Billy Taylor

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American jazz pianist and composer Billy Taylor (1921 - 2010) at his home in New York City, 18th April 1991. (Photo by Barbara Alper/Getty Images) Barbara Alper/Getty Images hide caption

The Urban Griot, Dr. Billy Taylor: A Centennial Celebration

Julia Bullock performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption

Listen: Dr. Billy Taylor On Piano Jazz

cover for Dinner With Lenny Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Billy Taylor. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

A Tribute To Billy Taylor: Live In Concert

Until his death on Dec. 28, 2010, Dr. Taylor was the long-running Artistic Director for Jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Courtesy of Dalibor Plavsic hide caption

Billy Taylor On JazzSet

Billy Taylor died Dec. 28. He was 89. Evan Agostini/Getty Images hide caption

Listen Now: A Tribute To Billy Taylor

The Billy Taylor Trio: Taylor, piano, with Winard Harper on drums and Chip Jackson on bass. Jimmy Katz/courtesy of the artist hide caption

Dr. Billy Taylor. courtesy of the artist hide caption

Jazz Pianist, Composer Billy Taylor Dies At 89

Billy Taylor performs at the Peacock Alley nightclub in St. Louis in 1974. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption

Jazz Great Billy Taylor, 1921-2010

Billy Taylor (left) duets with Eldar at A Jazz Piano Christmas 2009. Margot Schulman hide caption

Listen Now: A Jazz Piano Christmas 2009

Billy Taylor On Piano Jazz's Debut Episode

There's more to jazz flute than Anchorman's Ron Burgundy. Courtesy of Dreamworks SKG hide caption

Listen to 'A Jazz Piano Christmas'

Billy Taylor: 'Solo'

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