Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor Jazz Pianist“Billy Taylor” famous name in jazz music.He has died at age of 89 in New York. Dr. Billy died from heart failure.Dr.Billy Taylor had been playing music since the 1940s. In later years, Taylor worked as a music professor and later became a TV and radio personality for presenting several jazz programmes. . He served artistic director for jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts from 1994 until his death.       Taylor believed jazz was America's...Read Full Story

msnbc.comBilly Taylor, revered musician, broadcaster and spokesman for jazz, dies at 89Washington PostDr. Taylor, one of the musical treasures of Washington and the world, died of a heart attack Dec. 28 at a hospital in New York City. By Matt Schudel Billy Taylor, one of the most versatile, influential and revered figures of the jazz world, ...Billy Taylor, Jazz Pianist, Dies at 89New York TimesBilly Taylor, ardent jazz promoter, dies at 89The Associated PressJazz Pianist And Educator Billy...Read Full Story

MyFox HoustonPost Mortem: Jazz great Billy Taylor dies at 89Washington PostBilly Taylor, one of the musical treasures of Washington and the world, died last night, Dec. 28, at a hospital in New York City. He was 89 and died of a heart attack. Dr. Taylor, as he was known to one and all, was a first-rate jazz ...Jazz Musician Billy Taylor Dies at 89ABC NewsBilly Taylor, ardent jazz promoter, dies at 89Wall Street JournalBilly Taylor, Jazz Pianist, Dies at 89New York TimesTheaterMania.com -MyFox...Read Full Story

Mrs. Theodora Taylor and daughter Kim Taylor-Thompson (Photo by Hubert Williams) *On Monday, October 10, 2011, Jazzmobile, Inc., the Harlem-based organization that pioneered the concept of bringing jazz into the community and creating new audiences with mobile jazz performances, hosted its first annual Jazzy Awards Celebration: In Honor of Dr. Billy Taylor’s 90th birthday (1921-2010) at the Hudson Theatre, 145 West 44th Street in New York City. The first annual jazzy event attracted over 300...Read Full Story

NEW YORK — Billy Taylor, an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer who became one of the genre’s most ardent advocates through radio, television and the landmark Jazzmobile arts venture, has died at age 89.Taylor died Tuesday of a heart attack in Manhattan, said his wife, Theodora Taylor. “He enjoyed his life,” she said. “Music was his love.”Though he had a noteworthy career as a musician and composer that spanned decades, and played with luminaries such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and...Read Full Story