THE BILLY TAYLOR TOUCH (28-10-1951) by billy taylor
Songs
You make me feel so young, earl may, can you tell by looking at me, i get a kick out of you, wrap your troubles in dreams, willow weep for me, good groove, what is there to say, thou swell, the very thought of you, somebody loves me
Play by
Billy Taylor (piano), Earl May (bass), Ed Thigpen (drum)
Titoro, makin' whoopee, moonlight saving time, ladybird, i'm beginning to see the light, all the thing called love
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Billy Taylor (piano), Chuck wayne (guitar), Earl May or George Duvivier or Charles Mingus (bass), Charlie Smith or Sid Bulkin or Marquis Foster (drum), Frank Conlon, Manny Oquendo (percusion), Oscar Pettiford (cello)
They can't take that away from me, all too soon, accent on youth, give me the simple life, litle girl blue, the man with a horn, let's get away from it all
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Billy Taylor (piano), Earl May (bass), Charlie Smith (drum)
Cool and caressing, who can i turn to?, my one and only love, tenderly, i've got the world on a string, bird watcher, BT's DT's, that's all the little things, nice work if you can get it, the surrey with thefringe on top
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Billy Taylor (piano), Earl May (bass), Charlie Smith (drum)
Eddie's theme, mood for Mendes, lullaby of birdland, goodbye, tune for Tex, moonlight in Vermont, biddy's beat, i'll be around, i love to mambo, Candido mambo, early morning mambo, mambo azul
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Billy Taylor (piano), Earl May (bass), Percy Brice (drum), Charlie Smith (cga), Jose Mangual (bgo), Uba Nieto (timbales), Machito (maracas)
Ever so easy, radioactivity, à bientôt, long Tom, day dreaming, live it up, purple mood, early bird, blue cloud, it's a grand night for swinging, memories of srping, daddy-o
Play by
Billy Taylor (piano), Earl May (bass), Percy Brice (drum)
CD Album
PRES 7001 - Réédition : PRES 7664
MY FAIR LADY LOVES JAZZ (08-01-1957) by billy taylor
Songs
I' ve grown accustomed to her face, with a little bit of luck, wouldn't it be lovery?, on the street where you live, show me, the rain in Spain, i could have dance all night, get me to church on time
Play by
Billy Taylor (piano), Ernie Royal (trumpet), Don Elliott (trumpet) (vib), Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Jimmy Buffington (flh), Don Butterfield (tu), Anthony Ortega (alto sax) (tenor sax), Charles Fawlkes (bs), Earl May (bass), Ed Thigpen (drum)
Biddy's beat, Theodora, mood for Mendes, daddy-O, cu-blu, day dreaming, can you tell by looking at me, tune for Tex
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Clark Terry, Willie Cook (trumpet), Britt Woodman (tb), Harry Carney (bs), Paul Gonzalves (tenor sax), Johnny Hodges (alto sax), Billy Taylor (piano), Earl May (bass), Ed Thigpen (drum)
The song is ended, back home, one for the woofer, kool bongos, blues shutters, St Thomas, oh lady be good, how about you?, no parking
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Frank Wess or Jerry Sanfino, Herbie Mann, Jerome Richardson, Phil Bodner or Bill Slapin (fl), Billy Taylor (piano), Tom Williams (bass), Dave Bailey or Albert Heath (drum)
Warming up, easy like, that's where it is, coffee break, native dancer, afterthoughts, easy walker, lonesome love, don't bug me, you know what i mean, uncle Fuzzy, no aftertaste
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Billy Taylor (piano), Henry Grines (bass), Ray Mosca (drum)
You tempt me, do you dream too?, you're all that matters, interlude, you ^re mine you, my heart sings, i sigh, here today gone tomorrow love, all alone
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Billy Taylor (piano), Doug Watkins (bass), Ray Mosca (drum)
Septembre in the rain, i can't give you anything but love, taking a chance of love, for all we know, as time goes by, alone together, pennies from heaven, you don't know what love is, blues in the night
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susannah mccorkle (vcl), jimmy heath (tenor sax), ted dunbar (guitar), billy taylor (piano), victor gaskin (bass), tony reedus (drum)
Easy lving, wave, by myself, for all we know, will you still be mine?, i could write a book, i see your face before me, it was almost like a song, nobody home
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johnny hartman (vcl), frank wess (tenor sax) (fl), joe wilder (trumpet) (flh), al gafa (guitar), billy taylor (piano), victor gaskin (bass), keith copeland (drum)
People, work song, i've got you under my skin, Manhattan serenade, when did you leave heaven, a day in the life of a fool, charade, there's no you, i won't tell a soul, i wish i knew
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earl coleman (vcl), eddie williams (trumpet), jerome richardson (fl), billy taylor (piano), gene bertoncini (guitar), reggie workman (bass), bobby thomas (drum) + big band
What's new?, jumoin' with symphony Sid, stradust, cocktails for two, Georgia on my mind, mame, Morgan's song, fever, 'round midnight, i've got the world on a string, if i didn't care, the beastly blues
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joe wilder, eddie preston (trumpet), j.j. johnson (tb), sonny stitt (el-as) (el-ts), illinois jacquet (tenor sax), george berg (bs), billy taylor (piano), wild bill davis (org), mike mainieri (vib), les spann (guitar), george duvivier (bass), walter perkins (drum)
Duketation, t' wanna, icy stone, pink gloves, let my peopel split, samba de Orfeo, liberian love song, handkerchief head, Stitt's song
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joe newman, clark terry (trumpet), urbie green, j.j. johnson (tb), sonny stitt (alto sax) (tenor sax), eddie davis (tenor sax), george berg (bs),wild bill davis (org), junior mance or billy taylor (piano), les spann or barry galbraith (guitar), milt hinton (bass), walter perkins (drum) +(perc
Blues for tomorrow, a sad thing, funky hotel blues, let's blow some blues, the fuzz, let's blow the blues
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ray copeland (trumpet), gigi gryce or gene quill (alto sax), sonny rollins or john coltrane or coleman hawkins (tenor sax), sonny clark or jimmy rowles or billy taylor (piano), mundell lowe (guitar), paul chambers or buddy clarke (bass), roy hayes or mel lewis (drum), etc
CD Album
RIV 243 - Réédition : OJC 030
A GRAND NIGHT FOR SWINGING (07-03-1957) by mundell lowe
Songs
A grand night for swinging, it could happen to you, easy to love, crazy rhythm, blues before Freud, love me or leave me
Play by
mundell lowe (guitar), billy taylor (piano), gene quill (alto sax), les grinage (bass), ed thigpen (drum)
CD Album
RIV 238 - Réédition : JAZZ 08, OJC 1940
BILLY TAYLOR INTRODUCES IRA SULLIVAN (16-11-1956) by ira sullivan
Songs
You don't know what love is, so in love, imagination, Leslie's gauge, in a mellotone, strolling, they can't take that away from me
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ira sullivan (trumpet), billy taylor (piano), earl may (bass), ed thigpen (drum)
I'll take romance, you don't know what love is, we'll be together again, i'm old fashioned, it's so peaceful in the country, speak low, ill wind, goodbye, i dream too much, june in january, memories of you
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al klink (bcl) (fl) or tony scott (cl), mundell lowe (guitar), billy taylor (piano), trigger alpert or oscar pettiford (bass), ed shaughnessy or kenny clark (drum)
Ain't misbehavin', goodnight my love, can't get out of this mood, it might as well be spring, mean to me, come rain or shine, nice work if you can get it, east of the sun
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miles davis (trumpet), bennie green (tb), tony scott (cl), budd johnson (tenor sax), jimmy jones (piano), freddie green or mundell lowe (guitar), billy taylor (bass), j. c. heard (drum), sarah vaughan (vcl)
Misty morning blues, the bug, prelude to a kiss, mad Monk, night and day, Alexander's ragtime band, cottage for sale, i'm in the mood for love, on the sunny side of the street, Rosalie, everything happens to me, stairway to the stars
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john hardee (tenor sax), milt page (org), billy taylor (piano), al hall or john simmons (bass), jimmy crawford or shadow wilson (drum) or erroll garner (piano), john simmons or leonard gaskin (bass), alvin stoller or charlie smith (drum)
Ghost of a chance, crazy over jazz, ding dong, back home in Indiana, these foolish things, exercise in swing, blues'n bells, salute to Fats, june bug, blue Lester, jum Lester jump. Basie english
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jesse drakes billy butterfield (trumpet), jerry elliott (tb), lester young (tenor sax), hank d'amico (cl), count basie or junior mnace or johnny guarnieri (piano), leroy jackson or billy taylor or rodney richardson (bass), shadow wilson or roy haines or cosy cole (drum)
Jeicho, talk to me, concerto for Cozy, old man river, wrap your troubles in dreams, ridin' the riff, flat rock, jersey jump off, stompin' at the Savoy, on the sunny side of the street, jump awhile
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lamar wright or emmett berry (trumpet), ray conniff (tb), ben webster (tenor sax) or walter thomas (alto sax), budd johnson, coleman hawkins (tenor sax), johnny guarnieri (piano), teddy walters (guitar), billy taylor or max shopnick (bass), cozy cole (drum)
Lady Fair, Billie's bounce, Basie's back in town, april in Paris, every day i have the blues, party blues
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thad jones (trumpet), eddie bert (tb), tony scott (cl), lee konitz (alto sax), zoot sims, al cohn (tenor sax), serge chaloff (bs), billy taylor (piano), tal farlow (guitar), charles mingus (bass), art blakey (drum), teddy charles (vib) or george wallington (piano) or count basie orchestra
Solid rock, bugle call rag, cherry, diga diga doo, flim-flam, blues kicked the bucket, madeline, loopin' lobo, a woman's got a right to change her mind, departure from Dixie
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rex stewart (trumpet), lawrence brown, barney bigard, billy kyle, brick fleagle, wellman braud, dave tough, john levy, cozy cole, jpe thomas, otto harwicke, ted nash, harry carney, jimmy jones, billy taylor, shelly manne
L.O.V.E., Solitude, just for a thrill, Liza all the clouds 'll roll, intimacy of the blues, you can depend on me, memories of you, honeysuckle rose, willow grove, blue Monk, misty, swingin' the blues, jungle blues, skylark
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clark terry (trumpet) (flh) (voc), tommy flanagan or john lewis or eric reed or kenny barron or benny green or monty alexander or geri allen or roland hanna or barry harris or junior mance or marian mcpartland or don friedman or billy taylor or eric lewis (piano)