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Billy Taylor

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Aliases
Billy Taylor and His Quartet
Billy Taylor and His Trio
Billy Taylor Trio
the Billy Taylor Trio
Dr. Billy Taylor
The New Billy Taylor Trio
Real name
William Edward Taylor, Jr.
Born
July 24, 1921
Died
December 28, 2010
Country
United States
IPI
00030287703 2 works
00030306733 6 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Jazz pianist, composer and educator
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Originals

Covers by Billy Taylor

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1961 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (Chorus by Carmen Lombardo)
April 1965 Ray McKinley and Some of The Boys
i   1988 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1952 Bing Crosby
i Wouldn't It Be Loverly? Billy Taylor Trio 1997 Unverified
i   1957 Julie Andrews REL, Julie Andrews and Cast PRF
i 1957 Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth and Rod McLennan
i March 1958 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Connie Haines
i 1952 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
i   1993 Norman Wisdom PRF, Shirley Bassey with Accompaniment directed by Johnnie Spence REL
listen on Internet Archive i December 1954 Gene Krupa & His Orchestra
i 1960 Benny Carter and His Swing Quartet featuring Elisabeth Welch
March 1968 Tony Martin [US1]
i 1952 Jane Froman & Everett Marshall
i October 1989 Bill Evans [US1]
i 1997 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
listen on Internet Archive   1958 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ross Alexander [dubbed by James Newill] & Wini Shaw BRD
i June 1968 Jimmy Smith [US] - Arr. & Cond. by Oliver Nelson
listen on Internet Archive i   February 1953 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
i   1952 Broadway Nitelites - Vocal Chorus by Franklyn Baur REC,REL, William Gaxton & Constance Carpenter PRF
i April 1965 Nat "King" Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins
  1955 Mary Eaton & Oscar Shaw PRF, Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lewis James REC,REL
i   1952 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive   1958 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
March 1968 Nat Adderley, Oscar Brown, Jr.
i March 1958 John Payne & Joan Merrill
March 1968 Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
i   March 1958 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Maxine Grey REC, Doris Carson & Ray Bolger PRF
i   1957 Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Robert Coote REC,REL, Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews and Robert Coote PRF
i   March 1958 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Di Vito REC, Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REL
  1955 Ethel Merman - Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra and Chorus REL, Ethel Merman PRF
i   1998 Helen Clark–Lewis James REC, Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
i March 1955 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
i June 1968 Mieko Hirota - Billy Taylor Trio
i   1960 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
i 2007 Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1945 Prince's Band
i   1952 Winnie Lightner PRF, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL
i   1957 Julie Andrews, John Michael King REC, Julie Andrews and John Michael King PRF
i March 1958 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i 1993 Gerry Mulligan
i October 1989 Denny Zeitlin
Progress Alan Jay Lerner feat. Billy Taylor 1955 Unverified
i 1960 (unknown), David Rose and His Orchestra
  March 1968 Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Peter Matz REC,REL, Barbra Streisand PRF
i June 1968 Bud Shank & Clare Fischer
i   1957 John Michael King REL,PRF
i 1988 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i   1998 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Fred Astaire REC, Fred Astaire PRF
i October 1989 The Oscar Peterson Trio
i   1954 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Johnny Morris REC
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Jack Denny & His Orchestra
i April 1965 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
listen on Internet Archive i December 1954 Vic Damone and Music by Camarata
listen on Internet Archive   1958 Maurice Chevalier REC,BRD
listen on Internet Archive i   1950 Jessie Matthews PRF, Ambrose and His Mayfair Orchestra REC
i June 1968 Clare Fischer
i   1988 Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
i 1954 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
i 1997 John Coltrane
i April 1965 Oliver Nelson [US]
i 1953 Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra
March 1968 Victor Salon Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret), (unknown)
i 1956 Bobby Woodlen's Harlem Mambos
i   1960 Eddie Cantor REC,REL,PRF
i   1993 King Cole and His Trio - Orch. cond. by Pete Rugolo REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
i 1954 George Shearing Quintet
Love Song Alan Jay Lerner feat. Billy Taylor 1955 Unverified
i   1997 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
  1955 Kenny Baker [US1] BRD, Abe Lyman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish REC
i   April 1965 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
  1956 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
i 2007 Gerry Mulligan Quartet
i 1953 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Connie Haines, Frank Sintra & The Pied Pipers
i Laurentide Waltz Billy Taylor 1993 Unverified
i 1998 Alfred Newman
i 2007 Alfred Newman
i   2007 Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) REC, Lawrence Gray BRD
i 1998 The Clifford Brown Ensemble
January 20, 1966 Billy Taylor Trio
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March 1968 Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young
i   1957 Rex Harrison REL,PRF
  March 1968 Virginia Bruce BRD, Frances Langford with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC
i 1954 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jean Eldridge
i 1955 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Al Jolson
i 2007 George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
i 1998 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i October 1989 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by Orlando Roberson, Chester Gaylord "The Whispering Serenader"
January 20, 1966 The Dave Bailey Quintet, Mel Tormé
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Harry James and His Orchestra
i   March 1955 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
  2006 Dick Todd with Orchestra REC,REL, Tamara PRF
i   1954 Mills Brothers REL, Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers REC
i 1952 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
i   1988 Marcy Westcott and Richard Kollmar PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louise Tobin REC,REL
  1955 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & His Orchestra REL
i   1957 Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans REC,REL, Julie Andrews, Philippa Bevans and Cast PRF
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra featuring Jerry Cooper
i   March 1955 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
i 1954 Eddie Davis acc. by Bill Doggett
i Hard to Find Billy Taylor 1967 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Lucienne Boyer, Lud Gluskin and His Continental Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Clark
i 1954 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
i 1988 (unknown)
i   1952 John Payne BRD, Bing Crosby and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Betty Barclay REL
i   1957 Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth, Rod McLennan REC,REL, Stanley Holloway, Gordon Dilworth, Rod McLennan and Cast PRF
  January 20, 1966 Benny Goodman Sextet REL,REC
Economics Alan Jay Lerner feat. Billy Taylor 1955 Unverified
i 1977 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i October 1989 The Modern Jazz Quartet
i 1993 (unknown)
i   April 1965 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus REL, [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD
listen on Internet Archive   1958 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REL
i   2007 Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Anita Boyer REL
i 1993 Ray Bryant Trio
i October 1989 The Horace Silver Quintet
i   2007 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra PRF, Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra REL
  1955 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
March 1968 Henry Mancini and His Orchestra with Chorus
i 1997 Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i 2007 Billy Taylor
i 1970 George Martin and His Orchestra
i 1997 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i 2007 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i 1960 Shirley Ross
listen on Internet Archive i   1945 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
1955 Lee Wiley - Jess Stacy and His Orchestra
i 1960 Clifton Webb
  1955 Lena Horne and Avon Long PRF, Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt REC
i 1952 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1958 William Gaxton & Bettina Hall
i   1988 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i   2007 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i All the Things You Are Billy Taylor Trio 1956 Unverified
i   March 1955 Fred Astaire BRD, Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Bob Lytell REC
March 1968 Agostinho dos Santos, Jack Jones
i 1952 Jan Garber and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lee Bennett

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
A Touch of Taylor The Billy Taylor Trio 1955 Prestige [US]
A Woman in Love Barbara Lea with Billy Taylor and His Trio and Johnny Windhurst 1955 Riverside [US]
Billy Taylor Billy Taylor 1952 Atlantic
Billy Taylor & Gerry Mulligan Live at MCG Billy Taylor & Gerry Mulligan 2007 MCG Jazz
Billy Taylor Plays for D.J's. Billy Taylor Trio 1954 Prestige [US]
Concert at Town Hall Billy Taylor Trio March 1955 Prestige [US]
Dr. T Billy Taylor 1993 GRP Records
Impromptu Billy Taylor 1962 Mercury
Interlude Billy Taylor 1961 Prestige Moodsville
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free Billy Taylor and His Trio June 1968 Tower [US2]
Jazz Alive Billy Taylor 1977 Monmouth Evergreen
Love Songs Earl Coleman featuring Billy Taylor March 1968 Atlantic
Lyrics by Lerner Alan Jay Lerner feat. Kaye Ballard and Billy Taylor 1955 Heritage [1]
Midnight Piano Billy Taylor April 1965 Capitol Records
Miko in New York Mieko Hirota - Billy Taylor Trio January 20, 1966 Nippon Columbia
Music Keeps Us Young Billy Taylor Trio 1997 Arkadia Jazz
My Fair Lady Loves Jazz The Billy Taylor Trio with Orchestra conducted by Quincy Jones 1957 ABC-Paramount
OK Billy! Billy Taylor 1970 Bell
One for Fun Billy Taylor 1960 Atlantic
Right Here, Right Now! Billy Taylor Trio February 1964 Capitol Records
Solo Billy Taylor 1988 Taylor-Made Recordings
Ten Fingers – One Voice Billy Taylor 1998 Arkadia Jazz
The Billy Taylor Trio with Candido Billy Taylor Trio with Candido 1956 Prestige [US]
The New Billy Taylor Trio The New Billy Taylor Trio March 1958 ABC-Paramount
'Til Morning Johnnie Ray with the Billy Taylor Trio 1958 Columbia [US]
Warming Up! The Billy Taylor Trio 1960 Riverside [US]
We Meet Again Ramsey Lewis/Billy Taylor October 1989 Columbia [US]

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