American jazz pianist and composer Billy Taylor (1921 - 2010) at his home in New York City, 18th April 1991. (Photo by Barbara Alper/Getty Images) Barbara Alper/Getty Images hide caption
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Julia Bullock performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
Dr. Billy Taylor. William Gottlieb/Library of Congress via Flickr hide caption
Listen: Dr. Billy Taylor On Piano Jazz
cover for Dinner With Lenny Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Billy Taylor. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A Tribute To Billy Taylor: Live In Concert
Until his death on Dec. 28, 2010, Dr. Taylor was the long-running Artistic Director for Jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Courtesy of Dalibor Plavsic hide caption
Billy Taylor On JazzSet
Billy Taylor died Dec. 28. He was 89. Evan Agostini/Getty Images hide caption
Listen Now: A Tribute To Billy Taylor
The Billy Taylor Trio: Taylor, piano, with Winard Harper on drums and Chip Jackson on bass. Jimmy Katz/courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Billy Taylor performs at the Peacock Alley nightclub in St. Louis in 1974. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Billy Taylor (left) duets with Eldar at A Jazz Piano Christmas 2009. Margot Schulman hide caption
Listen Now: A Jazz Piano Christmas 2009
There's more to jazz flute than Anchorman's Ron Burgundy. Courtesy of Dreamworks SKG hide caption