The Billy Taylor Touch
1958 studio album by Billy Taylor
The Billy Taylor Touch | ||||
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Studio album by Billy Taylor | ||||
Released | 1958 | |||
Recorded | February 20, 1951 and October 28, 1957 New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 38:13 | |||
Label | Atlantic 1277 | |||
Producer | Herb Abramson, Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
Billy Taylor chronology | ||||
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Piano Panorama cover | ||||
The Billy Taylor Touch is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor released in 1958 on the Atlantic label and featuring seven tracks recorded in 1951 that were originally released on a 10-inch LP as Atlantic's Piano Panorama series along with four more tracks recorded in 1957.[1][2]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars.[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Billy Taylor except as indicated
- "You Make Me Feel So Young" (Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon) - 2:58
- "Earl May" - 4:50
- "Can You Tell by Looking at Me" - 4:24
- "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) - 4:14
- "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) - 2:46
- "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 3:31
- "Good Groove" - 3:04
- "What Is There to Say?" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) - 3:03
- "Thou Swell" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:14
- "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) - 3:24
- "Somebody Loves Me" (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) - 2:45
- Recorded in New York City on February 20, 1951 (tracks 5-11) and October 28, 1957 (tracks 1-4)
Personnel
- Billy Taylor - piano
- John Collins - guitar (tracks 5-11)
- Earl May (tracks 1-4), Al McKibbon (tracks 5-11) - bass
- Ed Thigpen (tracks 1-4), Shadow Wilson (tracks 5-11) - drums
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- The Billy Taylor Touch (1951 & 1957)
- Billy Taylor Trio (1952 & 1953)
- Cross Section (1953 & 1954)
- The Billy Taylor Trio with Candido (1954)
- A Touch of Taylor (1955)
- My Fair Lady Loves Jazz (1957)
- The New Billy Taylor Trio (1957)
- Taylor Made Jazz (1957)
- One for Fun (1959)
- Billy Taylor with Four Flutes (1959)
- Warming Up! (1960)
- Interlude (1961)
- Kwamina (1961)
- Impromptu (1962)
- Sleeping Bee (1969)
- Urban Griot (2000)
- Billy Taylor Trio at Town Hall (1954)
- Uptown (1960)
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (1967)