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DISC 1 for Billy Taylor Trio (CD) Album By Billy Taylor Trio (Artist)
1   They Can't Take That Away From Me
2   All Too Soon
3   Accent On Youth
4   Give Me The Simple Life
5   Little Girl Blue
6   Man With A Horn
7   Let's Get Away From It All
8   Lover
9   Cool And Caressing
10   Who Can I Turn To?
11   My One And Only Love
12   Tenderly
13   I've Got The World On A String
14   Bird Watcher
15   B.T.'s D.T.'s
16   Hey Lock
17   That's All
18   Little Things That Mean So Much, The
19   Nice Work If You Can Get It
20   Surrey With The Fringe On Top
 

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Billy Taylor Trio: Billy Taylor, Earl May, Charlie Smith.

Recorded in 1952-53.

Jazz educator and television personality Billy Taylor is also a technically accomplished and often overlooked pianist. With his trio from the early 1950s, Taylor played accessible, bop-influenced jazz, and this Prestige compilation, which features almost 70 minutes of music, brings together some of the best sides from the trio's tenure at the label. Taylor found a steady, sophisticated rhythm section in bassist Earl May and drummer Charlie Smith (whose subtle brushwork keeps the beat simmering on both slow and up-tempo numbers), and the outfit's tight-knit chemistry is on display throughout this set.

However, it is Taylor's piano playing that really stands out. Though he rarely ranges left of center, Taylor is a consummate musician who can play with delicate lyricism and also swing mightily. The repertoire here is fairly standard, with treatments of Gershwin ("They Can't Take That Away from Me") and Rodgers & Hart ("Little Girl Blue"), but the trio tackles them all with vitality, grace, and strength. The collection proves that Taylor has jazz chops equal to his ability to speak about the music, showing that he does, in fact, practice what he preaches.

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