Taylor Made Jazz

Taylor Made Jazz
Studio album by Billy Taylor
Released 1959
Recorded November 1959
Studio Chicago
Genre Jazz
Label Argo
Producer Dave Usher
Billy Taylor chronology
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Taylor Made Jazz is an album by American jazz pianist Billy Taylor with tracks recorded in 1959 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. ↑ Argo Records discography accessed September 18, 2012
  2. ↑ Clar, Mimi (August 1960). "Billy Taylor: Taylor Made Jazz" (PDF). Jazz Studies Online. The Jazz Review. p. 25. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 Uhl, J. Allmusic Review accessed September 18, 2012
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