Taylor Made Jazz

Taylor Made Jazz
Studio album by
Billy Taylor
Released1959
RecordedNovember 17, 1957
StudioChicago
GenreJazz
LabelArgo
ProducerDave Usher
Billy Taylor chronology
Billy Taylor with Four Flutes
(1958) 		Taylor Made Jazz
(1959) 		Uptown
(1960)

Taylor Made Jazz is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor. It was recorded in Chicago on November 17, 1957 and released by the Argo label.[1] The album includes members of Duke Ellington's orchestra performing arrangements by Johnny Pate.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating: "though this isn't one of those small Ellingtonian unit sessions, it's just about the next best thing. Having assembled several members of Duke's band and written eight definitely Duke-influenced tunes, pianist/composer Billy Taylor's Taylor Made Jazz would probably have been marketed as a 'tribute album' if it had been released recently".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Billy Taylor

  1. "Biddy's Beat"
  2. "Theodora"
  3. "Mood for Mendes"
  4. "Daddy-O"
  5. "Cu-Blu"
  6. "Day Dreaming"
  7. "Can You Tell by Looking at Me"
  8. "Tune Up!"

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Taylor, Billy (2013). The Jazz Life of Dr. Billy Taylor. Indiana University Press. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-253-00917-3.
  2. ^ Clar, Mimi (August 1960). "Billy Taylor: Taylor Made Jazz" (PDF). Jazz Studies Online. The Jazz Review. p. 25. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Uhl, J. Allmusic Review accessed September 18, 2012
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