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Billy Taylor

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American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator (1921-2010)

United StatesMusiciansLived 1921 to 2010 · aged 89
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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.

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Billy Taylor performing at Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, Long Island, New York, June 25, 2007Billy Taylor performing at Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, Long Island, New York, June 25, 2007

Awards 6

2005Grammy Trustees Award
2004Grammy Awards
1998honorary doctor of the University of Miami
1993North Carolina Award for Fine Arts
1992National Medal of Arts
NEA Jazz Masters

Connected to Billy 6

Lou DonaldsonAlso won North Carolina Award for Fine ArtsKing CurtisAlso won Grammy AwardsRichard TuckerAlso won honorary doctor of the University of MiamiKenny GarrettAlso won NEA Jazz MastersLeonard ChessAlso won Grammy Trustees AwardMarshall AllenAlso won NEA Jazz Masters

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1921 to 2010 · aged 89
Wikipedia
20 languages

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