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Profile of Billy Taylor
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Billy Taylor |
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21st July 1921 |
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Greenville, North Carolina, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia This article is about the Jazz artist. For the ice hockey player born in 1919 see Billy Taylor (ice hockey). For the ice hockey player born in 1942 see Billy Taylor (hockey)
Billy Taylor was born in Greenville, North Carolina on July 24, 1921. Dr. Taylor, one of jazz's most influential pianists, composers, and educators, is currently the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
For readers in the UK, his most notable contribution is probably the piano instrumental 'I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free', which was used as the theme tune for Barry Norman's Film review programs in the 1980s and 1990s. The Lighthouse Family also did a version of this piece.
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