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Benny Goodman Sextet Slim Gaillard And His Southern Fried Orchestra The Mitchell-Ruff Trio The Birdlanders The Oscar Pettiford Quartet The International Jazz Group Machito's Rhythm Section Hank D'Amico Quartet Mat Mathews Quintet Ray Brown Quintet

ex Billy Taylor Trio

American jazz drummer and percussionist.
Played with : Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Hank Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Pettiford, Piano Red (blues), Billy Taylor and others.

Born : April 15, 1927 in New York City, New York.
Died : January 15, 1966 in New Haven, Connecticut.

ALBUMS

The International Jazz Group

Andre Persiany In New York

2016, CD, Comp, Fresh Sound Records,

Billy Taylor Trio

Evergreens + At The London House

2009, CD, Comp, Lone Hill Jazz

Billy Taylor Trio

Billy Taylor Trio

Benny Goodman Sextet

Benny Goodman Sextet

The Mitchell-Ruff Trio

The Catbird Seat

The Birdlanders

The Birdlanders

The Birdlanders

Billy Taylor Trio

Billy Taylor Trio Vol. 2

Billy Taylor Trio

1954, Shellac, 10", Prestige

Billy Taylor Trio

Billy Taylor Trio, Vol. 4

1954, 7", EP, Prestige

Billy Taylor Trio

Who Can I Turn To / My One And Only Love

Billy Taylor Trio

It's The Little Things That Mean So Much / Nice Work If You Can Get It

Billy Taylor Trio

That's All / I've Got The World On A String

Billy Taylor Trio

Cool And Caressing / Bird Watcher

Billy Taylor Trio

1953, 10", Album, Prestige,

Billy Taylor Trio

1953, Shellac, 10", Prestige

Billy Taylor Trio

Man With A Horn / Let's Get Away From It All

Billy Taylor Trio

Taylor Made Piano Featuring The Billy Taylor Trio

Latin Jazz/Cool Jazz

Billy Taylor Trio

They Can't Take That Away From Me / All Too Soon

Billy Taylor Trio

Accent On Youth / Give Me The Simple Life

Benny Goodman Sextet

Benny Goodman Sextet

Lullaby Of The Leaves / Temptation Rag

Billy Taylor Trio

Billy Taylor Trio Vol. 3

7", EP, Prestige

APPEARANCES +

Let The Good Times Roll (1938-1954)

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas: Deluxe Edition

The Annie Laurie Collection 1945–62

2022, 2xCD, Comp, Acrobat,

The Classic Trio Recordings 1949

2020, 2xCD, Comp, Acrobat,

Jazz 100年 Part4 Jazz Masterpiece Collection 8 The Best Of Jazz Ballade

2019, CD, Comp, Mono, Universal Music,

Female Blues Singers (Milestones Of Legends)

2018, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Documents,

Boogie/Country Blues/Delta Blues/Dixieland/East Coast Blues/Chicago Blues/Jump Blues/Louisiana Blues/Memphis Blues/Piano Blues/Ragtime/Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Swing

Night In Manhattan + Sings Vincent Youmans & Irving Berlin

2018, CD, Comp, RM, Jackpot Records (9),

Ella Fitzgerald

The Complete Birdland Broadcasts

2017, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Essential Jazz Classics

Erroll Garner Trio

Erroll Garner Trio Vol.1

Four Classic Albums

2016, 2xCD, Comp, Avid Jazz

Seven Classic Albums

2016, 4xCD, Comp, Real Gone Music Company,

Hard Bop/Cool Jazz

Jazz 100年 Part3 Jazz Vocal Collection 1 Fascinating Jazz Vocal

2016, CD, Comp, Mono, Universal Music,

Jazz 100年 Part3 Jazz Vocal Collection 14 Carmen McRae

2016, CD, Comp, Mono, Universal Music,

Four Classic Albums

2016, 2xCD, Comp, Avid Jazz

Roots Of Funk (1947-1962)

2015, 3xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Afro-Cuban/Bayou Funk/Boogaloo/Cha-Cha/Cubano/Descarga/Funk/Jazz-Funk/Mambo/Son/Latin Jazz/Soul

The Complete Bethlehem Sessions

2015, CD, Comp, Essential Jazz Classics

The Return Of Jazz Club (Dancefloor Classics From The Original Jazz Dance DJ)

Bop/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Hard Bop

Swing In The Films Of Woody Allen

J. J. Johnson*, Milt Jackson

A Date In New York

Eight Classic Albums

2008, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Soundtrack/Smooth Jazz/Big Band/Cool Jazz

Oscar Pettiford

Oscar Rides Again

2008, 4xCD, Comp, Ltd, Proper Records (2),

Bop/Big Band/Cool Jazz/Swing

The Kerouac Connection (The Adventures Of Brew Moore)

2008, 2xCD, Comp, Giant Steps Recordings,

Cool Jazz/Bop/Afro-Cuban Jazz

Complete Original Trio Recordings

J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding

2007, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie

2007, DVD-V, Comp, Mono, B&W, Salt Peanuts,

2007, CD, Album, Comp, JazzCat

2006, CD, Comp, Mono, Classics (11),

Swing/Ballad/Vocal

2005, CD, Comp, Classics (11)

Honeysuckle Rose

2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Quadromania,

Easy Listening/Swing/Bop

Artie Shaw And His Orchestra

2005, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

Oscar Pettiford

2005, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

Songbooks & Quiet Sensuality 1933-1951

2005, CD, Comp, Jazz Legends,

Charlie Mingus*

The Young Rebel

2004, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Proper Records (2),

Rhythm & Blues/Swing/Bop/Cool Jazz

Little Jazz Trumpet Giant

2004, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2),

2004, CD, Comp, Classics (11)

The Chronological Big Maybelle 1944-1953

2004, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

Rhythm & Blues/Jump Blues

Piano Jazz (The History/L'Histoire)

2003, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Le Chant Du Monde,

Bop/Hard Bop/Ragtime/Free Jazz/Swing

Laughing In Rhythm

2003, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Proper Records (2)

2003, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis

Great Performances

2003, DVD-V, NTSC, PAL, Reg, Idem Home Video,

The Complete Verve Roy Eldridge Studio Sessions

2002, CD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM, Enh, Ocium,

Verve // Unmixed

2002, CD EDC, Germany,

Soul-Jazz/Smooth Jazz/Cool Jazz

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

Jump Blues/Swing

Les McCann & The Mitchell-Ruff Trio

20 Special Fingers

1999, 2xCD, Comp, 32 Jazz

The Aaron Bell Trio

Three Swinging Bells

The Gentle Art Of Love

The Complete Irving Berlin Songbooks

1997, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Verve Records,

Bop/Ragtime/Big Band/Swing

Jazz With Prestige: A History Of Prestige Jazz & Blues

1996, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Prestige,

Chicago Blues/Bop/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz/Soul-Jazz

A Night Out With Verve Sampler

1996, CD, Promo, Smplr, Verve Records,

Bop/Hard Bop/Big Band/Swing/Cool Jazz

Charlie Parker / Dizzy Gillespie

A Night Out With Verve

Bop/Hard Bop/Big Band/Swing/Cool Jazz

1995, 2x Vinyl,

Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Swing

Thad Jones, Sonny Rollins & Friends

1994, CD, Comp, Drive Archive,

Laughing In Rhythm: The Best Of The Verve Years

Rhythm & Blues/Swing

Atlantic Jazz Keyboards

Piano Blues/Soul-Jazz

1951-1952 (I Grandi Successi)

1993, CD, Comp, DeAgostini,

Bop/Cool Jazz/Chicago Blues/Delta Blues/Big Band

Christie Brothers Stompers

Christie Brothers Stompers

1993, CD, Comp, Cadillac Records

Ella Fitzgerald

Royal Roost Sessions With Ray Brown Trio & Quintet

Swing/Vocal/Bop

Erroll Garner - Billy Taylor

Separate Keyboards

The Beat Generation

1992, 3x CD, Box Set,

Spoken Word/Bop/Field Recording/Big Band/Interview/Cool Jazz

1991, CD, Comp, Giants Of Jazz,

1991, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Original Jazz Classics, Prestige,

Various Featuring Milt Hinton, Hank Jones, Zoot Sims, Oscar Pettiford, Al Cohn

The Modern Art Of Jazz

1991, CD, Comp, Biograph

The Birdlanders Featuring Jay Jay Johnson* And Al Cohn

The Birdlanders

Laughing In Rhythm (Volume 1)

Gypsy Jazz/Cool Jazz/Swing

Chicken Rhythm (Volume 2)

1988, 2xCD, Comp, Recording Arts Reference Edition,

Erroll Garner / Art Tatum

Play Piano Play

The Complete Savoy Sessions Volume 3 (1949)

1987, LP, Comp, Savoy Jazz

Oscar Pettiford

The Young Rebel

1986, LP, Comp, Swingtime,

Live And Private Recordings In Chronological Order

1986, 22xLP, Comp, Mono + Box, Ltd, Num, Not On Label,

Erroll Garner, Johnny Hartman, Junior Mance, Helen Merrill, Paul Bley, Maynard Ferguson, Roland Kirk

Mercury V.S.O.P. Album II

1985, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Promo, S/Edition, Bou, Mercury

The Stash Christmas Album

Big Band/Swing/Dixieland/Holiday

The Okeh Sessions

Jump Blues/Piano Blues

1981, 3x Vinyl, Box Set,

Roy Eldridge And His Orchestra

Art Tatum - Erroll Garner - Bud Powell - Billy Taylor

The Art Tatum - Erroll Garner - Bud Powell - Billy Taylor Years

1980, 2x Vinyl,

New Bird Volume 2

1975, LP, Album, Phoenix Jazz Records,

Play Piano Play

Milestone Twofers

1973, 2xLP, Comp, Milestone (4), Milestone (4)

Milestone Twofers

Big Band/Bossa Nova/Contemporary Jazz/Hard Bop

Stars Of The Apollo Theatre

1973, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,

Jump Blues/Big Band/Swing

The Jazz Years 25th Anniversary

1973, 2x Vinyl,

Let Me Tell You

Charlie Mingus*, Osie Johnson And His Orch.*, The Jones Boys, The Birdlanders

Foundations Of Modern Jazz

"Gabbin' Blues" And Other Big Hits

Piano Blues/Rhythm & Blues/East Coast Blues

Erroll Garner Trio

1963, 7", EP, Atlantic, Atlantic

Great Jazz Artists Play Compositions Of Harold Arlen

Erroll Garner Trio

1960, 7", EP, Mono, Atlantic, Atlantic,

La Super Ambiance Blues Kangourou

Cool Jazz/Swing

Teddy Charles And His Sextet

Salute To Hamp (Flyin' Home)

Jazz Pour Vous No.2 "Blues Moderne"

Book Of Ballads

1958, LP, Album, Westminster,

The Aaron Bell Trio

After The Party's Over

The Billy Taylor Trio*

Let's Get Away From It All

1957, LP, Comp, Prestige

The Billy Taylor Trio*

Taylor Made Piano

Bop/Swing/Guaguancó

Wizard Of The Vibes

Sultry Serenade

Hard Bop/Cool Jazz

Erroll Garner Trio

Jitterbug Waltz / This Funny Thing Called Love

The Billy Taylor Trio*

Billy Taylor Trio Vol. 1

The Greatest Garner

André Persiany

In New-York/Impressions of New-York

Hank D'Amico Quartet

Holiday With Hank

The Harry Lookofsky Strings

Miracles In Strings

Henri Renaud Band

Henri Renaud's U.S. Stars

The Billy Taylor Trio*

The Billy Taylor Trio, Volume Three

1954, 10", Prestige, Prestige,

1954, 10", Album, Prestige,

Harry Lookofsky

Miracle in Strings

1954, 7", EP, Mono, Epic

Henri Renaud All Stars

Henri Renaud All Stars Vol. 2

Henri Renaud All Stars

Henri Renaud All Stars Vol. 1

Wherever He May Be

Candido / Mambo Azul

1953, Shellac, 10", Prestige,

Latin Jazz/Mambo

Slim Gaillard Cavorts

The Billy Taylor Trio*

The Billy Taylor Trio

Oscar Pettiford

Cello Again / Sonny Boy

1952, Shellac, 10", Royal Roost,

Cuban Nightingale (Sun Sun Babae) / Makin' Whoopee

1952, 10", Royal Roost

Oscar Pettiford

Ah-Dee-Dong Blues / I’m Beginning To See The Light

1952, Shellac, 10", Royal Roost,

Erroll Garner Trio

Through A Long And Sleepless Night / Scatter Brain

While I'm Gone / I'll Be There

Hold Me, Kiss Me, Squeeze Me / Possessed

The Ellingtonians With Al Hibbler

Stormy Weather / Cherry

1950, Shellac, 10", Mercer Records

Erroll Garner Trio

Deep Purple / Relaxin’ At Sugar Rays’

1950, Shellac, 10", Roost,

Erroll Garner Trio

I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart / Good Bye

1949, Shellac, 10", Vogue Productions,

Errol Garner And His Rhythm*

Pavanne Mood / Blue And Sentimental

1949, Shellac, 10", Esquire

Abc Du Jazz Vol. J "Middle Jazz" Piano

7", EP, Disques Pop,

The Later Artie Shaw Volume 3

LP, Ajazz Records,

Milt Jackson & Jay Jay Johnson*

7", EP, Jazz Selection

Oscar Pettiford Quartet*

Cello Again / Sonny Boy

Shellac, 10", Jazz Selection

The Billy Taylor Trio*

Billy Taylor Trio Vol. 2

7", EP, Mono, Prestige

Oscar Pettiford Quartet*

Ah Dee Dong Blues / Beginning To See The Light

Shellac, 10", Jazz Selection

Bird's Eyes: Last Unissued, Vol. 21

CD, Comp, Philology

Everything Happens To Me

LP, Comp, BYG Records,

Erroll Garner Trio

7", EP, Jazz Selection

Relaxin' With Erroll

CD, Kaleidoscope Jazz, Vogue,

Joe Holiday Sextet Featuring Billy Taylor

Besame Mucho / Fiesta

Shellac, 10", Promo, Prestige,

The Greatest Garner

Cass, Atlantic Jazz,

Benny Goodman Sextet / Benny Goodman And His Orchestra

Temptation Rag / Bugle Call Rag

Benny Goodman And His Sextet* / Benny Goodman Sextet

I Can't Give You Anything But Love / Lullaby Of The Leaves

Modern Jazz Festival

The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55

Les Géants Du Jazz Moderne

Rita Reys, Sylvia Pierce & Peggy Serra

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

The New Piano Roll Blues / Honeysuckle Rose

Swing/Instrumental/Easy Listening

Alice Faye, Betty Grable

The Sound Of The Movies - Always The Ladys

Atlantic Jazz Keyboards

Piano Blues/Soul-Jazz