University of Montana
		Billy Taylor will discuss "Jazz as a Metaphor for Democracy" and illustrate his talk with selections from his jazz repertoire on Tuesday, Feb. 1, in the University Theatre.
		Taylor's visit is in conjunction with the "The Jazz Age in Paris: 1914-1940," a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit that will visit Missoula Feb. 10-March 23.
		Since 1994 Taylor has been artistic adviser for jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. He is host of the National Public Radio show, "Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center," his latest venture in a 20-year public radio career.
	www.umt.edu /urelations/mainhall/100/taylor.htm (386 words)

	Lehigh - Coach Bio
		In his inaugural campaign, all Taylor did was become the all-time winningest first-year coach in Lehigh history and in the process lay the foundation for a perennial contender to reside in South Bethlehem.
		Billy is an excellent teacher of the game, he is committed to the academic ideals of this institution, he has hired an excellent staff, and he appears to be an excellent recruiter."
		Taylor scored a career high 23 points against Loyola in his freshman season and pulled down a career high eight rebounds as a sophomore vs. Duquesne.
	www.lehighsports.com /sports/mbball/coach/bio.asp?COACH_ID=5 (955 words)

	Billy Taylor Information
		Billy Taylor, one of jazz's most influential pianists, composers, and educators, is currently the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University (ECU).
		Taylor's visits to ECU marked a homecoming of sorts for the acclaimed musician; he was born in Greenville in 1921.
		Taylor holds two degrees in music education, a bachelor's from Virginia State University and a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he occupies the Wilber D. Barrett Chair of Music.
	www.ecu.edu /music/jazz/distinguished.html (502 words)

	Billy Taylor Donates Collection
		Taylor served as musical director for the pilot television comedy show created by David Frost called That Was the Week That Was, the American version of a British broadcast of the same title.
		In 1969 Billy Taylor finally had the opportunity to work with David Frost as the first fl music director of a major television series, “The David Frost Show.” Prior to each broadcast, the studio audience was treated to an hourlong jazz concert by the band.
		In 1972 Billy Taylor was appointed by President Richard Nixon to the National Council on the Arts for a six-year term.
	www.loc.gov /loc/lcib/0105/jazz_archives.html (2075 words)

	UM-Flint Today/taylor.htm
		Billy Taylor's jazz sound has been heard in almost every corner of the globe.
		Taylor says there are more than forty thousand jazz bands around the country.
		Taylor said he was pleased to be the Keynote Speaker at the commencement ceremony.
	www.flint.umich.edu /today/taylor.htm (213 words)

	Billy Taylor, Sr. - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Not to be confused with the famous pianist, this Billy Taylor (whose son Billy Taylor, Jr.
		Taylor spent a period back with Johnson (1932-33), recorded with Fats Waller and was with Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra in 1934 for a short time before it broke up.
		Taylor was a regular member of Duke Ellington's Orchestra during 1935-40, making many recordings both with Duke and with the small groups led by Ellington's sidemen.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,575464,00.html (440 words)

	GRAMMY.com
		Taylor announced his retirement last September in Paris at UNESCO ceremonies for International Music Day when he received a lifetime achievement award for his work as an educator.
		Taylor has spent the last two years working to regain control of his hands and fingers after suffering a stroke — the therapy enabling him not just to play, but to reconstitute his individual approach to jazz piano.
		Taylor was also a founder of Jazzmobile, which under his direction grew from a program presenting concerts on a mobile stage to a full-fledged educational program.
	grammy.com /features/2005/0328drtaylor.aspx (1001 words)

	CBS News \| Billy Taylor \| September 29, 2005 14:30:29
		Billy Taylor, distinguished ambassador of the jazz community to the world at large, was born in 1921 in North Carolina to a musical family in which everyone played piano and sang.
		Taylor was particularly drawn to the keyboard, and decided at a young age that he would "sing through the piano." It was a fortuitous decision.
		His latest series, Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center, is recorded live and features a mix of performances and interviews, affording audiences a rare insight into the lives of the artists and the way they create their music.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/1998/07/09/sunday/main13583.shtml (2166 words)

	Billy Taylor Trio featured at Cornell Jazz Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Taylor has enjoyed over 50 years on the jazz stage and can be heard on countless recordings, the most recent of which are on the GRP label.
		In addition to performing, Taylor is artistic adviser for jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., where he hosts a weekly NPR radio show, Billy Taylor's Jazz from the Kennedy Center.
		The visit by the Billy Taylor Trio is supported in part by grants from the Cornell Council for the Arts and Meet The Composer Inc. Additional funding for the Jazz Festival is provided by the Student Assembly Finance Commission.
	www.news.cornell.edu /Chronicle/98/4.23.98/jazz.html (552 words)

	Billy Taylor Jazz - CDs/Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Billy Taylor conveys the history and development of America's classical music, jazz, through a unique perspective - that of practicing musician, jazz pianist and educator.
		For years Taylor recorded with trios, but here he goes it alone and treats the listener to another, more carefree realm of his playing...Taylor was 75 years old during this recording, and one would think that at that age perhaps the fingers aren't as nimble as they used to be.
		Billy's note: "This is a compilation of a things that were recorded as singles, not made as an album.
	www.billytaylorjazz.com /cds_books.php (4472 words)

	Billy Taylor Donates His Archives to Library of Congress
		Taylor has written 12 books on music and music theory during his fruitful career, and the manuscripts of these as well as the manuscript of his doctoral dissertation are also part of the collection.
		In 1969, Billy Taylor became the first fl music director of a major television series, "The David Frost Show." The show was the first in a string of associations for Billy Taylor in television.
		In 1994, Dr. Taylor was appointed to the position of artistic adviser on jazz for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where his knowledge, expertise and influence are in demand.
	www.loc.gov /today/pr/2001/01-033.html (518 words)

	The Third Annual Billy Taylor Residency
		Taylor knows the impact that such activities can have on young people.
		Because of this belief, Dr. Taylor instituted the Billy Taylor Endowment for Jazz Residencies.
		The Billy Taylor Jazz Residency began in spring 1999 with the talents of jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon.
	www.umass.edu /fac/spotlight/staticarchives/2000-2001/volume16-3/section/performing/TheThird.html (354 words)

	Floridian: Billy Taylor: jazz personified
		If jazz were a religion, Billy Taylor might be thought of as its greatest and most effective living preacher, a tireless, listener-friendly evangelist for the cause.
		Taylor returns to one of his favorite modes of expression on Thursday, when he resumes his musical conversation with Ramsey Lewis, best known as the composer of 1965's The In Crowd, a million-selling instrumental hit.
		Taylor found himself in the midst of a particularly inspired group of musicians, during a period celebrated as a golden age of jazz.
	www.sptimes.com /News/022501/Floridian/Billy_Taylor__jazz_pe.shtml (873 words)

	2004 Deaf Mother of the Year
		Billy Taylor, who was born in Bonny Blue, Virginia and was raised in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, attended the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind in Staunton.
		Billy and Deanna are fortunate to have several of their children living close by them.
		Billy, Jr., his wife, and their two children live nearby as well as their daughter, Karen of Richmond, and Lily Mountjoy, her husband, Charles, and their two children of Hopewell.
	www.vad.org /FOY2004.html (443 words)

	Billy Taylor - Biography
		Billy Taylor encompasses that rare combination of creativity, intelligence, vision, commitment and leadership, qualities that make him one of our most cherished national treasures.
		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.
		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.
	www.billytaylorjazz.com /bio.php (447 words)

	- SHOP.COM
		Jazz educator and television personality Billy Taylor is also a technically accomplished and often overlooked pianist.
		With his trio from the early 1950s, Taylor played accessible, bop-influenced jazz, and this Prestige compilation, which features almost 70 minutes of music, brings together some of the best sides from the trios tenure at the label.
		Taylor found a steady, sophisticated rhythm section in bassist Earl May and drummer Charlie Smith (whose subtle brushwork keeps the beat simmering on both slow and up-tempo numbers), and the outfits tight-knit chemistry is on display throughout this set.
	www.shop.com /op/aprod-p28374600 (325 words)

	Key decision for Billy Taylor - The Washington Times: Entertainment - March 31, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Taylor says from his home in Riverdale, N.Y., where he commutes to the District tofulfill his longtime role as the Kennedy Center's jazz impresario.
		Taylor has led his own trio for nearly half a century and has recorded close to 50 albums.
		Taylor earned master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst — hence the familiar Dr. honorific in front of his name.
	www.washtimes.com /entertainment/20050330-102209-1554r.htm (475 words)

	American Visions: Billy Taylor's Jazz - influential pianist going strong at 77 - Interview
		Taylor also trumpets jazz in his books on music, including Jazz Piano: A Jazz History (W.C. Brown, 1983), and his latest, The Billy Taylor Collection (Hal Leonard Publishing, 1999).
		Taylor describes the genesis of the idea for Jazzmobile: "In those days, because we couldn't get jazz taught in the schools to the extent that I wanted to see it, I started a workshop in New York City.
		With the jazz club era dying, Taylor knew that he was going to have to make the transition to another part of the business: "I began to look into radio a little more, and finally a guy hired me at WLIB in New York City.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1546/is_2_14/ai_54479969 (1474 words)

	Billy Taylor - GRP Records
		Taylor began his musical career in New York's nightclubs, playing piano alongside some of the great performers in the bebop movement.
		Taylor is currently a board member of the Rockefeller Foundation, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), and Meet-the-Composer, among others.
		Taylor is one of only three jazz musicians appointed to the National Council on the Arts, and he was recently appointed as Artistic Advisor for Jazz at the Kennedy Center.
	www.vervemusicgroup.com /artist.aspx?ob=rnd&src=rslt&aid=2693 (319 words)

	Ramsey Lewis and Billy Taylor trade piano licks April 18 in Hancher
		Lewis and Taylor have been occasionally touring and recording together for nearly a decade, but they took very different routes to this mutually satisfying musical meeting of the minds.
		He's never had a hit, but Taylor has won two Peabody Awards, was honored with the National Medal of the Arts and was appointed to the National Council on the Arts.
		Taylor says, "We play for a lot of people who just like the piano as an instrument, not necessarily jazz fans.
	www.uiowa.edu /~ournews/1997/march/0328lewis.html (730 words)

	Gerry Mulligan by Craig Hanley - Dr. T (Billy Taylor) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		With the addition of Billy's long-time friend, baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, the attitude is as personally relaxed as it is musically respectful and introspective.
		Taylor alters the chords giving the half-century old standard a feeling of first hearing.
		Billy, in effect, recomposes the tune with improvised choruses, but he never plays an out chorus.
	www.gerrymulligan.info /m_drt.html (666 words)

	Jazz News: Billy Taylor's Urban Griot is NUMBER 1 on the Yellow Dog Jazz Chart
		Billy Taylor's latest work, “Urban Griot,” made its debut in October, 2000.
		In African tradition, a griot is a professional entertainer, a master musician, a historian, the bearer of news, good and bad, a storyteller, an educator, a wise man and sometimes a healer.
		The eleven musical selections on Urban Griot demonstrate why Billy Taylor is our most distinguished ambassador to the jazz community, performer, author, composer, broadcaster, educator and statesman.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/news.php?id=901 (310 words)

	Suite Goodbye: Billy Taylor's Jazz Sendoff (washingtonpost.com)
		Wouldn't you know it: Pianist Billy Taylor ended his seven-decade-long career as a performing artist at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater on Thursday night without even hinting at the concert's significance or saying a word of farewell.
		Taylor has never had any use for polite accompanists, and as the group moved through a brief set of Taylor-penned tunes, Jackson and Harper punctuated the arrangements with distinctive and vibrant solos -- spirited, witty and playful.
		Taylor will now focus on other jazz pursuits with the same energy, dedication and sense of purpose.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A20153-2005Apr1.html (438 words)

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