Billy Taylor

Acting
Born
July 24, 1921 in Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Died
December 28, 2010
Age
Died at age 89

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.

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