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Billy Taylor Sr. (03 Apr 1906 - 02 Sep 1986)

Male Person - United States jazz bassist

Relationships (8)

Member Of

  1. Charlie Shavers’ All American Five double bass
  2. Sam Price Trio additional
  3. James Roots Quartet additional
  4. James Roots Trio
  5. Buck and His Band double bass
  6. Edmond Hall Sextet
  7. Barney Bigard Sextet

Children

  1. Billy Taylor Jr.

Recordings by (4)

  1. Late on Saturday 3:07 (1999)
  2. Flight of the Bebop 2:52 (1999)
  3. My Mind's Made Up on You 3:09 (1999)
  4. Taylor Made 2:48 (1999)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. A Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid 3:23 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (20 Jun 1934) double bass
  2. Do Me a Favor 3:12 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (20 Jun 1934) double bass
  3. Have a Little Dream on Me 2:46 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (29 Aug 1934) double bass
  4. Then I’ll Be Tired of You 3:10 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (29 Aug 1934) double bass
  5. Georgia May 2:37 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (12 Sep 1934) double bass
  6. Don’t Let It Bother You 2:53 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (12 Sep 1934) double bass
  7. Serenade for a Wealthy Widow 2:39 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (28 Sep 1934) double bass
  8. Let’s Pretend There’s a Moon 3:28 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (28 Sep 1934) double bass
  9. Sweetie Pie 3:05 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (10 Oct 1934) double bass
  10. How Can You Face Me? 2:47 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (10 Oct 1934) double bass
  11. Dream Man (Make Me Dream Some More) 2:59 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (20 Nov 1934) double bass
  12. I’m Growing Fonder of You 3:20 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (20 Nov 1934) double bass
  13. If It Isn’t Love 2:57 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (28 Nov 1934) double bass
  14. Believe It, Beloved 2:42 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (28 Nov 1934) double bass
  15. Honeysuckle Rose 2:40 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (19 Dec 1934) double bass, double bass
  16. Breakin’ the Ice 3:17 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (19 Dec 1934) double bass
  17. Armful o’ Sweetness 3:01 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (1934) double bass
  18. I Wish I Were Twins 2:41 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (1934) double bass
  19. You’re Not the Only Oyster in the Stew 3:13 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (1934) double bass
  20. Mandy 2:31 Fats Waller and His Rhythm (1934) double bass
  21. The Boys From Harlem 2:19 Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters (1938) double bass
  22. Montmartre 2:25 Rex Stewart and His Feetwarmers (1939) double bass
  23. Solid Old Man 3:05 Rex Stewart and His Feetwarmers (1939) double bass
  24. I Know That You Know 2:33 Rex Stewart and His Feetwarmers (1940) double bass
  25. Finesse 2:21 Rex Stewart and His Feetwarmers (1940) double bass
  26. Jamboree Jump 2:51 Don Byas' All Star Quintet (1945) double bass
  27. Pennies From Heaven 3:11 Don Byas' All Star Quintet (1945) double bass
  28. You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love) 2:53 Don Byas' All Star Quintet (1945) double bass
  29. Should I 2:38 Don Byas' All Star Quintet (1945) double bass
  30. Low Cotton 3:01 Rex Stewart and His Feetwarmers (1945) double bass
  31. I’m Checkin’ Out, Goo’m Bye 2:29 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (Jan 1947) double bass
  32. The Jeep’s Jumpin’ 4:48 Nat Jaffee and the V‐Disc Jumpers (May 1947) double bass
  33. Hodge Podge ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1951) bass
  34. Pyramid ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1951) bass
  35. The Jeep Is Jumpin' ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1951) bass
  36. Prelude to a Kiss ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1951) bass
  37. Dream Blues ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1951) bass
  38. Empty Ball Room Blues ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1951) bass
  39. Lost in Meditation ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1951) bass
  40. I Know What You Do ?:?? Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1951) bass
  41. The Big Eight Blues ?:?? Barney Bigard, Brick Fleagle, Billy Kyle, Rex Stewart, Billy Taylor Sr., Jack Teagarden, Dave Tough, Ben Webster (1953) double bass
  42. Shine ?:?? Barney Bigard, Brick Fleagle, Billy Kyle, Rex Stewart, Billy Taylor Sr., Jack Teagarden, Dave Tough, Ben Webster (1953) double bass
  43. St. James Infirmary ?:?? Barney Bigard, Brick Fleagle, Billy Kyle, Rex Stewart, Billy Taylor Sr., Jack Teagarden, Dave Tough, Ben Webster (1953) double bass
  44. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise ?:?? Barney Bigard, Brick Fleagle, Billy Kyle, Rex Stewart, Billy Taylor Sr., Jack Teagarden, Dave Tough, Ben Webster (1953) double bass
  45. Passin' It Around 3:15 Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra (1973) double bass
  46. Rendez-vous With Rhythm 3:01 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1974) double bass
  47. Finesse 2:45 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1974) double bass
  48. Dancing on the Stars 2:56 Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra (1974) double bass
  49. Plain Dirt 2:41 McKinney’s Cotton Pickers (1974) tuba
  50. Oh, Babe! Maybe Someday 2:53 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (1975) double bass

Credited as (6)

  1. Billy Taylor
  2. Billy Taylor with Johnny Hodges
  3. Bessie Smith, Frankie Newton, Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman, Chu Berry, Bobby Johnson, Buck Washington & Billy Taylor Sr.
  4. Bessie Smith, Frankie Newton, Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman, Bobby Johnson, Buck Washington, Billy Taylor Sr. & Chu Berry
  5. Duke Ellington ; Johnny Hodges ; Billy Taylor
  6. Barney Bigard, Brick Fleagle, Billy Kyle, Rex Stewart, Billy Taylor Sr., Jack Teagarden, Dave Tough, Ben Webster

Links (10)

Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110259
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no96027391
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96027391
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13923732t
  5. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6fr0h7s
  6. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134536843

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/312954

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000932727

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/22329524

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q863242