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The Billy Taylor Touch

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Released
  
1958

Artist
  
Billy Taylor

Label
  
Rhino Atlantic

Length
  
38:13

Release date
  
1958

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
February 20, 1951 and October 28, 1957 New York City

The Billy Taylor Touch (1957)
  
The New Billy Taylor Trio (1957)

Producers
  
Herb Abramson, Nesuhi Ertegun

Similar
  
Billy Taylor albums, Jazz albums

The Billy Taylor Touch is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor released in 1958 on the Atlantic label and featuring seven tracks recorded in 1951 that were originally released on a 10-inch LP as Atlantic's Piano Panorama series along with four more tracks recorded in 1957.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Billy Taylor except as indicated

  1. "You Make Me Feel So Young" (Josef Myrow, Mack Gordon) - 2:58
  2. "Earl May" - 4:50
  3. "Can You Tell by Looking at Me" - 4:24
  4. "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) - 4:14
  5. "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) - 2:46
  6. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 3:31
  7. "Good Groove" - 3:04
  8. "What Is There to Say?" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) - 3:03
  9. "Thou Swell" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:14
  10. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble) - 3:24
  11. "Somebody Loves Me" (Buddy DeSylva, George Gershwin, Ballard MacDonald) - 2:45
  • Recorded in New York City on February 20, 1951 (tracks 5-11) and October 28, 1957 (tracks 1-4)

    • Personnel

  • Billy Taylor - piano
  • John Collins - guitar (tracks 5-11)
  • Earl May (tracks 1-4), Al McKibbon (tracks 5-11) - bass
  • Ed Thigpen (tracks 1-4), Shadow Wilson (tracks 5-11) - drums

    • Songs

    1You Make Me Feel So Young2:58
    2Early May4:50
    3Can You Tell By Looking At Me4:24

    References

    The Billy Taylor Touch Wikipedia
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