Topic: Billy Taylor
0 View Larger Image . Washington -- The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday tapped 36-year-old pianist and composer Jason Moran to be...
When the jazz pianist Dr. Billy Taylor died last week at 89, he took with him something now symbolized by few black people in mass media or the...
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Grammy-winning jazz pianist Dr. Billy Taylor, whose storied career as a musician and advocate spanned more than a half-century, died of heart...
US jazz pianist and composer Billy Taylor has died in Manhattan, The New York Times reported Wednesday. He was 89.Taylor, who also built a radio and television career, died of heart failure on Tuesday, the Times said, citing his daughter Kim ...
Billy Taylor, pianist and tireless promoter of jazz on radio and TV, dies in NYC at 89A jazz pianist and composer who became one of the music form's most ardent promoters through radio, television and the landmark Jazzmobile arts venture has ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billy Taylor, a leading jazz musician and composer who introduced the genre to wider audiences as a TV broadcaster, teacher and booster of new talent, died Tuesday in New York of heart failure, age 89.The Kennedy Center for ...
The iconic jazz pianist, educator and broadcaster Dr. Billy Taylor died yesterday (Dec. 28) of a heart attack at his home in Brooklyn, N.Y. Taylor...