Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor

Birthday: 1921-07-24

Deathday: 2010-12-28

Place of birth: Greenville, North Carolina, USA

Also known as: Dr. Billy Taylor

imdb_id: nm2330061

Biography:

Billy Taylor was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, and from 1994 was the artistic director for jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

Played in movies:

Thelonious Monk: American Composer

Score: 8.0

Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band

Score: 8.0

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