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Billy Taylor, Jazz Musician, Dies at 89
Billboard.com ^ | December 29, 2010

Posted on 12/29/2010 4:37:25 PM PST by real saxophonist

Billy Taylor, Jazz Musician, Dies at 89

by Reuters | December 29, 2010 5:27 EST

Billy Taylor, a leading jazz musician and composer who introduced the genre to wider audiences as a TV broadcaster, teacher and booster of new talent, died Tuesday in New York of heart failure, age 89.

The Kennedy Center for the performing arts in Washington, D.C., where Taylor had been the artistic director for jazz since 1994, called him "a great statesman and ambassador for jazz throughout the world."

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I played a gig with Billy way back in Savannah. He was just a nice, laid back guy.
1 posted on 12/29/2010 4:37:26 PM PST by real saxophonist
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To: real saxophonist

Heaven receives another class act.


2 posted on 12/29/2010 5:04:04 PM PST by jeffDavis1861 (iRELAND)
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To: real saxophonist

Isn’t the term “Jazz Musician” a bit of an oxymoron? lol


3 posted on 12/29/2010 5:06:23 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: real saxophonist

Doctor Billy Taylor, a talented musician and a great educator.


4 posted on 12/29/2010 5:39:48 PM PST by popdonnelly (Class warfare is Obama's thing.)
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To: real saxophonist

5 posted on 12/29/2010 6:40:11 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: popdonnelly; real saxophonist
>> a talented musician and a great educator <<

Amen. R. I. P. And the Angels Sing!

6 posted on 12/29/2010 6:45:26 PM PST by Hawthorn
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All the greats are going.

Sad.

We are left with the likes of Eminem.


7 posted on 12/29/2010 6:50:06 PM PST by Mears
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To: real saxophonist

RIP.


8 posted on 12/30/2010 12:35:04 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: real saxophonist

Very sad.

I Wish I Knew What It Was To Be Free has been used as the theme for the BBC’s weekly film review programme on TV in Britain for 40 years and is known to everyone in the country.


9 posted on 12/30/2010 5:23:49 AM PST by the scotsman (I)
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Isn’t the term “Jazz Musician” a bit of an oxymoron?

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Only to certain varieties of morons.


10 posted on 12/30/2010 12:03:49 PM PST by dmz
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