Billy Taylor in District of Columbia - the 1930's
from The Great Jazz Pianists: Speaking of Their Lives and Music, page 177:
Did you play any improvised music at that time?
No, I just liked to play. I loved the sound of the instrument. But a little later, when I was eleven or twelve, one of my uncles, who is a fine jazz pianist, introduced me to Fats Waller and Art Tatum on records, and it blew my mind. Then I got serious.
cite as
Len Lyons, The Great Jazz Pianists: Speaking of Their Lives and Music (New York, ), p. 177. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1431097291403 accessed: 18 December, 2024
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jazz
written by Miles Davis, Robert "Bumps" Blackwell |
performed by Fats Waller, Art Tatum |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | the 1930's |
| Medium | playback |
| Listening Environment | indoors |
Originally submitted by Gill on Fri, 08 May 2015 16:01:32 +0100
Approved on Sat, 26 Sep 2015 13:51:37 +0100