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Billy Taylor
Acting
24 Jul 1921
† 28 Dec 2010
Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Biography
Billy Taylor was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, and from 1994 was the artistic director for jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
Also Known As
Dr. Billy Taylor
